Radiographic imaging device, radiographic imaging system, method of controlling radiation detection sensitivity and program storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9335422-B2
Application number	US-201313943270-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2013
Priority date	Jul 17, 2012
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

A radiographic imaging device including: a detector that detects an irradiation start of radiation irradiated in imaging of a radiographic image; a derivation unit that derives an irradiation amount of radiation that will be irradiated within a specific period of time based on input data; a controller that makes a power supply amount to the detector smaller and lowers detection sensitivity to radiation irradiation start in the detector the larger the radiation irradiation amount derived by the derivation unit; and an imaging unit that images the radiographic image after radiation irradiation start has been detected by the detector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A radiographic imaging device comprising:
a detector that detects an irradiation start of radiation irradiated during imaging of a radiographic image;
a derivation unit that derives an irradiation amount of radiation that will be irradiated within a specific period of time based on input data;
a controller that causes a power supply amount to the detector to become smaller and detection sensitivity to irradiation start in the detector, to become lower as the radiation irradiation amount derived by the derivation unit increases, wherein the controller is different from the detector; and
an imaging unit that images the radiographic image after radiation irradiation start has been detected by the detector, wherein:
the detector includes a plurality of sensor portions that each generate charge according to an irradiation amount of the radiation, and a signal processing section that generates an electrical signal according to amounts of charge generated in the plurality of sensor portions;
the controller causes a number of the sensor portions that are active, out of the plurality of sensor portions, to decrease and causes the power supply amount to the detector to decrease, as the radiation irradiation amount derived by the derivation unit increase; and wherein:
the signal processing section includes a plurality of operation amplification circuits respectively provided to correspond to each of the plurality of sensor portions; and
the controller causes a drive number of the operation amplification circuits to decrease, as the radiation irradiation amount derived by the derivation unit increases.

2. The radiographic imaging device of claim 1 , wherein:
the controller controls the detection sensitivity to radiation in the imaging unit during imaging of a radiographic image independent of the detection sensitivity to radiation at the irradiation start in the detector.

3. The radiographic imaging device of claim 1 , wherein:
the detector includes a sensor portion that generates charge in an amount that is based on an irradiation amount of the radiation and that changes sensitivity according to bias voltage applied, and a bias voltage generator that generates a bias voltage to apply to the sensor portion; and
the controller causes the bias voltage to decrease and causes the power supply amount to the detector to decrease, as the radiation irradiation amount derived by the derivation unit becomes larger.

4. The radiographic imaging device of claim 1 , wherein:
the detector includes a plurality of sensor portions that each generate charge according to an irradiation amount of the radiation, and a signal processing section that generates an electrical signal according to amounts of charge generated in the plurality of sensor portions; and
the controller causes a power supply amount to the signal processing section to decrease, as the radiation irradiation amount derived by the derivation unit increases.

5. The radiographic imaging device of claim 4 , wherein:
the signal processing section includes a plurality of operation amplification circuits respectively provided to correspond to each of the plurality of sensor portions; and
the controller causes a drive number of the operation amplification circuits to decrease as the radiation irradiation amount derived by the derivation unit increases.

6. The radiographic imaging device of claim 1 , wherein
the controller includes a storage unit stored with a plurality of detection sensitivity settings for the detector, and selects one of the plurality of detection sensitivity settings stored in the storage unit according to the radiation irradiation amount derived by the derivation unit.

7. The radiographic imaging device of claim 1 , wherein
the derivation unit derives an irradiation amount to be irradiated onto an irradiation face within the specific period of time of radiation emitted from a radiation source and attenuated on passing through an imaging subject that is an imaging target of the radiographic image.

8. The radiographic imaging device of claim 1 , wherein
the derivation unit derives an irradiation amount of the radiation using as input data at least one of imaging subject data relating to the imaging subject that is an imaging target of the radiographic image or an exposure condition of a radiation source.

9. The radiographic imaging device of claim 8 , wherein
the imaging subject data includes an imaging target site of the imaging subject; and
the exposure condition includes at least one of a tube voltage or a tube current.

10. The radiographic imaging device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a reception unit that receives at least one input of the imaging subject data or the exposure condition.

11. The radiographic imaging device of claim 2 , wherein:
the detector includes a sensor portion that is employed for irradiation start detection; and
the radiographic image imaging unit includes a sensor portion that is employed for imaging a radiographic image and is separate to the sensor portion that is employed for the irradiation start detection.

12. A radiographic imaging system comprising:
a radiographic imaging device including a detector that detects an irradiation start of radiation irradiated during imaging a radiographic image and that changes in detection sensitivity to the radiation according to a magnitude of power supplied, a reception unit that receives a setting input of detection sensitivity to radiation of the detector, a controller that sets the detection sensitivity received by the reception unit as the detection sensitivity to radiation of the detector, and an imaging unit that images the radiographic image after irradiation start has been detected by the detector; and
a control device including a first derivation unit that derives an irradiation amount of radiation that will be irradiated onto the radiographic imaging device within a specific period of time based on input data, a second derivation unit that derives a setting for detection sensitivity to radiation at the irradiation start in the detector such that a power supply amount to the detector is smaller the larger the radiation irradiation amount derived by the first derivation unit, and a supply unit that supplies the reception unit with the detection sensitivity setting derived by the second derivation unit, wherein the control device is different from the detector.

13. A radiation irradiation start detection sensitivity control method comprising:
deriving an irradiation amount of radiation that will be irradiated within a specific period of time in imaging a radiographic image based on input data; and

making, by utilizing a controller, a power supply amount smaller to a detector that detects irradiation start of the radiation and lowering detection sensitivity to radiation irradiation start in the detector the larger the derived radiation irradiation amount, wherein the controller is different from the detector, wherein:
the detector includes a plurality of sensor portions that each generate charge according to an irradiation amount of the radiation, and a signal processing section that generates an electrical signal according to amounts of charge generated in the plurality of sensor portions;
the controller causes a number of the sensor portions that are active, out of the plurality of sensor portions, to decrease and causes the power supply amount to the detector to decrease, as the radiation irradiation amount derived by the derivation unit increase; and wherein:
the signal processing section includes a plurality of operation amplification circuits respectively provide

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Oda Yasufumi

Classifications

• H04N23/651

  for reducing power consumption by affecting camera operations, e.g. sleep mode, hibernation mode or power off of selective parts of the camera · CPC title

• G01T1/17 Primary

  Circuit arrangements not adapted to a particular type of detector {(pulse-selection circuits H03K, G01R)} · CPC title

• A61B6/548 Primary

  Remote control of the apparatus or devices · CPC title

• H04N23/30

  for generating image signals from X-rays · CPC title

• H04N5/23241

  Electricity · mapped topic