X-ray system including a wireless handheld monitoring unit
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1. An x-ray system for recording an x-ray image of a patient, comprising:
- an x-ray source;
an x-ray detector positioned to receive radiation from the x-ray source;
an x-ray generator configured to supply the x-ray source; and
a wireless handheld control and monitoring unit,wherein the x-ray generator comprises an electronics assembly, the x-ray generator and the x-ray detector each comprising a transmit and receive unit for communicating wirelessly and bidirectionally with the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit, thereby enabling transmission of control commands, system data and imaging data, andwherein the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit comprises a display suitable for display of x-ray image data, configured to wirelessly and bidirectionally communicate with the x-ray generator and the x-ray detector to transmit system data and imaging data and to control and monitor the x-ray system, wherein the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit is configured (i) to effect a wireless data connection with a database separate from the system, which database contains picture data or an information system, to retrieve data from the database and (ii) to display the data on the display of the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit.
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Abstract
For a simplified and particularly flexible control of an x-ray system having an x-ray source, an x-ray detector and a control and monitoring unit, the control and monitoring unit is designed to be mobile and portable and has means for controlling and monitoring the x-ray system. In particular, the portable control and monitoring unit has a computing unit, a data storage device, means for image processing, means for outputting and displaying imaging and/or system data and means for inputting data and/or instructions.
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1. An x-ray system for recording an x-ray image of a patient, comprising:
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an x-ray source; an x-ray detector positioned to receive radiation from the x-ray source; an x-ray generator configured to supply the x-ray source; and a wireless handheld control and monitoring unit, wherein the x-ray generator comprises an electronics assembly, the x-ray generator and the x-ray detector each comprising a transmit and receive unit for communicating wirelessly and bidirectionally with the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit, thereby enabling transmission of control commands, system data and imaging data, and wherein the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit comprises a display suitable for display of x-ray image data, configured to wirelessly and bidirectionally communicate with the x-ray generator and the x-ray detector to transmit system data and imaging data and to control and monitor the x-ray system, wherein the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit is configured (i) to effect a wireless data connection with a database separate from the system, which database contains picture data or an information system, to retrieve data from the database and (ii) to display the data on the display of the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for monitoring and controlling an x-ray system, comprising:
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providing an x-ray source coupled to an x-ray generator; providing an x-ray detector; positioning the detector relative to the source for recording an x-ray image by the x-ray system; providing a mobile and portable wireless handheld control and monitoring unit, separate and apart from the x-ray generator, comprising a computing unit, a data storage device and a display; wirelessly and birectionally transmitting system data and imaging data between the mobile and portable handheld control and monitoring unit and the x-ray generator, and between the mobile and portable handheld control and monitoring unit and the x-ray detector; controlling and monitoring the x-ray system with the mobile and portable wireless handheld control and monitoring unit; providing a recorded x-ray image for observation on the display; and effecting a wireless data connection to a database containing picture data and an information system for wireless transmission of picture data and display thereof on the display. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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