Computer-controlled x-ray imaging device
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorBernardus Johannes Pronk
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Abstract
The invention relates to an X-ray examination device which is designed to automatically process one or a series of X-ray examinations. The automatic processing in this device relates to all phases of the examination and includes the setting of the power of the X-ray equipment, the setting of the parameters of the X-ray table, the type of examination to be performed, and the reporting and archiving functions. The apparatus in accordance with the invention also takes into account data which is specific of the patient to be examined, for example, the identity, the weight of the body and the part of the body to be examined.
Claims6
A computer-controlled device for forming an X-ray image or a fluoroscopic image or the like, which device includes a computer and components which are connected to the computer and are selected from a group of components which includes an X-ray source, a collimator, an examination table, a detector, an image processing member, at least one monitor, a user interface, an archiving member and a printer, said computer being provided with a database for the storage of settings of the X-ray source and of the examination table and also with a control member for carrying out such settings taken up in the database, characterized in that the database contains patient-specific data and examination-specific data, and that the computer is arranged to execute a predetermined examination program in dependence on the patient-specific data and the examination-specific data taken up in the database, the control member carrying out, in dependence on the patient-specific data and the examination-specific data taken up in the database, the setting of the components selected from the group.
A device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the patient-specific data contains information concerning the identity, physical features and parts of the body of the patient to be examined.
A device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the examination-specific data contains information concerning the time of examination, desired presettings of the X-ray source, the detector and the examination table, and the examination program to be executed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.