High frame capture rate synchronization with streaming mode
AssigneeCarestream Health, Inc.
InventorsTimothy J. WOJCIK, Eric M. WELCH, Samuel RICHARD, Gordon GEISBUESCH, Mark E. SHAFER, Scott A. ROGERSON
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Abstract
A digital radiographic detector detects a first mode signal and dispositions a received digital image according to a procedure associated with the first mode signal. A second mode signal results in dispositioning a second received digital image according to a second image disposition procedure. The detector determines the first mode or second mode based on the signal's pulse width, a number and timing of rising edges (peaks), a digital code, a voltage level, or a combination thereof.
Claims15
A method implemented by a digital radiographic detector, the method comprising:
- receiving a synchronization signal indicating a transition between image integration and image readout
- detecting a first mode signal in the synchronization signal, including determining a first characteristic of the first mode signal;
- associating the first characteristic of the first mode signal with a first image disposition procedure;
- receiving a first image corresponding to the first mode signal;
- and
- dispositioning the first image according to the first image disposition procedure.
A method of controlling a digital radiographic detector, the method comprising:
- transmitting a synchronization signal over only one synchronization line to the digital radiographic detector, the synchronization signal indicating a transition between an image capture state and an image readout state of the detector;
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- selectively modifying a physical characteristic of the synchronization signal that is detectable by the detector, wherein the physical characteristic is configured to cause the detector to disposition a radiographic image in the detector according to one of at least two different image disposition procedures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.