System and method for voice control of cabinet x-ray systems

A cabinet x-ray system including voice command, the system comprising:

• a cabinet defining an interior chamber and an equipment enclosure;
• a display;
• a microphone;
• an x-ray system including:
• an x-ray source positioned in the interior chamber;
• an x-ray detector positioned in the interior chamber;
• a specimen platform positioned in the interior chamber and which is a protective cover of and in physical contact with the x-ray detector;
• and
• a motion control mechanism positioned in the interior chamber and configured for moving the x-ray source to or along a plurality of positions within the interior chamber relative to the specimen disposed on the specimen platform;
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• a controller positioned in the equipment enclosure and configured to:
• selectively energize the x-ray source to emit x-rays through the specimen to the x-ray detector at selected positions of the x-ray source relative to the specimen such that the isocenter of the emitted x-rays at the selected positions is located at a surface of the x-ray detector;
• control the x-ray detector to collect a projection x-ray images of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized at the selected positions, wherein one of the projection x-ray images is a two-dimensional x-ray image taken at standard imaging angle of approximately 0°;
• create a tomosynthetic x-ray image reconstructed from a collection of projection x-ray images;
• process the collection of the projection x-ray images in the controller into one or more reconstructed tomosynthetic x-ray images representing a volume of the specimen and relating to one or more image planes that are selectively the same or different from that of the two-dimensional x-ray image;
• selectively display an x-ray image on the display, the x-ray image on the display including at least one of the two-dimensional x-ray image and the one or more reconstructed tomosynthetic x-ray images and a first x-ray image having a first set of image parameters;
• receive a voice command from the microphone, the voice command including instructions to change the first x-ray image having the first set of image parameters to a second x-ray image having a second set of image parameters, the second set of image parameters being different from the first set of image parameters;
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• change the x-ray image on the display from the first x-ray image having the first set of image parameters to the second x-ray image having the second set of image parameters.

A method for manipulating an x-ray image of a cabinet x-ray system using a voice command of a user, wherein the cabinet x-ray system comprises:

• a cabinet comprising a walled enclosure surrounding an interior chamber, a door configured to cover the interior chamber and a sampling chamber within the interior chamber for containing a specimen;
• a display;
• a microphone;
• an x-ray system in the sampling chamber, the x-ray system including:
• an x-ray source;
• an x-ray detector;
• and
• a specimen platform configured to have the specimen positioned thereon;
• and
• controller configured to:
• selectively energize the x-ray source to emit x-rays through the specimen to the x-ray detector;
• control the x-ray detector to collect a projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
• selectively display an x-ray image on the display from the projection x-ray image, the x-ray image on the display including a first x-ray image having a first set of image parameters;
• receive a voice command from the microphone, the voice command including instructions to change the first x-ray image having the first set of image parameters to a second x-ray image having a second set of image parameters, the second set of image parameters being different from the first set of image parameters;
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• change the x-ray image on the display different from the first x-ray image having the first set of image parameters to the second x-ray image having the second set of image parameters,
• wherein the method comprises:
• controlling the x-ray detector to collect an x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
• selectively displaying the first x-ray image having a first set of image parameters on the display;
• receiving a voice command from the user via the microphone, the voice command including instructions to change the first x-ray image having the first set of image parameters to the x-ray image having a second set of image parameters;
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• changing the first x-ray image having the first set of image parameters on the display to the second x-ray image having the second set of image parameters.