Computed tomography system with improved data transmission
AssigneeSiemens Healthineers AG
InventorsChristoph Hohl, Peter Michael Dueppenbecker, Markus Biele
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Abstract
According to one or more example embodiments, a computed tomography system includes a first part; a second part, wherein the first part is rotatable relative to the second part around an axis of rotation; a plurality of first modems on the first part which are connected in a data-technical manner to first coupling elements on the first part; and a plurality of second modems on the second part which are connected in a data-technical manner to second coupling elements on the second part.
Claims16
An operating method for a computed tomography system, the method comprising:
- transmitting first data via a plurality of first coupling elements on a first part of the computed tomography system and a plurality of second coupling elements on a second part of the computed tomography system during a rotation of the first part of the computed tomography system relative to the second part of the computed tomography system around an axis of rotation between a plurality of first modems on the first part and a plurality of second modems on the second part, wherein
- the first coupling elements extend over a respective first angular range when viewed in a circumferential direction around the axis of rotation,
- the first angular ranges, viewed from the first coupling element to the first coupling element, are separated in relation to one another and, viewed over the entirety of the first coupling elements, form a full circle around the axis of rotation,
- the second coupling elements extend over a respective second angular range as viewed around the axis of rotation,
- the second angular ranges, as viewed around the axis of rotation, are separated in relation to one another and spaced apart from one another such that the second coupling elements each couple with the first coupling element in whose first angular range the second angular range of the respective second coupling element is currently located;
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- dynamically setting a switching state of a switching matrix between the second coupling elements and the second modems by a setting facility such that the first data is always transmitted between the same first and second modems.
A computed tomography system, comprising:
- a first part;
- a second part, wherein
- the first part is rotatable relative to the second part around an axis of rotation;
- a plurality of first modems on the first part which are connected in a data-technical manner to first coupling elements on the first part;
- a plurality of second modems on the second part which are connected in a data-technical manner to second coupling elements on the second part, wherein
- the first coupling elements extend over a respective first angular range when viewed in the circumferential direction around the axis of rotation,
- the first angular ranges, viewed from the first coupling element to the first coupling element, are separated in relation to one another and, viewed over the entirety of the first coupling elements, form a full circle around the axis of rotation,
- the second coupling elements extend over a respective second angular range as viewed around the axis of rotation,
- the second angular ranges, as viewed around the axis of rotation, are separated in relation to one another and spaced apart from one another such that the second coupling elements each couple with the first coupling element in whose first angular range the second angular range of the respective second coupling element is currently located;
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- a switching matrix is between the second coupling elements and the second modems and the switching matrix is assigned a setting facility, by which a switching state of the switching matrix is dynamically set such that during data transmission of first data between the first and the second modems, which takes place during the rotation of the first part relative to the second part around the axis of rotation, the first data is always transmitted between the same first and second modems.
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