Radiation imaging system and radiation imaging control device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10143435-B2
Application number	US-201615189712-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2016
Priority date	Jul 17, 2015
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A radiation imaging system includes an imaging unit, a detection unit, a change determination unit and a control unit. The imaging unit emits radiation and images a dynamic state of a subject, thereby taking a plurality of frame images of the dynamic state of the subject. The detection unit detects the dynamic state of the subject being imaged and generates detection information on the dynamic state. The change determination unit determines whether change of the dynamic state being imaged is within a predetermined range based on the generated detection information. The control unit controls capturing of the taken frame images according to a result of the determination of the change determination unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radiation imaging system comprising:
an imaging unit which emits radiation and images a dynamic state of a subject, thereby taking a plurality of frame images of the dynamic state of the subject;
a detection unit which detects the dynamic state of the subject being imaged and generates detection information on the dynamic state;
a change determination unit which determines whether change of the dynamic state being imaged is within a predetermined range based on the generated detection information; and
a control unit which controls capturing of each individual frame image of the taken frame images according to a result of the determination of the change determination unit for the each individual frame image.

2. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the change determination unit determines whether phase change of the dynamic state, as the change of the dynamic state, is within the predetermined range based on the generated detection information.

3. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein when the change determination unit determines that the change of the dynamic state is not within the predetermined range, the control unit discards up to a frame image determined by the change determination unit that the change of the dynamic state is not within the predetermined range, and captures a frame image, after the discarded frame image, determined by the change determination unit that the change of the dynamic state is within the predetermined range.

4. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein when the change determination unit determines that the change of the dynamic state is not within the predetermined range, the control unit discards a frame image determined by the change determination unit that the change of the dynamic state is not within the predetermined range, and automatically connects (i) a frame image taken by the imaging unit after the discarded frame image, determined by the change determination unit that the change of the dynamic state is within the predetermined range, and corresponding to a phase of the dynamic state, the phase being same as a phase of the dynamic state corresponding to the discarded frame image, to (ii) a frame image immediately before the discarded frame image.

5. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , further comprising an operation unit through which connection command information to instruct frame images to connect is input, wherein
when the change determination unit determines that the change of the dynamic state is not within the predetermined range, the control unit discards a frame image determined by the change determination unit that the change of the dynamic state is not within the predetermined range, and connects, based on the connection command information input from the operation unit, frame images other than the discarded frame image.

6. The radiation imaging system according to claim 4 , further comprising a display unit which simultaneously displays a phase width of the dynamic state to be obtained by imaging and a phase width of the dynamic state already obtained by the imaging unit.

7. The radiation imaging system according to claim 4 , further comprising an output unit which, when a complete set of frame images for a whole phase width of the dynamic state to be obtained by imaging is not present, outputs information to lead a photographer to keep imaging the dynamic state.

8. The radiation imaging system according to claim 4 , further comprising an output unit which, when a complete set of frame images for a whole phase width of the dynamic state to be obtained by imaging is not present, outputs information to notify that an operation to proceed to a next step is unavailable.

9. The radiation imaging system according to claim 4 , further comprising an output unit which, when a complete set of frame images for a whole phase width of the dynamic state to be obtained by imaging is present, outputs information to notify that the complete set of frame images is present.

10. The radiation imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects the dynamic state, the change determination unit determines whether change of the dynamic state being imaged is within a predetermined range, and the control unit controls capturing of each individual frame image while the imaging unit images the dynamic state of the subject.

11. A radiation imaging control device which controls an imaging device which emits radiation and images a dynamic state of a subject, thereby taking a plurality of frame images of the dynamic state of the subject, comprising:
a detection unit which detects the dynamic state of the subject being imaged and generates detection information on the dynamic state;
a change determination unit which determines whether change of the dynamic state being imaged is within a predetermined range based on the generated detection information; and
a control unit which controls capturing of each individual frame image of the taken frame images according to a result of the determination of the change determination unit for the each individual frame.

12. The radiation imaging system according to claim 11 , wherein the detection unit detects the dynamic state, the change determination unit determines whether change of the dynamic state being imaged is within a predetermined range, and the control unit controls capturing of each individual frame image while the imaging unit images the dynamic state of the subject.

13. A radiation imaging system comprising:
an imaging unit which emits radiation and images a dynamic state of a subject, thereby taking a plurality of frame images of the dynamic state of the subject;
a detection unit which detects the dynamic state of the subject being imaged and generates detection information on the dynamic state; and
an operation unit through which connection command information to instruct, of the plurality of frame images, frame images to connect is input, wherein
based on the connection command information input from the operation unit, the instructed frame images are connected, and frame images of the plurality of frame images that are not connected are discarded.

14. A radiation imaging system comprising:
an imaging unit which emits radiation and images a dynamic state of a subject, thereby taking a plurality of frame images of the dynamic state of the subject;
a detection unit which detects the dynamic state of the subject being imaged and generates detection information on the dynamic state;
a change determination unit which determines whether change of the dynamic state being imaged is within a predetermined range based on the generated detection information;
an operation unit through which connection command information to instruct, of the plurality of frame images, frame images to connect is input; and
a control unit, which, when the change determination unit determines that the change of the dynamic state is not within the predetermined range, discards a frame image determined by the change determination unit that the change of the dynamic state is not within the predetermined range, and connects, based on the connection command information input from the operation unit, the instructed frame images other than the discarded frame image.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Hosoki Tetsu
• Haraguchi Tsuyoshi
• Ubukata Kenroku

Classifications

• G16H50/30

  for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment · CPC title

• H04N23/64

  Computer-aided capture of images, e.g. transfer from script file into camera, check of taken image quality, advice or proposal for image composition or decision on when to take image · CPC title

• H04N23/62

  Control of parameters via user interfaces · CPC title

• A61B6/5264

  due to motion · CPC title

• A61B6/463

  characterised by displaying multiple images or images and diagnostic data on one display · CPC title