Radiation imaging system, console, and radiation imaging program
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsTakeshi Kamiya, Yusuke Kitagawa
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Abstract
A radiation imaging system has a radiation generation device, an FPD cassette, and a console. The console judges whether or not the FPD cassette is in a good communication state repeatedly once every thirty seconds. Upon receiving a radiography order, the console changes repetition intervals from thirty seconds to three seconds, and keeps judging the communication state of the FPD cassette. The repeated judgment is continued until a shutter button is pressed. Upon the press of the shutter button, the radiation generation device emits radiation to carry out radiography.
Claims8
A radiation imaging system comprising:
- (A) a radiation imaging cassette including:
- a radiation detector for detecting radiation and producing image data;
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- a data sending section for sending various types of data including the image data by radio;
- (B) a console including:
- an order receiving section for receiving an order for radiography;
- a data receiving section for receiving the image data sent from the data sending section of the radiation imaging cassette, the image data being obtained by the radiography in response to the order;
- a judgment section for repeatedly judging an operating state of the radiation imaging cassette;
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- an interval determiner for determining a repetition interval of the judgment by the judgment section, the interval determiner setting the repetition interval at a first time interval before the order receiving section receives the order, the interval determiner setting the repetition interval at a second time interval after the order receiving section receives the order, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval.
A console for controlling a radiation imaging cassette, the radiation imaging cassette having a radiation detector for detecting radiation and producing image data, and a data sending section for sending various types of data including the image data by radio, the console comprising:
- an order receiving section for receiving an order for radiography;
- a data receiving section for receiving the image data sent from the data sending section of the radiation imaging cassette, the image data being obtained by the radiography in response to the order;
- a judgment section for repeatedly judging an operating state of the radiation imaging cassette;
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- an interval determiner for determining a repetition interval of the judgment by the judgment section, the interval determiner setting the repetition interval at a first time interval before the order receiving section receives the order, the interval determiner setting the repetition interval at a second time interval after the order receiving section receives the order, the first time interval being longer than the second time interval.
A radiation imaging program installed on a console for controlling a radiation imaging cassette, the radiation imaging cassette detecting radiation and producing image data, the radiation imaging program making a computer of the console execute the steps of:
- repeatedly judging an operating state of the radiation imaging cassette;
- receiving an order for radiography;
- setting a repetition interval of the judgment at a first time interval before the reception of the order;
- setting the repetition interval of the judgment at a second time interval after the reception of the order, the second time interval being shorter than the first time interval;
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- carrying out the radiography by the radiation imaging cassette in accordance with the order.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.