Adaptive x-ray control
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1. A method, comprising:
- measuring a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of an x-ray image generated with an x-ray source; and
adaptively adjusting an output of the x-ray source based on the SNR of the x-ray image.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for measuring the signal-to-noise ratio of x-ray images and to adaptively control x-ray exposure in response to image quality and patient movement.
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57 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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measuring a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of an x-ray image generated with an x-ray source; and
adaptively adjusting an output of the x-ray source based on the SNR of the x-ray image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system comprising:
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an imaging system including an x-ray source to generate x-ray images; and
a processing device to control the imaging system, wherein the processing device is configured to measure a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of an x-ray image generated with an x-ray source; and
adaptively adjust an output of the x-ray source based on the SNR of the x-ray image. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-accessible medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising;
measuring a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of an x-ray image generated with an x-ray source; and
adaptively adjusting an output of the x-ray source based on the SNR of the x-ray image. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for measuring a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of an x-ray image generated with an x-ray source; and
means for adaptively adjusting an output of the x-ray source based on the SNR of the x-ray image. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57)
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