US 10,670,545 B2 · System and method for cabinet x-ray systems with camera

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the field of a cabinet x-ray incorporating an x-ray tube, an x-ray detector, and a real-time camera, either high definition or standard resolution, for the production of organic and non-organic images. The computing device can receive video data from the camera and the x-ray detector and determines, based on the video data, an overlay of the captured x-ray image with the captured real-time image or display images adjacently i.e. Picture-In-Picture (PIP). In particular, the disclosure relates to a system and method with corresponding apparatus for capturing a real-time image simultaneously with the x-ray image allowing a cabinet x-ray unit to attain and optimize images with exact orientation of the 2 images.

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Dependent claims

A cabinet x-ray and optical camera system for obtaining projection x-ray images and optical images of a specimen, the cabinet x-ray and optical camera system comprising:

a cabinet defining an interior chamber;
a display;
an x-ray system including:
an x-ray source;
an x-ray detector;
and
a specimen platform;
an optical camera configured to capture an optical image of the specimen;
and
a 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 the projection x-ray image on the display;
control the optical camera to capture and collect the optical image of the specimen;
and
selectively display the optical image on the display.

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A cabinet x-ray and optical camera system for obtaining x-ray images, projection x-ray images, reconstructed tomosynthetic x-ray images, and optical images of a specimen, the cabinet x-ray and optical camera system comprising:

a cabinet defining an interior chamber and an equipment enclosure;
a display;
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 comprises 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;
an optical camera positioned in the interior chamber configured to capture an optical image of the specimen;
and
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 an 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 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 to create 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;
control the optical camera to capture and collect the optical image of the specimen;
and
selectively display at least one of the two-dimensional x-ray image, the one or more reconstructed tomosynthetic x-ray images, and the optical image on the display.

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A method for obtaining a projection x-ray image and an optical image of a specimen in a cabinet x-ray and optical image system, processing and displaying the projection x-ray image and optical image of the specimen, wherein the cabinet x-ray and optical image system comprises:

a cabinet defining an interior chamber;
a display;
an x-ray system including:
an x-ray source;
an x-ray detector;
and
a specimen platform;
an optical camera configured to capture an optical image of the specimen;
and
a 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 the projection x-ray image on the display;
control the optical camera to capture and collect the optical image of the specimen;
and
selectively display the optical image on the display, wherein the method comprises:
controlling the x-ray detector to collect a projection x-ray image of the specimen when the x-ray source is energized;
controlling the optical camera to capture and collect the optical image of the specimen;
and
selectively displaying at least one of the projection x-ray image and the optical image on the display.

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System and method for cabinet x-ray systems with camera

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