Radiation image capturing system
First Claim
1. A radiation image capturing system comprising:
- a radiation conversion panel for detecting a radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information;
an accumulated exposed radiation dose calculating unit for calculating an accumulated exposed radiation dose applied to said radiation conversion panel; and
a determining unit for comparing the calculated accumulated exposed radiation dose with an allowable accumulated exposed radiation dose for said radiation conversion panel to determine a status of said radiation conversion panel;
wherein said radiation conversion panel is housed in a radiation detecting cassette with a battery for energizing at least said radiation conversion panel;
said accumulated exposed radiation dose calculating unit is disposed in said radiation detecting cassette;
a transmitting unit is connected to said radiation conversion panel, for transmitting at least said accumulated exposed radiation dose to the outside of said radiation detecting cassette by way of wireless communications; and
the accumulated exposed radiation dose calculation unit determines the exposed radiation cumulatively over multiple image capturing cycles.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a radiation image capturing system. A radiation detector of a radiation detecting cassette detects a radiation that has passed through a patient, and an accumulated exposed radiation dose calculator calculates an accumulated exposed radiation dose by accumulating radiation image information detected by the radiation detector, at every image capturing. The calculated accumulated exposed radiation dose is transmitted, together with cassette ID information, to a console. In the console, a status determining unit compares the accumulated exposed radiation dose with an allowable accumulated exposed radiation dose for the radiation detecting cassette to determine the status of the radiation detecting cassette, and issues a warning based on the determined status.
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1. A radiation image capturing system comprising:
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a radiation conversion panel for detecting a radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information; an accumulated exposed radiation dose calculating unit for calculating an accumulated exposed radiation dose applied to said radiation conversion panel; and a determining unit for comparing the calculated accumulated exposed radiation dose with an allowable accumulated exposed radiation dose for said radiation conversion panel to determine a status of said radiation conversion panel; wherein said radiation conversion panel is housed in a radiation detecting cassette with a battery for energizing at least said radiation conversion panel; said accumulated exposed radiation dose calculating unit is disposed in said radiation detecting cassette; a transmitting unit is connected to said radiation conversion panel, for transmitting at least said accumulated exposed radiation dose to the outside of said radiation detecting cassette by way of wireless communications; and the accumulated exposed radiation dose calculation unit determines the exposed radiation cumulatively over multiple image capturing cycles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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