A61B6/542

RADIOGRAPHING CONTROL APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RADIOGRAPHING SYSTEM
20230233172 · 2023-07-27 ·

A radiographing control apparatus emits radiation to an object and obtains a plurality of frame images to control dynamic radiographing that radiographs dynamics of the object. The radiographing control apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains first order information that includes at least one of information on presence or absence of dynamic analysis executed for a dynamic image obtained by the dynamic radiographing, and information on a dynamic analysis item, determines a first radiographing condition and a target image quality, based on the obtained first order information, and determines a second radiographing condition for achieving the determined target image quality.

REAL-TIME MONITORED COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) RECONSTRUCTION FOR REDUCING RADIATION DOSE

Real-time monitored computed tomography (CT) reconstruction for reducing a radiation does. During helical CT scanning of a target object, projections may be acquired in either a full mode which subjects the target object to a full radiation dose, or a reduced mode which subjects the target object to a reduced radiation dose (e.g., by reducing the number of projections acquired, reducing the exposure time, etc.). After a sector is acquired in the full mode, a slice of the target object that is influenced by that sector is identified, and a CT image of that slice is reconstructed using projections that have been previously acquired for that slice. When a stopping rule is satisfied based on this partial reconstruction, the full mode is switched to the reduced mode, and at least one subsequent sector is acquired in the reduced mode.

Robotic catheter system including imaging system control

A robotic catheter procedure system includes a bedside system and a workstation. The bedside system includes an actuating mechanism configured to engage and to impart movement to a percutaneous device. The workstation includes a user interface and a control system configured to be operatively coupled to the user interface, the bedside system, and a medical imaging system. The control system is responsive to a first input and to a second input, and the user interface receives the second input from a user. The control system is configured to generate a first control signal to the medical imaging system based on the first input, and the medical imaging system captures at least one image in response to the first control signal. The control system is configured to generate a second control signal to the actuating mechanism based on the second input, and the actuating mechanism causes movement of the percutaneous device in response to the second control signal. The first input is indicative of upcoming percutaneous device movement.

Method and apparatus for automatic determination of object and background region of interest for real-time automatic dose rate control in dynamic imaging systems

A method of imaging includes obtaining a first image including projection data representing an intensity of X-rays detected by a plurality of detectors at a first X-ray exposure setting, the X-rays being emitted from an X-ray source; based on a detection result of a first object in the first image: determining a background region of interest (ROI) around the first object, the background ROI including background ROI pixels having a first intensity value corresponding to the intensity of the X-rays; and converting, for each pixel of the background ROI pixels, the first intensity values of the background ROI pixels to a normalized X-ray attenuation factor; and determining a second X-ray exposure setting for use in obtaining a second image based on the background ROI pixels converted to the normalized X-ray attenuation factor.

Low-dose x-ray imaging system

A back illuminated sensor is included as a collector component of a detector for use in intraoral and extraoral 2D and 3D dental radiography, digital tomosynthesis, photon-counting computed tomography, positron emission tomography (PET), and single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The disclosed imaging method includes one or more intraoral or extraoral emitters for emitting a low-dose gamma ray or x-ray beam through an examination area; and one or more intraoral or extraoral detectors for receiving the beam, each detector including a back illuminated sensor. Within the detector, the beam is converted into light and then focused and collected at a photocathode layer without passing through the wiring layer of the back illuminated sensor.

Fast 3D Radiography with Multiple Pulsed X-ray Sources by Deflecting Tube Electron Beam using Electro-Magnetic Field
20230225693 · 2023-07-20 ·

An X-ray imaging system using multiple puked X-ray sources to perform highly efficient and ultrafast 3D radiography is presented. There are multiple puked X-ray sources mounted on a structure in motion to form an array of sources. The multiple X-ray sources move simultaneously relative to an object on a pre-defined arc track at a constant speed as a group. Electron beam inside each individual X-ray tube is deflected by magnetic or electrical field to move focal spot a small distance. When focal spot of an X-ray tube beam has a speed that is equal to group speed but with opposite moving direction, the X-ray source and X-ray flat panel detector are activated through an external exposure control unit so that source tube stay momentarily standstill equivalently. 3D scan can cover much wider sweep angle in much shorter time and image analysis can also be done in real-time.

Patient weight estimation from surface data using a patient model

For patient weight estimation in a medical imaging system, a patient model, such as a mesh, is fit to a depth image. One or more feature values are extracted from the fit patient model, reducing the noise and clutter in the values. The weight estimation is regressed from the extracted features.

Radiographic imaging device, radiographic imaging system, and recording medium
11701080 · 2023-07-18 · ·

Provided is a radiographic imaging device including: a first hardware processor; a sensor that includes multiple semiconductor elements arranged two-dimensionally and multiple switch elements respectively connected to the semiconductor elements; a gate driver that causes each of the switch elements of the sensor to switch between a conductive state and non-conductive state so as to release charge from each of the semiconductor elements; and a reader that performs readout of a signal value according to an amount of the charge released by the each of the semiconductor elements of the sensor. The first hardware processor sets an imaging condition that affects a dose of radiation reaching the sensor, selects a gate readout pattern according to the set imaging condition among different gate readout patterns, and drives the gate driver and the reader using the selected gate readout pattern.

IMAGING SUPPORT DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND OPERATION PROGRAM
20230015698 · 2023-01-19 ·

An imaging support device used in a radiography apparatus including a radiation source and a radiation image detector that detects a radiation image of a subject on the basis of radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through the subject includes an optical camera that outputs an optical image by optically imaging a region including an irradiation field of the radiation applied to the subject from the radiation source, and at least one processor, in which the processor associates the optical image acquired by the optical camera with the radiation image on the basis of a timing signal transmitted from the radiation image detector side.

Apparatus for digital imaging in the head region of a patient

An apparatus for Digital Imaging in the Head Region of a Patient includes an X-ray source and an X-ray sensor, supported on a rotary arm supported on a structure by a motor driven translation and rotation means. The rotary arm is provided with adjustment means for varying the distance between the source and the sensor. A control unit, that controls the source, the sensor, the adjustment means, and the translation and rotation means Collision detection means provided in the source and sensor detect a possible collision of the source and/or sensor with the patient during the motion of the source and/or sensor and the control unit responds to such detected possible collision.