Radiation image acquisition system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9500600-B2
Application number	US-201314415273-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2013
Priority date	Jul 20, 2012
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

A radiation image acquisition system of an aspect of the present invention includes a radiation source emitting radiation toward an object, a holding unit holding the object, a wavelength conversion member generating scintillation light in response to incidence of the radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through the object, a first imaging means condensing and imaging scintillation light emitted from an incidence surface of the radiation of the wavelength conversion member, a second imaging means condensing and imaging scintillation light emitted from a surface opposite to the incidence surface of the wavelength conversion member, a holding unit position adjusting means adjusting the position of the holding unit between the radiation source and the wavelength conversion member, and an imaging position adjusting means adjusting the position of the first imaging means.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for acquiring a radiation image of an object, the system comprising:
a radiation source configured to emit radiation toward the object;
a holder configured to hold the object;
a wavelength conversion member configured to generate scintillation light in response to incidence of the radiation transmitted through the object;
a first imaging device configured to condense and image scintillation light emitted from an incidence surface of the wavelength conversion member;
a second imaging device configured to condense and image scintillation light emitted from a surface opposite to the incidence surface of the wavelength conversion member;
a holder position adjusting device configured to adjust a position of the holder between the radiation source and the wavelength conversion member; and
an imaging position adjusting device configured to adjust a position of the first imaging device.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the imaging position adjusting device rotates the first imaging device with a point where an optical axis of the first imaging device and the incidence surface of the wavelength conversion member cross each other set as a rotation center.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the imaging position adjusting device keeps an angle created by the optical axis of the first imaging device and the incidence surface of the wavelength conversion member while rotating the first imaging device and the wavelength conversion member.

4. The system according to claim 3 , wherein the imaging position adjusting device keeps an angle created by an optical axis of the second imaging device and the opposite surface of the wavelength conversion member while rotating the first imaging device, the wavelength conversion member, and the second imaging device.

5. The system according to claim 4 , further comprising an image operating device configured to perform an image operation of a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device based on a rotation angle of the first imaging device, the wavelength conversion member, and the second imaging device.

6. The system according to claim 4 , further comprising a detecting device configured to detect whether the object is in a field of view of the first imaging device.

7. The system according to claim 6 , further comprising an image operating device configured to perform an image operation of a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device based on a rotation angle of the first imaging device, the wavelength conversion member, and the second imaging device.

8. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the detecting device detects whether the object is in the field of view of the first imaging device based on a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device.

9. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the detecting device detects whether the object is in the field of view of the first imaging device based on a difference in light intensity between the first image and the second image.

10. The system according to claim 9 , further comprising an image operating device configured to perform an image operation of a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device based on a rotation angle of the first imaging device, the wavelength conversion member, and the second imaging device.

11. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the detecting device detects whether the object is in the field of view of the first imaging device based on a difference image between the first image and the second image.

12. The system according to claim 11 , further comprising an image operating device configured to perform an image operation of a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device based on a rotation angle of the first imaging device, the wavelength conversion member, and the second imaging device.

13. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the detecting device detects whether the object is in the field of view of the first imaging device based on a ratio of brightness between the first image and the second image.

14. The system according to claim 13 , further comprising an image operating device configured to perform an image operation of a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device based on a rotation angle of the first imaging device, the wavelength conversion member, and the second imaging device.

15. The system according to claim 8 , wherein the detecting device detects whether the object is in the field of view of the first imaging device based on successive images successively captured by the first imaging device while the holder is moved by the holder position adjusting device.

16. The system according to claim 15 , further comprising an image operating device configured to perform an image operation of a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device based on a rotation angle of the first imaging device, the wavelength conversion member, and the second imaging device.

17. The system according to claim 8 , further comprising an image operating device configured to perform an image operation of a first image captured by the first imaging device and a second image captured by the second imaging device based on a rotation angle of the first imaging device, the wavelength conversion member, and the second imaging device.

Assignees

• Hamamatsu Photonics Kk

Inventors

• SUGIYAMA Mototsugu
• Suyama Toshiyasu

Classifications

• G01N2223/505

  scintillation · CPC title

• G01N2223/3308

  object translates · CPC title

• G01N2223/424

  energy substraction image processing (dual energy processing) · CPC title

• G01N2223/6113

  printed circuit board [PCB] · CPC title

• G01N23/04 Primary

  and forming images of the material · CPC title