Bed for capturing radiation image and radiation image capturing system

• US 7,712,959 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2008
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Iriuchijima, Makoto, Kito, Eiichi, Yoshimi, Takuya, Tanabe, Tsuyoshi, Ohta, Yasunori, Ueta, Kazuharu, Kuwabara, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Glick; Edward J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Midkiff; Anastasia
• Application Number:
  US12/230,135
• Publication Number:
  US 20090052630A1
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• Field of Search: 378/0.8, 378/189, 378/190, 378/208, 378/209, 378/98.8, 560/0, 560/1, 250580-584, 250/370.01, 250/370.08, 250/370.09, 250/371
• US Class Current: 378/189
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/4494 Means for identifying the diagnostic device
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 31/49 Pick-up adapted for an input of electromagnetic radiation other than visible light and having an electric output, e.g. for an input of X-rays, for an input of infrared radiation

Abstract

A radiation detecting cassette is disposed in a desired position between a bed and a patient in an operating room. After a detector-side connector and a bed-side connector are connected to each other by a cable, an image capturing apparatus captures and records radiation image information of the patient in a radiation detector. The recorded radiation image information is transmitted from a transceiver of the bed to a console by way of wireless communications, then processed by the console, and transmitted to a display device, which displays a radiation image based on the supplied radiation image information.

Claims

1. A bed for capturing a radiation image of a subject, comprising:

a bed-side connector for being connected by a wired link to a detector-side connector of a radiation detector for detecting radiation image information of the subject;

a communicating unit for receiving the radiation image information detected by the radiation detector through said detector-side connector and said bed-side connector which are connected to each other; and

a wireless communicating unit for transmitting the radiation image information received by said communicating unit to an external device by way of wireless communications.

2. A bed according to claim 1, wherein said wireless communicating unit comprises a plurality of wireless communicating units, said bed further comprising:

a selector for selecting at least one of said wireless communicating units;

wherein said one of said wireless communicating units which is selected by said selector transmits the radiation image information to the external device.

3. A bed according to claim 1, wherein said wireless communicating unit is disposed in a corner of the bed.

4. A bed according to claim 1, wherein said bed-side connector comprises a plurality of bed-side connectors respectively in a plurality of locations on sides of the bed, and said detector-side connector is connected to a selected one of said bed-side connectors.

5. A bed according to claim 1, wherein said bed-side connector is disposed on a side of the bed and is movable along the side of the bed.

6. A bed according to claim 1, for use in an operating room.

7. A radiation image capturing system comprising:

a radiation detector for detecting radiation image information of the subject;

a bed for capturing a radiation image of a subject, said bed including a bed-side connector for being connected by a wired link to a detector-side connector of said radiation detector;

a communicating unit disposed on said bed for receiving the radiation image information detected by said radiation detector through said detector-side connector and said bed-side connector which are connected to each other;

a wireless communicating unit disposed on said bed for transmitting the radiation image information received by said communicating unit to an external device by way of wireless communications; and

a processor, provided as said external device, for receiving and processing the radiation image information transmitted from said wireless communicating unit.

8. A radiation image capturing system according to claim 7, wherein said wireless communicating unit comprises a plurality of wireless communicating units,

wherein said bed further comprises a selector for selecting at least one of said wireless communicating units;

wherein said one of said wireless communicating units which is selected by said selector transmits the radiation image information to said processor.

9. A radiation image capturing system according to claim 7, wherein said wireless communicating unit is disposed in a corner of the bed.

10. A radiation image capturing system according to claim 7, wherein said bed-side connector comprises a plurality of bed-side connectors disposed respectively in a plurality of locations on sides of the bed, and said detector-side connector is connected to a selected one of said bed-side connectors.

11. A radiation image capturing system according to claim 7, wherein said bed-side connector is disposed on a side of the bed and is movable along the side of the bed.

12. A radiation image capturing system according to claim 7, wherein said bed is disposed in an operating room.