Portable radiographic imaging device and radiographic imaging system

• US 8,182,147 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2009
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishino, Naoyuki, Tsubota, Keiji, Ohta, Yasunori, Yoshida, Yutaka, Shoji, Takashi, Kondou, Kiyoshi, Kurachi, Yuji
• Primary Examiner(s): THOMAS, COURTNEY D
• Application Number:
  US12/626,697
• Publication Number:
  US 20100135464A1
• Time in Patent Office: 907 Days
• Field of Search: 378/62, 378116-117, 378/98.8, 378/189, 378/198
• US Class Current: 378/189
• 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 6/4283 characterised by a detector unit being housed in a cassette
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 6/548 Remote control of the apparatus or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01T 1/00 Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation G01T3/00, G01T5/00 take precedence

Abstract

A portable radiographic imaging device includes an operation unit, a controller, and an execution unit. The operation unit is operated when a target function is selected from plural different functions relating to radiographic image capturing. When a first condition, that expresses that a predetermined region has been placed at a predetermined placement portion, is established, the controller carries out control such that a function that should be effective when the first condition is established is selected. When a second condition, that expresses that the predetermined region is not placed at the placement portion, is established, the controller carries out control such that a function that should be effective when the second condition is established is selected. When the operation unit is operated, the execution unit executes a function that is controlled by the controller to be selected.

Claims

1. A portable radiographic imaging device comprising:

an electronic imaging cassette having;

an operation unit peripheral to an irradiating surface of the electronic imaging cassette, wherein the operation unit is configured to be operated when selecting a target function from a plurality of different functions relating to radiographic image capturing;

a controller that, when a first condition is established, in which a predetermined region of the electronic imaging cassette has been placed at a predetermined position, causes a function associated with the first condition to be selectable via the operation unit, and, when a second condition is established, in which the predetermined region is not placed at the predetermined position, causes a function associated with the second condition to be selectable via the operation unit; and

an execution unit that, when the operation unit is operated, executes a function that the controller causes to be selectable via the operating unit.

2. The portable radiographic imaging device of claim 1, wherein the function associated with the first condition is a function that transmits captured image information, and the function associated with the second condition is a function that turns a power supply on/off.

3. A portable radiographic imaging device comprising:

an electronic imaging cassette having;

an operation unit peripheral to an irradiating surface of the electronic imaging cassette, wherein the operation unit is configured to be operated when selecting a target function from a plurality of different functions relating to radiographic image capturing;

a controller that, when a first condition is established, in which a predetermined region of the electronic imaging cassette has been placed at a predetermined position, causes a function that renders control by operation with respect to the operation unit ineffective to be selected, and, when a second condition is established, in which the predetermined region is not placed at the predetermined position, causes a function that renders control by operation with respect to the operation unit effective to be selected; and

an execution unit that, when the operation unit is operated, executes a function that the controller causes to be selected.

4. A radiographic imaging system comprising:

a portable radiographic imaging device that comprises an electronic imaging cassette having;

an operation unit peripheral to an irradiating surface of the electronic imaging cassette, wherein the operation unit is configured to be operated when selecting a target function from a plurality of different functions relating to radiographic image capturing;

a controller that, when a first condition is established, in which a predetermined region of the electronic imaging cassette has been placed at a predetermined position, causes a function associated with the first condition to be selectable via the operation unit, and, when a second condition is established, in which the predetermined region is not placed at the predetermined position, causes a function associated with the second condition to be selectable via the operation unit; and

an execution unit that, when the operation unit is operated, executes a function that the controller causes to be selectable via the operating unit; and

a communication device that, when the first condition is established, causes the execution unit to execute the function associated with the second condition, by carrying out communication with the portable radiographic imaging device.

5. A radiographic imaging system comprising:

a portable radiographic imaging device that comprises an electronic imaging cassette having;

an operation unit peripheral to an irradiating surface of the electronic imaging cassette, wherein the operation unit is configured to be operated when selecting a target function from a plurality of different functions relating to radiographic image capturing;

a controller that, when a first condition is established, in which a predetermined region of the electronic imaging cassette has been placed at a predetermined position, causes a function that renders control by operation with respect to the operation unit ineffective to be selected, and, when a second condition is established, in which the predetermined region is not placed at the predetermined position, causes a function that renders control by operation with respect to the operation unit effective to be selected; and

an execution unit that, when the operation unit is operated, executes a function that the controller causes to be selected; and

a communication device that, when the first condition is established, causes the execution unit to execute the function that renders control by operation with respect to the operation unit effective, by carrying out communication with the portable radiographic imaging device.