X-ray imaging apparatus and method for controlling X-ray imaging apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDong Goo Kang, Young Hun Sung
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are an X-ray imaging apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray emitter to irradiate an object with X-rays and be movable, an X-ray detector to detect X-rays having passed through the object, convert the detected X-rays into an electric signal, and be movable, a location information collector to collect location information regarding the object, and a controller to control the X-ray emitter or the X-ray detector based on the location information regarding the object collected by the location information collector.
Claims20
An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising:
- an X-ray emitter configured to irradiate an object with X-rays and be independently movable with respect to an X-ray detector of the X-ray imaging apparatus;
- the X-ray detector configured to detect X-rays having passed through the object, convert the detected X-rays into an electric signal, and be independently movable with respect to the X-ray emitter;
- a location information collector configured to collect location information regarding the object;
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- a controller configured to execute a computer program stored in a computer readable medium,
- wherein the computer program is provided to perform controlling the X-ray emitter or the X-ray detector based on the location information regarding the object collected by the location information collector, by determining a first movement location of one of the X-ray emitter and the X-ray detector, and
- using the determined first movement location to determine a second movement location of a remaining one of the X-ray emitter and the X-ray detector after the first one of the X-ray emitter and the X-ray detector moves to the first movement location.
A method of controlling an X-ray imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
- collecting location information of the object, by a location information collector;
- determining a first movement location of one of a movable X-ray emitter and a movable X-ray detector based on the location information of the object collected by the location information collector;
- moving the one of the movable X-ray emitter or the movable X-ray detector according to the determined first movement location;
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- determining a second movement location of a remaining one of the movable X-ray emitter and the movable X-ray detector based on the first movement location of the one of the movable X-ray emitter and the movable X-ray detector after the one of the movable X-ray emitter and the movable X-ray detector moves to the first movement location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.