Radiographic failure determination support device and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12277702-B2
Application number	US-202217684761-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 2, 2022
Priority date	Mar 2, 2021
Publication date	Apr 15, 2025
Grant date	Apr 15, 2025

Abstract

A radiographic failure determination support device includes a determiner and a notifier. The determiner makes a determination about whether a signal saturation region is present in a radiation image captured by radiographing a subject. In a case in which the determiner determines that the signal saturation region is present in the radiation image, the notifier notifies a user that the signal saturation region is present in the radiation image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radiographic failure determination support device comprising:
a determiner that makes a determination about whether a signal saturation region is present in a radiation image captured by radiographing a subject; and
a notifier that, in a case in which the determiner determines that the signal saturation region is present in the radiation image, notifies a user that the signal saturation region is present in the radiation image;
wherein
the determiner determines whether the signal saturation region is present in a diagnostic target region of the radiation image, and
in a case in which the determiner determines that the signal saturation region is present in the diagnostic target region, the notifier notifies the user that the signal saturation region is present in the diagnostic target region.

2. The radiographic failure determination support device according to claim 1 , wherein the notifier notifies the user of a position of the signal saturation region present in the radiation image.

3. The radiographic failure determination support device according to claim 1 , wherein in the case in which the determiner determines that the signal saturation region is present in the diagnostic target region, the notifier notifies the user of an alert concerning a radiographic failure.

4. The radiographic failure determination support device according to claim 3 , wherein the notifier changes a method of notifying the user of the alert based on an area of the signal saturation region in the diagnostic target region of the radiation image.

5. The radiographic failure determination support device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a deriver that derives an improved value of a radiographic condition when re-radiographing the subject based on the signal saturation region present in the diagnostic target region and image information around the signal saturation region, wherein
the notifier further notifies the user of the improved value of the radiographic condition as derived or both the radiographic condition for the radiation image and the improved value of the radiographic condition.

6. The radiographic failure determination support device according to claim 1 , wherein
the determiner changes an algorithm to be applied when determining whether the signal saturation region is present in the diagnostic target region of the radiation image based on a part of the subject, and
the notifier further notifies the user of information about the algorithm applied by the determiner and/or a region recognized by the algorithm as the diagnostic target region.

7. The radiographic failure determination support device according to claim 1 , wherein the determiner acquires information about a position of a defective pixel of a radiation detector having radiographed the radiation image, and performs the determination eliminating a region corresponding to the position of the defective pixel in the radiation image.

8. The radiographic failure determination support device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a determination controller that acquires information about at least one of a part of the subject, a radiographing direction, and a thickness of the subject, and controls whether the determination is to be performed by the determiner based on acquired information.

9. The radiographic failure determination support device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a determination controller that acquires information about an irradiation dose when the radiation image is radiographed and information about an upper limit dose of a radiation detector used for radiographing the radiation image, and controls whether the determination is to be performed by the determiner based on the information about the irradiation dose and the information about the upper limit dose of the radiation detector as acquired.

10. The radiographic failure determination support device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage controller that, in the case in which the determiner determines that the signal saturation region is present in the radiation image, causes a storage to store the radiation image, information indicating a position of the signal saturation region, and a radiographic condition for the radiation image in association with each other.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as:
a determiner that determines whether a signal saturation region is present in a radiation image captured by radiographing a subject; and
a notifier that, in a case in which the determiner determines that the signal saturation region is present in the radiation image, notifies a user that the signal saturation region is present in the radiation image;
wherein
the determiner determines whether the signal saturation region is present in a diagnostic target region of the radiation image, and
in a case in which the determiner determines that the signal saturation region is present in the diagnostic target region, the notifier notifies the user that the signal saturation region is present in the diagnostic target region.

Assignees

• Konica Minolta Inc

Inventors

• Ito Ryohei

Classifications

• G06T2207/30168

  Image quality inspection · CPC title

• G06T2207/10116

  X-ray image · CPC title

• G06T2207/30004

  Biomedical image processing · CPC title

• G01T7/00

  Details of radiation-measuring instruments · CPC title

• G06T7/0012 Primary

  Biomedical image inspection · CPC title