Method for controlling an x-ray device and x-ray device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10278665-B2
Application number	US-201415024460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2014
Priority date	Sep 24, 2013
Publication date	May 7, 2019
Grant date	May 7, 2019

Abstract

A method controls an X-ray apparatus which contains a base station and at least one X-ray detector, wherein status information about the at least one X-ray detector is obtained. The status information is deposited in a database of the base station and the X-ray apparatus is controlled on the basis of the status information from the database.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for controlling an x-ray device having a base station and at least one x-ray detector, the base station configured to receive an acquired x-ray image from the x-ray detector by way of a wireless interface, which method comprises the following steps of:
providing the x-ray device with a further wireless interface differing from the wireless interface and having a smaller range than the wireless interface;
obtaining status information about the at least one x-ray detector by receiving the status information from the at least one x-ray detector by way of the further wireless interface within a scope of a registration process of the at least one x-ray detector to the base station, the status information relating to an operating parameter of the at least one x-ray detector;
storing the status information in a database of the base station, the database having at least one entry for each one of the at least one x-ray detector;
controlling the x-ray device on a basis of the status information from the database, the status information containing an identification number of the at least one x-ray detector;
transmitting a control command to the at least one x-ray detector by way of the wireless interface, the control command requests transmission of an x-ray image from the x-ray detector by way of the wireless interface; and
depending on a transmission of the control command, checking whether the acquired x-ray image is received by way of the wireless interface, and if the acquired x-ray image is not received operating the x-ray device in an error mode in respect of the at least one x-ray detector, the error mode serves to improve a connectivity between the base station and the at least one x-ray detector.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein within the scope of the registration process of the at least one x-ray detector to the base station, performing the further step of transmitting the status information, which contains the identification number of the at least one x-ray detector, to the at least one x-ray detector by way of the wireless interface.

3. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises selecting the further wireless interface from the group consisting of infrared, Bluetooth, near field communication, and optical transmission of machine-readable signs.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the status information contains a position specification of the at least one x-ray detector;
the at least one x-ray detector is portable; and
the position specification is set in respect of a detector holder, in which the portable x-ray detector can be affixed.

5. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises selecting the status information from the group consisting of a battery charge state of the at least one x-ray detector, a number of buffered and acquired x-ray images in the at least one x-ray detector, a status of an acquisition process of the x-ray image, a transmission quality of the wireless interface, calibration data, calibration metadata, the identification number of the at least one x-ray detector, a position specification of the at least one x-ray detector, and a detector type of the at least one x-ray detector.

6. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises transmitting a further control command to the at least one x-ray detector if the x-ray device is operated in the error mode in relation to the at least one x-ray detector, the control command blocks the at least one x-ray detector in respect of future registrations to base stations and/or re-initializes the at least one x-ray detector.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein if the x-ray device is operated in the error mode in relation to the at least one x-ray detector, repeating reception of the status information which includes a transmission quality of the wireless interface and an output of a transmission quality to a user.

8. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises receiving the status information from the at least one x-ray detector by way of the wireless interface if the x-ray device is operated in the error mode in relation to the at least one x-ray detector, the status information includes a number of buffered and acquired x-ray images in the at least one x-ray detector and/or a status of an acquisition process of the x-ray image.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the controlling step further comprises carrying out a user interaction, the user interaction includes depicting the status information from the database on a monitor and/or obtaining the status information by a user input.

10. The method according to claim 1 , which further comprises monitoring for changes in the status information from the database, and in a case of changes in the status information from the database outputting corresponding information to a user.

11. An x-ray device, comprising:
at least one x-ray detector;
a wireless interface;
a further wireless interface differing from said wireless interface and having a smaller range than said wireless interface;
a base station configured to receive an acquired x-ray image from said x-ray detector by way of said wireless interface, said base station having a database and a computer unit configured to carry out the following steps:
obtain status information about said at least one x-ray detector by receiving the status information from said at least one x-ray detector by way of said further wireless interface within a scope of a registration process of said at least one x-ray detector to said base station, the status information relates to an operating parameter of said at least one x-ray detector;
store the status information in said database of said base station, said database having at least one entry for each one of said at least one x-ray detector;
control said x-ray device on a basis of the status information from said database, the status information having an identification number of said at least one x-ray detector;
transmit a control command to said at least one x-ray detector by way of said wireless interface, the control command requests transmission of an x-ray image from said x-ray detector by way of said wireless interface; and
depending on a transmission of the control command, check whether the acquired x-ray image is received by way of said wireless interface, and if the acquired x-ray image is not received operating said x-ray device in an error mode in respect of said at least one x-ray detector, the error mode serves to improve connectivity between said base station and said at least one x-ray detector.

12. The x-ray device according to claim 11 , wherein said x-ray device is configured to carry out a method according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Siemens Healthcare Gmbh

Inventors

• Benndorf Steffen
• Dinse Franziska
• Fuhrmann Michael
• Hofmann Jens

Classifications

• A61B6/56

  Details of data transmission or power supply, e.g. use of slip rings · CPC title

• A61B6/4411

  the apparatus being modular (A61B6/4283 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61B6/54 Primary

  Control of apparatus or devices for radiation diagnosis · CPC title

• A61B6/4452

  the source unit and the detector unit being able to move relative to each other · CPC title

• A61B6/548

  Remote control of the apparatus or devices · CPC title