Radiographic image capturing system and radiographic image capturing method

• US 20060008054A1
• Filed: 07/06/2005
• Published: 01/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Ohara, Hiromu
• Application Number:
  US11/175,597
• Publication Number:
  US 20060008054A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 378/114
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/00 Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis; Apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis combined with radiation therapy equipment instruments measuring radiation intensity for application in the field of nuclear medicine, e.g. in vivo counting, G01T1/161; apparatus for taking X-ray photographs G03B42/02
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4233 using matrix detectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/563 involving image data transmission via a network

Abstract

A radiographing system for radiographing an object, has a radiation generator to irradiate radiation to an object, and a radiographic image detector to detect a radiographic image of the object. Each of the radiation generator and the radiographic image detector comprises a respective radio section to transmit and receive information as radio signals, and when radiographing the object, the radiation generator transmits irradiating information by a radio signal to the radiographic image detector, and then the radiographic image detector reads a radiographic image on a basis of the received the irradiating information.

Claims

1. A radiographing system for radiographing an object, comprising:

(1) a radiation generator to irradiate radiation to an object, and

(2) a radiographic image detector to detect a radiographic image of the object,

wherein each of the radiation generator and the radiographic image detector comprises a respective radio section to transmit and receive information as radio signals, and

wherein when radiographing the object, the radiation generator transmits irradiating information by a radio signal to the radiographic image detector, and then the radiographic image detector reads a radiographic image on a basis of the received the irradiating information.

2. The radiographing system of claim 1, wherein the irradiating information includes irradiating timing information.

3. The radiographing system of claim 2, wherein the irradiating timing information includes an irradiation ready signal, and when the radiographic image detector receives the irradiation ready signal, the radiographic-image detector conduct a reset action for a detector.

4. The radiographing system of claim 3, wherein when the reset action has been completed, the radiographic image detector transmits a reset completion signal to the radiation generator, then when the radiation generator receives the reset completion signal, the radiation generator indicates a radiography possible condition.

5. The radiographing system of claim 3, wherein when the reset action has been completed, the radiographic image detector transmits a reset completion signal to the radiation generator, then when the radiation generator receives the reset completion signal, the radiation generator transmits an irradiation start signal to the radiographic image detector and irradiates radiation to the object.

6. The radiographing system of claim 5, wherein the radiographic image detector starts reading a radiographic image at a predetermined time after receiving the irradiation start signal.

7. The radiographing system of claim 1, wherein the radiation generator comprises a two stage type irradiation button to generate two kinds of irradiation timing information, and when the irradiation button is pressed, the radiation generator issues an irradiation ready signal at a first stage and then issues an irradiation signal at a second stage.

8. The radiographing system of claim 1, further comprising:

a control device having a radio section, an image processing section, a memory section and an image displaying section,

wherein the control section receives the read-out radiographic image data at the radio section, conducts an image processing for the received radiographic image data, and stores the processed radiographic image data at the memory section or indicates the processed radiographic image data at the displaying section.

9. The radiographing system of claim 8, wherein the radiation generation and the radiographic image detector are controlled by a radio signal through the respective radio sections by the control device.