Authentication for X-ray imaging components
AssigneeVarex Imaging Corporation
InventorsMichael Meiler, Steven Emmett Hebeler
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Abstract
A communication channel for an X-ray imaging system may operatively couple a first imaging component to a second imaging component. The communication channel may include a first connector configured to couple to the first imaging component, a second connector configured to couple to the second imaging component, and a first authentication module configured to authenticate with the second imaging component.
Claims23
A communication channel configured to operatively couple a first imaging component of an X-ray imaging system to a second imaging component of the X-ray imaging system, the communication channel comprising:
- a first connector configured to couple to the first imaging component;
- a second connector configured to couple to the second imaging component;
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- a first authentication module configured to authenticate with the second imaging component via a second authentication module associated with the second imaging component by transmitting a challenge from the first authentication module to the second authentication module associated with the second imaging component and receiving a response at the first authentication module from the second authentication module as a result of the challenge.
A method of operatively coupling a first imaging component of an X-ray imaging system to a second imaging component of the X-ray imaging system, the method comprising:
- challenging a first imaging component to authenticate;
- receiving a first imaging component response as a result of the first imaging component challenge;
- challenging a communication channel coupled to the first imaging component to authenticate;
- receiving a communication channel response as a result of the communication channel challenge;
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- authenticating the first imaging component if the first imaging component response matches the communication channel response.
A system for authenticating a first imaging component with a second imaging component, the system comprising:
- a first imaging component comprising an authentication module;
- a communication channel communicatively coupling the first imaging component to the second imaging component, the communication channel comprising:
- a first connector configured to be coupled to the first imaging component;
- a second connector configured to be coupled to the second imaging component;
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- a channel authentication module configured to authenticate with the first imaging component authentication module by transmitting a challenge from the channel authentication module to the authentication module of the first imaging component and receiving a response at the channel authentication module from the authentication module of the first imaging component as a result of the challenge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.