Method and system for data transmission in a CT device, with integrated error monitoring and diagnosis
First Claim
1. In a computed tomography device having a data acquisition unit in which measurement data are acquired and converted into a bit stream and communicated to a transmitter apparatus situated on a rotating part of the computed tomography device, the transmitter apparatus transmitting the bit stream to a stationary part of the computed tomography device, and having a receiver apparatus situated on the stationary part for receiving the bit stream from the transmitter apparatus and for communicating the bit stream to an image reconstruction unit for reconstructing an image from the bit stream, the improvement of a data transmission system comprising:
- a first error recognition module disposed in said transmitter apparatus and a second error recognition module disposed in said receiver apparatus, each of said first and second error recognition modules monitoring said bit stream for errors and, upon detection of an error, generating an error signal; and
an error processor in communication with said first and second error recognition modules and supplied with said signals therefrom for determining a quantity selected from the group consisting of an error number, an error rate and an error duration, and for storing said quantity in a log data file for evaluation.
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Abstract
In a system and an associated method, for data transmission in a computed tomography device, having a data acquisition unit in which measurement data are acquired, converted into a bit stream, and communicated to a transmitter apparatus on a rotating part of the computed tomography device, wherein the transmitter transmits the bit stream to a stationary part of the computed tomography device, and having a receiver apparatus on the stationary part that receives the bit stream from the transmitter apparatus and communicates it to an image reconstruction unit that further processes the bit stream communicated by the receiver apparatus for the reconstruction of the image, the transmitter apparatus and the receiver apparatus each have an error recognition module that monitors the bit stream for errors and signals recognized errors to an error processor that determines the number and rate and/or duration of the recognized errors and stores these in a log data file for an evaluation. Errors thus can be recognized in real time and can be used for error diagnosis without the use of an additional testing tool.
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1. In a computed tomography device having a data acquisition unit in which measurement data are acquired and converted into a bit stream and communicated to a transmitter apparatus situated on a rotating part of the computed tomography device, the transmitter apparatus transmitting the bit stream to a stationary part of the computed tomography device, and having a receiver apparatus situated on the stationary part for receiving the bit stream from the transmitter apparatus and for communicating the bit stream to an image reconstruction unit for reconstructing an image from the bit stream, the improvement of a data transmission system comprising:
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a first error recognition module disposed in said transmitter apparatus and a second error recognition module disposed in said receiver apparatus, each of said first and second error recognition modules monitoring said bit stream for errors and, upon detection of an error, generating an error signal; and
an error processor in communication with said first and second error recognition modules and supplied with said signals therefrom for determining a quantity selected from the group consisting of an error number, an error rate and an error duration, and for storing said quantity in a log data file for evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for monitoring data transmission in a computed tomography device wherein measurement data are acquired in a data transmission unit and are converted into a bit stream and communicated to a transmitter apparatus on a rotating part of the computed tomography apparatus, from which the bit stream is transmitted to a receiver apparatus situated on a stationary part of the computed tomography apparatus, and wherein said receiver apparatus communicates the bit stream to an image reconstruction unit for reconstructing an image from the bit stream, comprising the steps of:
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in said transmitter apparatus and in said receiver apparatus, monitoring said bit stream in real time for errors; and
storing a quantity associated with said errors selected from the group consisting of an error number, an error and an error duration, in a log file for evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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