Image processing system for an x-ray installation
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1. A non-transitory image processing system for an x-ray installation, comprising:
- an image source comprising image sequences from a sequence of x-ray pulses to be enhanced according to an image processing application;
a plurality of computing units for processing images in accordance with different imaging processing algorithms allocated to respective computing units;
a memory;
a data sink; and
a control unit physically connected to elements comprising the image source, the plurality of computing units, the memory, and the data sink in a physical network having a star-shaped topology, with the control unit located centrally in the star-shaped topology and the elements branching therefrom, forming a switched network;
wherein the control unit operates as a circuit module in the switched network and is adapted to realize different logical topologies for the elements by allocating different imaging processing algorithms to respective computing units according to the image processing application for image enhancement purposes and routing data streams between computing units in a desired processing sequence for imaging processing as a chain of processing steps irrespective of the topology of the physical network, so that a desired logical topology interconnecting the computing units is dynamically configured by the control unit as a function of the image processing application.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an image processing system for an x-ray installation or such like having at least one image source, a plurality of computing units for processing different algorithms, at least one non-volatile storage and a data sink, with the image source, the plurality of computing units, the non-volatile storage and the data sink each being physically connected to at least one control unit operating as a circuit module in a physical network, as a result of which a star-shaped logical topology can be configured by the control unit.
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1. A non-transitory image processing system for an x-ray installation, comprising:
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an image source comprising image sequences from a sequence of x-ray pulses to be enhanced according to an image processing application; a plurality of computing units for processing images in accordance with different imaging processing algorithms allocated to respective computing units; a memory; a data sink; and a control unit physically connected to elements comprising the image source, the plurality of computing units, the memory, and the data sink in a physical network having a star-shaped topology, with the control unit located centrally in the star-shaped topology and the elements branching therefrom, forming a switched network; wherein the control unit operates as a circuit module in the switched network and is adapted to realize different logical topologies for the elements by allocating different imaging processing algorithms to respective computing units according to the image processing application for image enhancement purposes and routing data streams between computing units in a desired processing sequence for imaging processing as a chain of processing steps irrespective of the topology of the physical network, so that a desired logical topology interconnecting the computing units is dynamically configured by the control unit as a function of the image processing application. - 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 method for installing an x-ray imaging processing system, comprising:
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providing an image source comprising image sequences from a sequence of x-ray pulses to be enhanced according to an image processing application; connecting a control unit with elements comprising the image source, a plurality of computing units for processing images in accordance with different imaging processing algorithms allocated to respective computing units, a memory, and a data sink in a physical network having a star-shaped topology, with the control unit located centrally in the star-shaped topology and the elements branching therefrom, forming a switched network; operating the control unit as a circuit module in the switched network adapted to realize different logical topologies for the elements, the control unit for dynamically configuring a desired logical topology according to the image processing application; allocating different imaging processing algorithms to respective computing units by the control unit according to the image processing application for image enhancement purposes; and routing data streams between computing units in a desired processing sequence for imaging processing as a chain of processing steps irrespective of the topology of the physical network by the control unit, so that the desired logical topology interconnecting the computing units is dynamically configured by the control unit as a function of the image processing application.
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