Filmless digital x-ray system
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1. A filmless digital x-ray cassette comprising:
- a standard sized x-ray cassette housing having external dimensions approximately equal to the external dimensions of a standard x-ray cassette;
an array system having a plurality of light sensitive pixels, said array system being disposed at least partially within said standard sized x-ray cassette housing;
an electronics system, coupled in communications with said array system, said electronics system converting pixel values received from said array system into a digital image, said electronics system comprising,an image capture program for converting said pixel values from said array system into a digital image,a cassette id circuit storing information for identifying said filmless digital x-ray cassette,an image identification program for using said information to identify said digital image as being captured from said filmless digital x-ray cassette; and
a communications circuit, coupled to said electronics system, having a digital image output.
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Abstract
A filmless digital x-ray cassette comprising the following. A standard sized x-ray cassette housing having external dimensions approximately equal to the external dimensions of a standard x-ray cassette. An array system having a plurality of light sensitive pixels, the array system being disposed at least partially within the standard sized x-ray cassette housing. An electronics system, coupled in communications with the array system, the electronics system converting pixel values received from the array system into a digital image. A communications circuit, coupled to the electronics system, having a digital image output.
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19 Claims
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1. A filmless digital x-ray cassette comprising:
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a standard sized x-ray cassette housing having external dimensions approximately equal to the external dimensions of a standard x-ray cassette; an array system having a plurality of light sensitive pixels, said array system being disposed at least partially within said standard sized x-ray cassette housing; an electronics system, coupled in communications with said array system, said electronics system converting pixel values received from said array system into a digital image, said electronics system comprising, an image capture program for converting said pixel values from said array system into a digital image, a cassette id circuit storing information for identifying said filmless digital x-ray cassette, an image identification program for using said information to identify said digital image as being captured from said filmless digital x-ray cassette; and a communications circuit, coupled to said electronics system, having a digital image output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A digital x-ray machine comprising:
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an x-ray source; an x-ray cassette holder; a digital x-ray cassette positioned at least partially within said x-ray cassette holder and positioned to receive x-rays from said x-ray source; and an image identification system including a digital x-ray cassette identifier, said image identification system for using said digital x-ray cassette identifier to identify each image captured by said digital x-ray cassette as being captured by said digital x-ray cassette. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A direct capture digital x-ray system for capturing digital x-ray images, said system comprising:
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an x-ray machine having a standard sized x-ray cassette holder; a direct capture digital x-ray cassette positioned in said x-ray cassette holder; a computer system coupled to communicate with said direct capture digital x-ray cassette, said computer system coupled to receive digital images from said direct capture digital x-ray cassette; and wherein, images received from said direct capture digital x-ray cassette are associated with an identifier that identifies the digital images as being associated with said direct capture digital x-ray cassette. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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