Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090010391 | Radiation Image Capturing System - The present invention relates to a radiation image capturing system. A radiation detector of a radiation detecting cassette detects a radiation that has passed through a patient, and an accumulated exposed radiation dose calculator calculates an accumulated exposed radiation dose by accumulating radiation image information detected by the radiation detector, at every image capturing. The calculated accumulated exposed radiation dose is transmitted, together with cassette ID information, to a console. In the console, a status determining unit compares the accumulated exposed radiation dose with an allowable accumulated exposed radiation dose for the radiation detecting cassette to determine the status of the radiation detecting cassette, and issues a warning based on the determined status. | 01-08-2009 |
20090026377 | Cassette - A radiation detecting cassette includes a casing having first through fourth display units mounted on respective side walls thereof for displaying ID information of a patient, etc. The casing also has first detectors on the respective side walls for detecting obstacles facing the first through fourth display units and second detectors on the respective side walls for detecting loads applied to the casing near the first through fourth display units. Based on detected results from the first and second detectors, at least one of the first through fourth display units which is not covered by the patient is selected to display the ID information of a patient, etc. | 01-29-2009 |
20090026380 | CASSETTE AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation detecting cassette houses therein a detector for detecting a load applied to the radiation detecting cassette when a patient has moved. It is determined whether or not the patient has moved in an image capturing process based on the load detected by the detector. If it is judged that the patient has moved, then a warning is displayed, and a radiation image of the subject is inhibited from being captured. | 01-29-2009 |
20090026391 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation image capturing system detects the position of a radiation detecting cassette disposed below a patient and the position of a radiation source for emitting a radiation, based on the differences between the propagation times of radio waves emitted from an antenna device to an image capturing apparatus and the radiation detecting cassette. Based on the detected positions, the relative positions of the image capturing apparatus and the radiation detecting cassette are calculated, and then compared with each other by a position determining unit to judge how the image capturing apparatus is positioned with respect to the radiation detecting cassette. If the image capturing apparatus is not positioned in head-on facing relation to the radiation detecting cassette, then a warning is issued, and an actuating mechanism moves the image capturing apparatus to an appropriate position. | 01-29-2009 |
20090026392 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A transceiver of a radiation detecting cassette receives subject ID information from an RFID tag by way of wireless communications. An ID checker checks the subject ID information received by the transceiver against a plurality of subject ID information stored in an RFID memory. If the subject ID information received by the transceiver matches one of the subject ID information stored in the RFID memory, then the ID checker associates the matching subject ID information with a radiation dose that is stored in a dose storage unit and corresponds to the matching subject ID information. | 01-29-2009 |
20090032745 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A transceiver of a radiation detecting cassette sends cassette ID information stored in a cassette ID memory to a transceiver of a console via a transceiver of an image capturing apparatus by way of wireless communications. An ID determining unit determines whether cassette ID information which matches the cassette ID information received by the transceiver is stored in a cassette ID memory or not. If the ID determining unit judges that both cassette ID information match each other, the transceiver sends the cassette ID information and an activation instruction signal to the transceiver by way of wireless communications. | 02-05-2009 |
20090078879 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation solid-state detecting device includes a timing control signal detector, which detects the output of a timing control signal from a timing control circuit, and which outputs the detected output to a temperature controller as an image information output detection signal. When the temperature controller is supplied with the image information output detection signal, the temperature controller halts supply of direct current from a DC power supply to Peltier devices, while also stopping a fan from being energized, to thereby temporarily stop a temperature regulation control process from being carried out on a sensor substrate. | 03-26-2009 |
20090080605 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An image capturing base that contains a radiation detector includes a housing having a slit serving as an air inlet port formed in the front end side of the housing, which is to be located adjacent to the chest wall of a subject, and a slit serving as an air outlet port formed in the rear end side of the housing adjacent to a pivot shaft. A fan forces air to flow into the housing through the slit, along a detection surface of the radiation detector in a direction from the front end side toward the rear end side, and out of the housing through the slit. | 03-26-2009 |
20090080606 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A radiation image capturing apparatus includes a housing for housing a radiation detector. The housing has a wall inclined with respect to a detection surface of the radiation detector, and the wall defines a space inclined with respect to the detection surface. The space allows heat transfer medium such as air of relatively high temperatures (higher than that of outside air, for example) to rise along a slope defined by the space. If the region around the detection surface is heated to high temperatures, airflow is generated within the space, forcing the relatively high-temperature heat transfer medium away from the vicinity of the radiation detector, thereby allowing the whole radiation detector to be cooled in a uniform manner. | 03-26-2009 |
20090080620 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A radiation image capturing apparatus includes a cooling mechanism for causing cooling medium to flow from a rear surface side to a radiation detector to a front surface side of radiation detector through a narrow space formed between an end of the radiation detector and a casing for housing the radiation detector. It is therefore possible to cool the narrow space, as well as regions in the vicinity of the narrow space, with the cooling medium and to discharge the cooling medium from the front surface side of the radiation detector. | 03-26-2009 |
20090080755 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RADIATION IMAGE - The present invention relates to a radiation image processing apparatus and a processing method. A processing condition selector selects from a processing condition memory a processing condition for extraction or removal of a specific object in radiation image information. The processing condition includes two different image capturing conditions which are provided to a radiation source controller. The radiation source controller controls a radiation source with each image capturing condition to apply radiation to a subject and a solid-state radiation detector stores radiation image information of the subject. An image processor performs a weighted subtraction using stored radiation image information in accordance with the processing condition to achieve extraction or removal of the specific object. The resultant radiation image information is displayed on a display unit. | 03-26-2009 |
20090084967 | RADIATION CONVERSION PANEL AND METHOD OF CAPTURING RADIATION IMAGE - A radiation conversion panel includes first pixels, each of which is one out of every n (n≧3) adjacent pixels, and which, after a first energy-level image capturing cycle, are reset after electric charges have been read therefrom, and all pixels, including the first pixels, wherein, after the pixels have been reset, electric charges are read from all the pixels after a second energy-level image capturing cycle. | 04-02-2009 |
20090084969 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image detecting device includes an image detector for recording an image therein and outputting the recorded image as image information, and a cooling panel disposed on a surface of the image detector for cooling the image detector, wherein the cooling panel has a thermal conductivity oriented in a planar direction along the surface of the image detector. | 04-02-2009 |
20090084970 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation solid-state detecting device includes a cooling panel disposed on a surface of a sensor substrate that is irradiated with radiation, or on a rear surface of the sensor substrate opposite to the irradiated surface thereof. The cooling panel comprises a plurality of cooling units. Cooling units, which face (pixels depending on) the recording areas in which radiation image information is recorded in the sensor substrate, are energized to cool the recording areas. | 04-02-2009 |
20090084971 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a radiation image capturing apparatus, and includes a radiation image information detector for detecting radiation image information of a subject, a casing containing the radiation image information detector, a reading circuit for reading the radiation image information from the radiation image information detector, and a heat release unit for fastening the reading circuit and releasing heat generated by the reading circuit to the casing. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086052 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image detecting device includes an image detector for recording an image therein and outputting the recorded image as image information, a temperature regulation controller for performing a temperature regulation control process in order to adjust the image detector to a predetermined temperature, an image information output detector for detecting the output of the image information from the image detector, and outputting the detected output as an image information output detection signal to the temperature regulation controller, and a timer, wherein the temperature regulation controller stops the temperature regulation control process on the image detector based on the image information output detection signal input thereto, and resumes the temperature regulation control process on the image detector when the timer has measured a preset period of time after the temperature regulation control process has been stopped. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086885 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A radiation image capturing apparatus for producing radiation image information of a subject by applying a radiation to the subject on which a fixed member is mounted, including a subject image information acquiring unit for acquiring subject image information of the subject including the fixed member, an imaging region identifier for processing the acquired subject image information to identify an imaging region of the subject with the fixed member mounted thereon, an irradiated region controller for controlling an irradiated region to be irradiated with the radiation in order to apply the radiation to the identified imaging region, and a radiation conversion panel for converting the radiation that has passed through the imaging region into radiation image information. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086886 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A radiation image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device having a tomosynthesis control mechanism for moving a radiation source and a radiation conversion panel, which are disposed on the respective opposite sides of a subject, respectively in opposite directions in synchronism with each other, a longitudinal direction moving mechanism for moving an image capturing range of the image capturing device in a longitudinal direction of the subject, an image reconstructing unit for generating a single three-dimensional image from a plurality of radiation images captured in a single image capturing range, an image joining unit for joining a plurality of three-dimensional images generated by the image reconstructing unit with respect to a plurality of image capturing ranges, in the longitudinal direction of the subject, and a projection image generating unit for generating a two-dimensional projection image on an arbitrary image plane based on a joined three-dimensional image. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086887 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A radiation image capturing apparatus that includes a radiation conversion panel comprises an input device for inputting a first distance from the position of the panel to a position serving as a reference position for a subject, a distance measuring unit for measuring a second distance from the radiation source to the panel, a first radiation field calculating unit for determining a radiation field at the position of the panel based on setting information of the radiation source and the second distance, a second radiation field calculating unit for determining a hypothetical radiation field at the reference position of the subject based on the setting information of the radiation source, the first distance, and the second distance, and a life-size correcting unit for correcting the radiation image information from the panel based on the information of the calculated radiation field and the information of the calculated hypothetical radiation field. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086890 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A radiation image capturing apparatus includes a conductive gel member disposed between a radiation detector and an integrated circuit provided in vicinity of the radiation detector and electrically connected thereto. The conductive gel member blocks the electromagnetic noise generated by the integrated circuit and thereby prevents the electromagnetic noise from propagating to the radiation detector. As a result, the electrical signals generated by the radiation detector are prevented from being affected by the electromagnetic noise and high-quality radiation images can be acquired. | 04-02-2009 |
20090086913 | RADIATION CONVERSION PANEL AND METHOD OF CAPTURING RADIATION IMAGE THEREWITH - A radiation conversion panel includes a first pixel group from which electric charges are read after a first energy-level image capturing cycle and after a second energy-level image capturing cycle, and a second pixel group from which electric charges are read after the second energy-level image capturing cycle, wherein pixels of the first pixel group and pixels of the second pixel group are arranged alternately. | 04-02-2009 |
20090087069 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING RADIATION IMAGE - A radiation image processing apparatus includes a radiation source for irradiating the subject with the radiation, the subject being applied with a fixation material, a radiation source controller for controlling the radiation source in accordance with different image capturing conditions, a radiation converting panel for converting the radiation into one of the pieces of radiation image information, a processing condition memory for storing a plurality of processing conditions, each including the image capturing conditions that correspond to a type of the fixation material, a processing condition selector for selecting one of the processing conditions, the selected one of the processing conditions corresponding to the type of the fixation material, and an image processor for processing in accordance with the selected processing condition the plurality of pieces of radiation image information that are provided by the radiation converting panel under the different image capturing conditions, respectively. | 04-02-2009 |
20090101828 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image detecting device includes an image detector, a temperature regulation controller, an image information output detector, and a timer, wherein the temperature regulation controller stops or relaxes the temperature regulation control operation on the image detector based on the image information output detection signal input thereto from the image information output detector, and resumes or stops relaxing the temperature regulation control operation on the image detector when the timer has measured a preset period of time after the temperature regulation control operation has been stopped or relaxed. | 04-23-2009 |
20090127471 | IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - An image detecting device (radiation solid-state detecting device) including an image detector (sensor substrate) for recording an image and outputting the recorded image as image information; a temperature regulation control unit for performing a temperature regulation control operation to adjust the image detector to a predetermined temperature; and an image information output detecting unit (timing control signal detector) for detecting the output of the image information from the image detector, and outputting the detected output as an image information output detection signal to the temperature regulation control unit, wherein the temperature regulation control unit halts the temperature regulation control operation on the image detector based on the image information output detection signal that is input thereto. | 05-21-2009 |
20090189079 | Radiation conversion device - The present invention concerns a radiation conversion device. The radiation conversion device for detecting radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the radiation into image information, is equipped with an information acquisition unit for acquiring condition information concerning a condition of the radiation conversion device, an information storage unit for storing the acquired condition information, and a display unit for displaying the stored condition information. | 07-30-2009 |
20090189081 | Cradle for use with radiation conversion device - A cradle for use with a radiation conversion device includes a cradle for carrying out charging of a radiation conversion device, which is disposed in the vicinity of an image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject, and which detects radiation that has passed through the subject and converts the radiation into image information. The cradle is equipped with a charging processor for carrying out charging with respect to a battery mounted in the radiation conversion device, an information acquiring section for acquiring information that includes subject information pertaining to the subject and includes image capturing conditions when the image information of the subject is captured, and a display unit for displaying the acquired information. | 07-30-2009 |
20090189098 | Cradle for use with radiation conversion device - A cradle for use with a radiation conversion device includes a cradle for carrying out charging of a radiation conversion device, the cradle being disposed in the vicinity of an image capturing apparatus which captures a radiation image of a subject, the radiation conversion device detecting radiation that has passed through the subject and converting the radiation into image information. The cradle includes a charging processor for carrying out charging with respect to a battery mounted in the radiation conversion device, an image information acquisition unit for acquiring the image information from the radiation conversion device, a correction information generating unit for generating correction information with respect to the radiation conversion device using the acquired image information, and a correction information memory for storing the generated correction information in association with the radiation conversion device. | 07-30-2009 |
20090189761 | Radiation detection apparatus and radiation image capturing system - A radiation detection apparatus and a radiation image capturing system according to the present invention includes an electronic cassette equipped with a casing, and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, while converting the radiation into radiation image information. The electronic cassette includes a sensor for sensing that the casing has been lifted, a power supply controller for supplying power based on a detection signal from the sensor, a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the radiation detection apparatus has transitioned to an image capturing capable mode, and a warning signal output unit for outputting a warning signal, for issuing a warning when the radiation detection apparatus cannot transition to the image capturing capable mode. | 07-30-2009 |
20090194694 | Radiation detection apparatus and radiation image capturing system - A radiation detection apparatus including a casing, and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information, and an electronic circuit accommodated inside the casing, further comprising: storage device detachably mounted with respect to the casing, and wherein the electronic circuit includes a data compression circuit, which compresses the radiation image information, to thereby create compressed radiation image information, and herein the storage device stores the compressed radiation image information. | 08-06-2009 |
20090194695 | Radiation conversion device and radiation image capturing system using the same - A radiation conversion device is driven by an on-board battery, detects radiation that has passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into image information. A charging cradle to which the radiation conversion device is connected carries out a charging process on the battery. The radiation conversion device includes a signal transmitting unit for transmitting image information by wireless communications to an external apparatus, a transmission suspension unit for monitoring a transmission state of the image information by the signal transmitting unit and suspending transmission of the image information when a transmission error is generated, and a suspension release unit for releasing suspension of transmission of the image information when the radiation conversion device is connected to the charging cradle. The signal transmitting unit transmits the image information to the external apparatus when suspension of transmission of the image information has been released. | 08-06-2009 |
20090194700 | Radiation detection apparatus - An electronic cassette has a casing and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The electronic cassette further includes a winding member accommodated rotatably inside of the casing. The radiation detection device includes a flexible base. The radiation detection device is wound on the winding member, and a portion of the radiation detection device is capable of being pulled outside of the casing. | 08-06-2009 |
20090195209 | Radiation conversion device - A radiation conversion device, which is driven by an on-board battery, detects radiation that has passed through a subject and converts the radiation into image information. The radiation conversion device includes a battery residual charge amount detector for detecting a residual charge amount of the battery, a transmission rate setting unit for setting a transmission rate of the image information corresponding to the residual charge amount of the battery, and a transmitting unit for transmitting the image information to an external apparatus by means of wireless communications at the set transmission rate. | 08-06-2009 |
20090200470 | Radiation detection apparatus and radiation image capturing system - A radiation detection apparatus includes a casing, and a radiation detection device accommodated inside the casing, which detects radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information. The radiation detection apparatus further includes a data compression circuit, which compresses the radiation image information to thereby create compressed radiation image information, and an infrared light communication unit which converts the compressed radiation image information into an infrared light signal and outputs the infrared light signal. | 08-13-2009 |
20090212222 | Radiation conversion device and radiation image capturing system - A radiation conversion device includes a radiation detection device, which detects radiation having passed through a subject, and converts the radiation into radiation image information, and a battery unit for supplying electrical power to at least the radiation detection device. The battery unit is equipped with at least two batteries, and set with a required capacity for capturing at least one radiation image. | 08-27-2009 |
20090212223 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, PROGRAM, METHOD FOR SUPPLYING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus having different specifications for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a plurality of processors having specifications corresponding to the specifications of the image capturing apparatus, for controlling the image capturing apparatus and processing radiation image information acquired from the image capturing apparatus, and a supply apparatus for supplying image capturing instruction information for the image capturing apparatus to one of the processors, which is selected depending on the specifications of the image capturing apparatus. | 08-27-2009 |
20090218494 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, SORTING APPARATUS FOR SORTING IMAGE CAPTURING INSTRUCTION INFORMATION, PROGRAM AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject by irradiating the subject with a radiation emitted from a radiation source, a supply apparatus for supplying image capturing instruction information for capturing a plurality of radiation images of the subject, and a sorting apparatus for sorting the supplied image capturing instruction information into a predetermined processing order. The image capturing apparatus is controlled to capture the radiation images of the subject according to the processing order of the image capturing instruction information which has been sorted by the sorting apparatus. | 09-03-2009 |
20090218497 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a radiation image capturing system, a radiation image capturing method and a program. The radiation image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus of different specifications for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a processor for controlling the image capturing apparatus according to predetermined image capturing conditions, an image capturing condition setting unit for setting the image capturing conditions to be appropriate for an image capturing apparatus selected from among the plurality of image capturing apparatus, and an image capturing condition changer for, when the image capturing apparatus is changed, changing the image capturing conditions to be appropriate for the changed image capturing apparatus. The processor controls the changed image capturing apparatus according to the changed image capturing conditions. | 09-03-2009 |
20090218528 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CAPTURING RADIATION IMAGE - A radiation image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject by a radiation emitted from a radiation source and applied through the subject, a detecting unit for detecting whether the radiation source is oriented to the image capturing apparatus or not, and a processor for setting an image capturing mode for the radiation image based on a detection result from the detecting unit and controlling a process of capturing the radiation image with the image capturing apparatus in the set image capturing mode. | 09-03-2009 |
20090218529 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A radiation image capturing system includes a first image capturing apparatus incorporating a radiation detector for detecting a radiation which has passed through a subject and converting the radiation into radiation image information, a second image capturing apparatus incorporating a stimulable phosphor panel for detecting a radiation which has passed through a subject, converting the radiation into radiation image information, and holding the radiation image information, and a processor for controlling the first image capturing apparatus and the second image capturing apparatus according to image capturing instruction information. The processor includes a priority activator for activating the second image capturing apparatus in preference to the first image capturing apparatus when the processor is activated. | 09-03-2009 |
20090220049 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING BASE, RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A radiation image capturing system includes a first image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a second image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of the subject, the second image capturing apparatus having a specification different from that of the first image capturing apparatus, an image correcting device for correcting the radiation image of the subject which is captured by the second image capturing apparatus such that the radiation image of the subject which is captured by the second image capturing apparatus has the same magnification as that of the radiation image of the subject which is captured by the first image capturing apparatus, and a display unit for displaying the corrected radiation image. The radiation images captured by the image capturing apparatus of different specifications are corrected to have the same magnification. | 09-03-2009 |
20090242767 | Radiation image capturing system, controller, program, and radiation image capturing method - A radiation image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for acquiring radiation image information of a subject by controlling a radiation source according to predetermined image capturing conditions, an image capturing order supply apparatus for supplying an image capturing order including the image capturing conditions, and a controller for controlling the image capturing apparatus according to the image capturing order. The controller includes an image capturing order changer for changing the image capturing order, an image capturing detail editor for editing image capturing details of the radiation image information acquired when the image capturing apparatus is controlled according to the image capturing order, and an image capturing detail supply unit for supplying the edited image capturing details. | 10-01-2009 |
20090244352 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus for acquiring radiation image information of a subject by controlling radiation sources according to predetermined image capturing conditions, a controller for controlling the image capturing apparatus according to the image capturing conditions set therein, and a plurality of display devices associated respectively with the image capturing apparatus, for displaying radiation image information acquired from the image capturing apparatus. | 10-01-2009 |
20090257564 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation image capturing system detects the position of a radiation detecting cassette disposed below a patient and the position of a radiation source for emitting a radiation, based on the differences between the propagation times of radio waves emitted from an antenna device to an image capturing apparatus and the radiation detecting cassette. Based on the detected positions, the relative positions of the image capturing apparatus and the radiation detecting cassette are calculated, and then compared with each other by a position determining unit to judge how the image capturing apparatus is positioned with respect to the radiation detecting cassette. If the image capturing apparatus is not positioned in head-on facing relation to the radiation detecting cassette, then a warning is issued, and an actuating mechanism moves the image capturing apparatus to an appropriate position. | 10-15-2009 |
20100051795 | Radiation detecting apparatus, radiation image capturing system,and temperature compensating method - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a radiation conversion panel for detecting the radiation which has passed through the subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information, a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the radiation conversion panel, and a sensitivity corrector for correcting at least one of a sensitivity, a dark current, a density step, and a residual image of the radiation conversion panel based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. | 03-04-2010 |
20100072379 | Radiation detecting apparatus and radiation image capturing system - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a flexible radiation conversion panel for detecting radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information, and grips disposed on ends of the radiation conversion panel. A hardness of the grips is greater than that of the radiation conversion panel. Holes are formed in the grips for enabling the grips to be gripped. | 03-25-2010 |
20100078565 | Radiation detecting apparatus and radiation image capturing system - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a radiation conversion panel for detecting radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information, and a casing for storing the radiation conversion panel as a roll when the subject is not being irradiated with radiation. When the subject is irradiated with radiation, the radiation conversion panel stored as a roll in the casing is unrolled and pulled out of the casing, and the radiation conversion panel is extended flatwise against the subject. | 04-01-2010 |
20100078573 | Radiation detecting apparatus and radiation image capturing system - A radiation detecting apparatus includes a flexible radiation detector for detecting radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information. The flexible radiation detector includes a flexible substrate, and a plurality of solid block bodies mounted in a two-dimensional array on the flexible radiation detector. The radiation detecting apparatus is capable of avoiding excessive deformations in the radiation detector, and prevents image distortions of the radiation image information. The radiation detecting apparatus also prevents disconnections in the radiation detector. There is also provided a radiation image capturing system incorporating such a radiation detecting apparatus. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080438 | Radiation image diagnosing system - A radiation image diagnosing system includes a tomosynthesis image capturing assembly for acquiring the data of a plurality of tomosynthetic sectional images. The acquired data of the tomosynthetic sectional images are processed to reconstruct a shift-and-add image by a shift-and-add processor. The acquired data of the tomosynthetic sectional images are also processed to reconstruct an FBP image by an FBP processor. The shift-and-add image and the FBP image are displayed parallel to each other on a display unit. | 04-01-2010 |
20100119116 | Radiographic tomography apparatus - A radiographic tomography apparatus includes a tomosynthetic image capturing section for applying radiation from a radiation source to an examinee at a plurality of different angles, and detecting the radiation transmitted through the examinee with a radiation conversion panel to capture a plurality of tomosynthetic tomography images of the examinee. The radiographic tomography apparatus further includes a still image capturing section for capturing a plurality of still images of the examinee in one image capturing position at different times, and a body motion detector for detecting a body motion of the examinee based on the still images captured by the still image capturing section. | 05-13-2010 |
20100124311 | Tomographic image capturing apparatus - A tomographic image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of radiation sources movable along a predetermined path, for applying respective radiation to a subject at different angles and at different times while moving along the predetermined path, a dose adjuster for adjusting the radiation sources to equalize doses of the radiation emitted from the radiation sources, a radiation detector for detecting radiation transmitted through the subject while the radiation sources move along the predetermined path, and converting the detected radiation into respective items of radiographic image information, and a tomographic image generator for generating a tomographic image of the subject based on the items of radiographic image information converted from the radiation and detected by the radiation detector. | 05-20-2010 |
20100124312 | Tomographic image capturing apparatus - A tomographic image capturing apparatus includes a radiation source movable along a predetermined path, for applying radiation to a subject at different angles, a dose adjuster for adjusting the radiation source to make constant the dose of the radiation emitted from the radiation source independently of irradiation angles of the radiation with respect to the subject, a radiation detector for detecting the radiation transmitted through the subject while the radiation source moves along the predetermined path and converting the detected radiation into radiographic image information, and a tomographic image generator for generating a tomographic image of the subject based on the radiographic image information converted from the radiation detected by the radiation detector. | 05-20-2010 |
20100140492 | Radiation detecting apparatus, radiographic image capturing system, and radiographic image capturing method - A radiographic image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for applying radiation to a subject, an electronic cassette serving as a radiation detecting apparatus for detecting radiation X transmitted through the subject, a power feeder for supplying electric power contactlessly to a contactless power receiver of the electronic cassette, an image-capturing-state determining unit for determining whether image-capturing by the radiation is being performed or not, and a signal generator for generating a feeding inhibition signal to inhibit the power feeder from supplying electric power contactlessly to the electronic cassette if the image-capturing-state determining unit judges that the image-capturing is being performed. | 06-10-2010 |
20100148076 | Radiographic image capturing system - When a first image capturing apparatus installed in an image capturing room is selected and a power supply switch of a radiation converter used in the first image capturing apparatus is turned on, a controller generates an image capturing apparatus identification signal for specifying the image capturing apparatus, and sends the identification signal together with ID information of the selected image capturing apparatus stored in an ID memory to a console in the image capturing room via a transceiver by wireless communications. The console reads image capturing conditions for the selected image capturing apparatus from an image capturing condition storage unit, and supplies the conditions to a radiation generator for recording a radiographic image in the radiation converter. The radiation generator controls a radiation source according to the supplied conditions to emit radiation for recording a desired radiographic image on a radiation conversion panel of the radiation converter. | 06-17-2010 |
20100148081 | Cassette - A radiation detecting cassette has a casing including a first flat plate for facing a patient and a second flat panel for facing a surgical table. The first flat plate and the second flat panel are spaced from each other by a predetermined distance. The casing also includes a pair of first and second tapered side members disposed on respective side edges of the first and second flat plates. The first and second tapered side members are progressively tapered toward their distal ends. The first and second tapered side members house therein respective radiation shields, which in turn house therein a battery, a cassette controller, and a transceiver. | 06-17-2010 |
20100148085 | Radiation detecting apparatus, radiographic image capturing system, and radiographic image capturing method - An electronic cassette in a radiographic image capturing system includes a radiation detector for detecting radiation applied from an image capturing apparatus and transmitted through a patient, a contactless power receiver for receiving electric power supplied contactlessly from a power feeder and supplying the electric power to a battery, an A/D converter for performing an A/D conversion to convert analog radiographic image information generated based on the radiation applied to the radiation detector into digital radiographic image information, an end-of-A/D-conversion determining unit for determining whether the A/D conversion is finished or not, and a charging controller for stopping the power feeder from supplying electric power contactlessly after the image capturing apparatus has started capturing images until the end-of-A/D-conversion determining unit judges that the A/D conversion is finished. | 06-17-2010 |
20100155607 | Radiographic image capturing system, processor and radiographic image capturing method - A processor of an radiographic image capturing system comprises a display unit for displaying a registration menu through which ordering information for image-capturing is registered, the ordering information including an image capturing unit to be used and image capturing conditions, a detecting unit for detecting a type of the image capturing unit to be used, and a selecting unit for selecting the registration menu to be displayed on the display unit, depending on the detected type of the image capturing unit to be used. | 06-24-2010 |
20100156593 | Radiation image capturing system - The power consumption of a battery for supplying electric power to a cassette having a radiation detector for detecting radiation image information is greatly reduced. When a cassette transceiver of the cassette starts transmitting the radiation image information to a console transceiver of a console, the cassette transceiver changes the gain of a variable-gain amplifier to change a transmission radio-wave intensity, and transmits a test signal at the changed transmission radio-wave intensity. When the console transceiver receives the test signal, the console transceiver transmits a reception acknowledgement signal generated by a reception acknowledgement signal generator. In response to the reception acknowledgement signal, the cassette transceiver sets its own transmission radio-wave intensity to a value at the time the cassette transceiver received the reception acknowledgement signal, and transmits the radiation image information at the set transmission radio-wave intensity. | 06-24-2010 |
20100171822 | Tomographic image capturing apparatus and tomographic image capturing method - A tomographic image capturing apparatus comprises a radiation source for applying radiation to a subject at a plurality of different angles with respect to the subject, a radiation detector for detecting the radiation which has passed through the subject at each of the different angles and converting the detected radiation into image data, a tomographic image reconstructing unit for processing the image data into a reconstructed tomographic image, and an image capturing continuation determining unit for determining whether image-capturing of the subject is continued or not based on the reconstructed tomographic image. | 07-08-2010 |
20100172465 | Tomographic image capturing apparatus and tomographic image capturing method - A tomographic image capturing apparatus includes a radiation source for applying radiation to a subject at a plurality of different angles with respect to the subject, a radiation detector for detecting the radiation which has passed through the subject at each of the different angles and converting the detected radiation into image data, a tomographic image reconstructing unit for processing the image data into a reconstructed tomographic image, and an image capturing sequence setting section for establishing an image capturing sequence of a tomosynthesis image capturing process and a simple image capturing process based on ordering information which represents the tomosynthesis image capturing process for acquiring the reconstructed tomographic image and the simple image capturing process for acquiring a simple captured image. | 07-08-2010 |
20100189330 | Radiographic tomography image generating apparatus - A radiographic tomography image generating apparatus includes a radiographic image acquiring assembly for moving a radiation applicator, which is disposed in confronting relation to a radiation detecting device, successively to a plurality of positions, controlling the radiation applicator to apply radiation to a subject disposed over the radiation detecting device in different directions while the radiation applicator moves successively to the plurality of positions, and storing a plurality of radiographic images output successively from the radiation detecting device in an image memory. The radiographic tomography image generating apparatus also includes an image reconstructor for processing the radiographic images stored in the image memory in order to reconstruct a diagnostic tomography image of the subject according to a reconstructing process, and a preview display unit for displaying preview images on a display monitor based on the radiographic images output successively from the radiation detecting device. | 07-29-2010 |
20100193699 | Radiography network system and radiographic image capturing system control method - An image capturing apparatus establishes a communication link with one console and transmits obtained radiographic image information to the one console. The one console includes a backup unit therein. The backup unit includes means (network monitoring unit, backup data storage unit) for monitoring a network, reading the radiographic image information during transmission thereof via the network, and temporarily storing the read radiographic image information as backup data, and means (supplementary data extraction unit, supplementary data transmitter) for transmitting to another console as supplementary data a portion or all of the backup data, in accordance with a data supplementing request from the other console. | 08-05-2010 |
20100195789 | Radiographic image capturing system and radiographic image capturing method - Tomographic image data acquired by a tomosynthesis image capturing assembly are output from an image output unit to an image processor, and are processed for generating a reconstructed tomographic image. In this case, a part of data is selectively and step by step output from the image output unit to the image processor for reconstruction. Before generating a complete tomographic image, the interim result of the tomographic image is displayed on a display unit. | 08-05-2010 |
20100202589 | X-ray image capturing and interpretation system with cassette and mobile X-ray image capturing apparatus - A cassette allows radiation image information stored therein to be used immediately after an X-ray radiation image is captured in a patient's room, and a mobile X-ray image capturing apparatus incorporates such a cassette. The mobile X-ray image capturing apparatus has a cradle serving as a mount for receiving the cassette which has a radiation detector. The mobile X-ray image capturing apparatus captures a radiation image of the patient (subject) in the patient's room. The cassette serves as a mobile station. While the cassette (mobile X-ray image capturing apparatus) is moving, the radiation image information stored in the cassette is transmitted to a server via a transmitting and receiving terminal, a mobile hospital communication network, and a hospital LAN. | 08-12-2010 |
20100208871 | Bed for capturing radiation image and radiation image capturing system - A radiation detecting cassette is disposed in a desired position between a bed and a patient in an operating room. After a detector-side connector and a bed-side connector are connected to each other by a cable, an image capturing apparatus captures and records radiation image information of the patient in a radiation detector. The recorded radiation image information is transmitted from a transceiver of the bed to a console by way of wireless communications in a communication range selected by a selector of the bed, then processed by the console, and transmitted to a display device, which displays a radiation image based on the supplied radiation image information. | 08-19-2010 |
20100208970 | Radiographic image capturing system and radiographic image capturing method - A radiographic image capturing system includes a plurality of image capturing apparatus for detecting, in a radiographic image capturing process, radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiographic image information, and a plurality of consoles for controlling the image capturing apparatus. The radiographic image capturing system also includes an image capture control commander for outputting an image capture control command signal to one of the consoles to enable the console to control the corresponding image capturing apparatus, and an image processing commander for outputting an image processing command signal to at least one of the consoles to enable the console to perform an image processing process to process the radiographic image information from the image capturing apparatus. | 08-19-2010 |
20100239065 | Radiographic image capturing system, radiation converter, processor, selector for selecting radiation converter and processor, program, method of selecting radiation converter and processor, and radiographic image capturing method - A radiographic image capturing system comprises a radiation converter for converting radiation that has passed through a subject into a radiographic image, a processor for processing the radiographic image, and a selector for, when a plurality of the radiation converters and/or a plurality of the processors are provided, selecting one radiation converter and one processor that have the most appropriate communication state and associating the selected one radiation converter with the selected one processor. | 09-23-2010 |
20100243910 | Radiation detecting apparatus, radiographic image capturing system, and radiographic image capturing method - A radiographic image capturing system includes an image capturing apparatus for applying radiation to a subject, a radiation detecting apparatus for detecting radiation transmitted through the subject, a power feeder for supplying electric power contactlessly to a contactless power receiver of the radiation detecting apparatus, a feeding-state determining unit for determining whether power-feeding by the power feeder is being performed or not, and a signal generator for generating an image-capturing inhibition signal for inhibiting radiographic image-capturing by the image capturing apparatus if the feeding-state determining unit judges that the power-feeding is being performed. | 09-30-2010 |
20100271215 | Radiation detecting cassette and radiation image capturing system - A radiation detecting cassette and a radiation image capturing system are provided. A radiation detecting cassette has a radiation detector for detecting a radiation having passed through a patient and converting the detected radiation into radiation image data, a transceiver for transmitting the radiation image data by way of wireless communications, a cassette controller for controlling the radiation detector and the transceiver, a power supply for energizing the radiation detector and the transceiver, and a remaining power supply power level detector for detecting a remaining power level RC [%] of the power supply. The cassette controller includes a data transmission and reception controller. The cassette controller stops transmitting the radiation image data by way of wireless communications and prioritizes the capturing of a radiation image when the detected remaining power level of the power supply is smaller than a predetermined threshold. | 10-28-2010 |
20110042574 | Radiation detecting apparatus, radiographic image capturing system, and radiographic image capturing method - In a radiographic image capturing system, when a radiation detector is activated by a battery which is capable of being charged by a charging apparatus, charging of the battery by the charging apparatus is controlled based on whether image-capturing with respect to a subject is performed or not and/or whether delivery of the radiographic image information from the radiation detector is performed or not. | 02-24-2011 |
20110102184 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a radiation image capturing system. A radiation detector of a radiation detecting cassette detects a radiation that has passed through a patient, and an accumulated exposed radiation dose calculator calculates an accumulated exposed radiation dose by accumulating radiation image information detected by the radiation detector, at every image capturing. The calculated accumulated exposed radiation dose is transmitted, together with cassette ID information, to a console. In the console, a status determining unit compares the accumulated exposed radiation dose with an allowable accumulated exposed radiation dose for the radiation detecting cassette to determine the status of the radiation detecting cassette, and issues a warning based on the determined status. | 05-05-2011 |
20120027166 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A radiation image capturing apparatus includes an overlapping area specifying unit which acquires a plurality of radiation images of the plurality of image capturing ranges of an elongate test subject in advance, specifies overlapping areas in the radiation images, and registers information of the specified overlapping areas in an information table, an image joining unit which acquires a plurality of radiation images of the plurality of image capturing ranges of the elongate subject, and joins the acquired plurality of radiation images based on the information of the overlapping areas registered in the information table to generate a single joined radiation image, and an image generating unit for generating a tomographic image on an arbitrary image plane based on the joined radiation image. | 02-02-2012 |