Imaging systems and methods
AssigneeOXOS Medical, Inc.
InventorsEvan RUFF, Gregory KOLOVICH, Dev MANDAVIA, Dhruv VISHWAKARMA, Igor ZAMLINSKY, Sean DOLAN
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Abstract
X-ray and fluoroscopic image capture and, in particular, to a versatile X-ray emitter operative to capture images of a target configured to track and position the X-ray emission relative to an image sensor that generates the X-ray image using the X-ray emission. The system is configured to prompt the user or operator of the X-ray system with various informational data to improve the outcome of the X-ray and decrease the frequency of X-ray emissions required to obtain a desirable X-ray image.
Claims40
A method of obtaining a radiological image of an individual or a body part by an operator, the method comprising:
- positioning an emitting apparatus at a distance from a working surface, where the working surface includes an imaging sensor, the emitting apparatus including a camera system and an aperture opening configured to pass an emission energy therethrough;
- orienting the emitting apparatus such that the aperture opening and the camera system face towards the working surface;
- transmitting a signal from the camera system to a display to produce an image of the working surface on the display;
- providing at least one informational image on the display for viewing by the operator, where the at least one informational image comprises a suggested positioning of the individual or the body part;
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- emitting the emission energy to the imaging sensor to produce the radiological image of the individual or the body part and displaying the radiological image on the display.
A method of obtaining a radiological image of an individual by an operator, the method comprising:
- providing an emitting apparatus having a display, a camera system, and an aperture opening configured to pass an emission energy therethrough;
- displaying an anatomic representation on the display, where the anatomic representation includes one or more anatomic areas, where the display is configure to permit the operator to identify a selected anatomic area from the one or more anatomic areas;
- providing at least one informational image on the display for viewing by the operator, where the at least one informational image corresponds to the selected anatomic area, where the at least one informational image comprises a suggested positioning of a body part corresponding to the selected anatomic area;
- positioning the emitting apparatus at a distance from a working surface, where the working surface includes an imaging sensor;
- orienting the emitting apparatus such that the aperture opening and the camera system face towards the working surface;
- transmitting a signal from the camera system to a display to produce an image of the working surface on the display;
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- emitting the emission energy to the imaging sensor to produce a radiological image of the body part and displaying the radiological image on the display.
A system for obtaining a radiological image of a body part on a working surface having an X-ray image sensor, the system comprising:
- an emitting apparatus including a camera system and an aperture opening configured to pass an emission energy therethrough, where the emitting apparatus comprises a display configured to show an image of the working surface generated by the camera system;
- the emitting apparatus configured to communicate with a database containing a plurality of radiographic imaging information data to display at least one informational image for viewing by the operator, where the at least one informational image comprises a suggested positioning of the body part;
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- where the display configured to show a virtual anatomical representation of the body part on the image of the working surface, and where the display is configured to provide the radiological image after the emission energy is emitted on the body part and the X-ray image sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.