AUTOMATED APPARATUS TO IMPROVE IMAGE QUALITY IN X-RAY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE
First Claim
1. A system for improving quality in projection and tomographic x-ray imaging comprising:
- an x-ray tube emitting x-rays;
a depth sensing device measuring a depth of at least one body part of a patient, wherein the depth represents a distance between said depth sensing device and the body part; and
a control unit comprising a memory, wherein said memory stores depth reference data that represents the distance between said depth sensing device and the body part, wherein said depth reference data is used to calculate one of a thickness of the body part and a circumference of the body part, wherein the calculated thickness or circumference is used to determine an optimal level of x-ray exposure for the body part.
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Abstract
A system or method for improving quality in projection and tomographic x-ray, which includes a depth sensing device to measure a depth of at least one body part of a patient from the depth sensing device and a control unit to calculate a thickness and/or circumference of the body part using the depth information. The calculated thickness and circumference information is used to determine an optimal level of x-ray exposure for the body part. The system or method also includes a camera to identify the body part that needs to be examined and to detect any motion of the identified body part.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for improving quality in projection and tomographic x-ray imaging comprising:
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an x-ray tube emitting x-rays; a depth sensing device measuring a depth of at least one body part of a patient, wherein the depth represents a distance between said depth sensing device and the body part; and a control unit comprising a memory, wherein said memory stores depth reference data that represents the distance between said depth sensing device and the body part, wherein said depth reference data is used to calculate one of a thickness of the body part and a circumference of the body part, wherein the calculated thickness or circumference is used to determine an optimal level of x-ray exposure for the body part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for improving quality in projection and tomographic x-ray imaging comprising:
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measuring a depth of at least one body part of a patient with a depth sensing device, wherein the depth represents a distance between said depth sensing device and the body part; storing depth reference data in a memory associated with a control unit, wherein the depth reference data represents the depth of the body part; calculating one of a thickness of the body part and a circumference of the body part using the depth reference data; and determining an optimal level of x-ray exposure of the body part using one of the thickness of the body part and the circumference of the body part. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for improving quality in projection and tomographic x-ray imaging comprising:
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an x-ray tube; an image receptor; a depth sensing device, wherein said image receptor is positioned to be aligned with said depth sensing device; a RGB camera; and a display device, wherein said display device is configured to display a depth-image view, collimated view, and skeleton view, wherein the depth-image view comprises a plurality of pixels, each of which represents a distance between said depth sensing device and each point of said image receptor that corresponds to each pixel, wherein the distance is measured by said depth sensing device, the collimated view comprises a targeted body part field and an image receptor field, the skeleton view comprises an overlay of a patient'"'"'s body, wherein the patient is positioned between said x-ray tube and said image receptor, wherein the patient'"'"'s body is displayed concurrently with a skeleton frame comprising a plurality of pre-defined joints of the body, wherein said RGB camera captures a plurality of frames of the patient'"'"'s body. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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