PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide X-ray CT equipment constituted so as to enhance the efficiency of a step related to breathing stop training.SOLUTION: The X-ray CT equipment is constituted so as to measure the X-ray transmission distribution data of a subject along with the heart rate thereof and equipped with a setting means for setting breathing stop training time, which is the breathing stop training time performed prior to scanning, corresponding to the subject and a report means for reporting the start and completion of the breathing stop training to the subject on the basis of the set breathing stop training time.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】 息止め練習に係わる工程の効率を向上させるX線CT装置を提供する。【解決手段】 被検者の心拍数とともに前記被検者のX線透過分布データを計測するX線CT装置であって、本スキャンに先立って実行される息止め練習の時間である息止め練習時間を被検者に応じて設定する設定手段と、設定された息止め練習時間に基づいて息止め練習の開始と終了を被検者に報知する報知手段とを備えることを特徴とする。【選択図】 図4
