Radiography system, operation method thereof, and operation program
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorTakashi Tajima
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Abstract
A radiography system executes at least one of the following: prohibiting fluoroscopy and permitting still image capturing and continuous still image capturing in accordance with switching of a communication mode from the wired communication to the wireless communication; limiting a frame rate during the continuous still image capturing to a predetermined value or less; and disabling an auto exposure control function, which transmits an irradiation stop signal for stopping irradiation with radiation via a radiation irradiation device at a point in time at which a cumulative irradiation dose with which a radiography apparatus is irradiated reaches an appropriate amount.
Claims7
A radiography system that has still image capturing, fluoroscopy, and continuous still image capturing as imaging modes, the radiography system comprising:
- a radiography apparatus that has wired communication and wireless communication as communication modes;
- a radiation irradiation device that irradiates the radiography apparatus with radiation;
- a processor provided inside or outside the radiography apparatus;
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- a control apparatus including an operation panel that is operated by a user and configured to perform wired communication or wireless communication with the radiography apparatus,
- wherein the processor is configured to, in response to switching the communication mode from a wired communication mode to a wireless communication mode, execute the following operations:
- prohibiting the fluoroscopy and permitting the still image capturing and the continuous still image capturing;
- limiting a frame rate during the continuous still image capturing to a predetermined value or less;
- disabling an auto exposure control function, which transmits, via the wireless communication, an irradiation stop signal for stopping irradiation with the radiation via the radiation irradiation device at a point in time at which a cumulative irradiation dose with which the radiography apparatus is irradiated reaches an appropriate amount;
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- performing an operation restriction using the operation panel such that selection of the fluoroscopy as an imaging mode, activation of the auto exposure control function, and setting of the frame rate exceeding the predetermined value are disabled.
An operation method of a radiography system that has still image capturing, fluoroscopy, and continuous still image capturing as imaging modes and includes
- a radiography apparatus that has wired communication and wireless communication as communication modes,
- a radiation irradiation device that irradiates the radiography apparatus with radiation,
- a processor provided inside or outside the radiography apparatus;
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- a control apparatus including an operation panel that is operated by a user and configured to perform wired communication or wireless communication with the radiography apparatus, the operation method comprising:
- causing the processor to, in response to switching the communication mode from a wired communication mode to a wireless communication mode, execute the following operations:
- prohibiting the fluoroscopy and permitting the still image capturing and the continuous still image capturing;
- limiting a frame rate during the continuous still image capturing to a predetermined value or less;
- disabling an auto exposure control function, which transmits, via the wireless communication, an irradiation stop signal for stopping irradiation with the radiation via the radiation irradiation device at a point in time at which a cumulative irradiation dose with which the radiography apparatus is irradiated reaches an appropriate amount;
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- performing an operation restriction using the operation panel such that selection of the fluoroscopy as an imaging mode, activation of the auto exposure control function, and setting of the frame rate exceeding the predetermined value are disabled.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an operation program for operating a radiography system that has still image capturing, fluoroscopy, and continuous still image capturing as imaging modes and includes
- a radiography apparatus that has wired communication and wireless communication as communication modes,
- a radiation irradiation device that irradiates the radiography apparatus with radiation,
- a processor provided inside or outside the radiography apparatus, and
- a control apparatus including an operation panel that is operated by a user and configured to perform wired communication or wireless communication with the radiography apparatus,
- the operation program causing the processor to, in response to switching the communication mode from a wired communication mode to a wireless communication mode, execute a process comprising the following operations:
- prohibiting the fluoroscopy and permitting the still image capturing and the continuous still image capturing;
- limiting a frame rate during the continuous still image capturing to a predetermined value or less;
- and
- disabling an auto exposure control function, which transmits, via the wireless communication, an irradiation stop signal for stopping irradiation with the radiation via the radiation irradiation device at a point in time at which a cumulative irradiation dose with which the radiography apparatus is irradiated reaches an appropriate amount;
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- performing an operation restriction using the operation panel such that selection of the fluoroscopy as an imaging mode, activation of the auto exposure control function, and setting of the frame rate exceeding the predetermined value are disabled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.