Sensor array in a component of an imaging device
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorStefan Popescu
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Abstract
A method for detecting measurement signals during a medical imaging procedure executed by a medical device includes detecting measurement signals with a set of sensor nodes, which are integrated in a component of the medical imaging device, wherein each sensor node (SN) operates autonomously and wirelessly, and locally preparing the detected signals for being transmitted according to an interference-free instruction protocol, to a gateway.
Claims14
A method for detecting measurement signals during a medical imaging procedure executed by a medical imaging apparatus, said method comprising:
- detecting respective measurement signals with a plurality of sensor nodes that are integrated in said medical imaging apparatus, by operating each sensor node autonomously and wirelessly;
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- operating a gateway circuit to locally prepare the plurality of detected signals for transmission from said gateway circuit according to an interference-free instruction protocol.
A component for a medical imaging apparatus, said component comprising:
- a component body designed to perform a function in a medical imaging procedure executed by the medical imaging apparatus;
- a set of wirelessly and autonomously operating sensor nodes integrated in, and fabricated in one piece with, said component body;
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- each sensor node comprising an energy supply unit that provides electricity that operates the sensor node, at least one sensor element that detects at least one type of measurement signal, and a communication unit, and a memory that locally stores the measurement signals detected by said at least one sensor of said sensor node.
A medical imaging system comprising:
- a medical imaging device that executes a medical imaging procedure;
- a component designed to perform a function in said medical imaging procedure executed by said medical imaging device;
- a set of wirelessly and autonomously operating sensor nodes integrated in, and fabricated in one piece with, said component;
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- each sensor node comprising an energy supply unit that provides electricity that operates the sensor node, at least one sensor element that detects at least one type of measurement signal, and a communication unit, and a memory that locally stores the measurement signals detected by said at least one sensor of said sensor node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.