Arrangement for controlling image plate and its image information and a method for controlling the arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9955933-B2
Application number	US-201715588070-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 5, 2017
Priority date	Mar 23, 2009
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

A medical imaging system comprises at least an image plate, X-ray device for producing an image of an object on said image plate, and a reading device for reading image information held by the image plate. In connection with the image plate there is a tag containing information for controlling the arrangement in such a manner that when the arrangement has read the information in the tag the arrangement is adapted to perform at least one operation controlled by the information read.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An arrangement for medical X-ray imaging comprising:
an image plate for use in intraoral imaging, wherein an X-ray image of an object examined is producable on the image plate, the X-ray image producable on the image plate being readable by a reading device;
a tag attached to the image plate, and the tag contains information for controlling the arrangement for medical X-ray imaging in such manner that, when the arrangement has read the information in the tag, the arrangement is configured to perform at least one operation controlled by the information in the tag;
reading and writing means for remotely reading from the tag and for remotely writing to the tag;
wherein the information in the tag comprises position information that indicates a position of the image plate with respect to teeth of a patient and the at least one operation comprises that the reading device delivers the X-ray image and the position information to a data processing means and the data processing means attach the X-ray image in an appropriate location on an image template representing the teeth of the patient; and
wherein the appropriate location is that to which the X-ray image relates according to the position information.

2. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the tag comprises information for controlling the arrangement so that when the reading device has read the image information contained in the image plate, the arrangement is configured to deliver said image information to a place indicated by the information read from the tag to a party that took or will interpret the image so that said image information is associated with a person involved in the imaging.

3. The arrangement according to claim 2 , wherein the reading device is configured to analyze the condition of the image plate and write to the tag information related to the condition of the image plate, which information indicates that the image plate is faulty.

4. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein said tag contains exposure information indicating that the image plate contains image information, whereby the arrangement is configured, based on the reading of said exposure information, to activate the reading device.

5. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the arrangement is configured, having read or reset the image information, to alter the exposure information in the tag to indicate that the image information has been read or said image plate does not contain image information.

6. The arrangement according to claim 5 , wherein the reading device is configured to analyze the condition of the image plate and write to the tag information related to the condition of the image plate, which information indicates that the image plate is faulty.

7. The arrangement according to claim 4 , wherein the reading device is configured to analyze the condition of the image plate and write to the tag information related to the condition of the image plate, which information indicates that the image plate is faulty.

8. The arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the reading device is configured to analyze the condition of the image plate and write to the tag information related to the condition of the image plate, which information indicates that the image plate is faulty.

9. An arrangement for medical X-ray imaging, comprising:
an image plate for use in intraoral imaging, the image plate configured to produce thereon an X-ray image of an object examined;
a tag attached to the image plate, and the tag contains information for controlling the arrangement for medical X-ray imaging;
a reading device operable to read the X-ray image of the object examined from the image plate, the reading device operable to remotely read from the tag and remotely write to the tag the information for controlling the arrangement for medical X-ray imaging, the information for controlling comprising at least position information that indicates a position of the image plate with respect to teeth of a patient;
a template representing the teeth of the patient; and
a computer that receives the position information read by the reading device and the computer receives the X-ray image of the object examined from the reading device and the computer attaches the X-ray image of the object examined in an appropriate location on the image template, being that to which the X-ray image relates according to the position information.

10. The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the tag comprises information for controlling the arrangement so that when the reading device has read the X-ray image contained in the image plate, the arrangement is configured to deliver said X-ray image to a place indicated by the information read from the tag to a party that took or will interpret the image so that said image information is associated with a person involved in the imaging.

11. The arrangement according to claim 10 , wherein the reading device analyzes the condition of the image plate and writes to the tag information related to the condition of the image plate.

12. The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the tag contains exposure information indicating that the image plate contains image information, whereby the arrangement is configured, based on the reading of said exposure information, to activate the reading device.

13. The arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein the arrangement is configured, having read or reset the image information, to alter the exposure information in the tag to indicate that the image information has been read or said image plate does not contain image information.

14. The arrangement according to claim 13 , wherein the reading device is configured to analyze the condition of the image plate and write to the tag information related to the condition of the image plate.

15. The arrangement according to claim 12 , wherein the reading device is configured to analyze the condition of the image plate and write to the tag information related to the condition of the image plate.

16. The arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the reading device is configured to analyze the condition of the image plate and write to the tag information related to the condition of the image plate.

17. An arrangement for medical X-ray imaging comprising:
an image plate; and
reading and writing means for remotely reading from a tag and for remotely writing to the tag;
wherein an X-ray image of an object examined is producible on the image plate,
wherein image information contained in the image plate readable by a reading device,
wherein the tag is attached to the image plate,
wherein the image plate usable in intraoral imaging, and
wherein said tag contains information for controlling the arrangement in such manner that, when the arrangement has read the information in the tag, the arrangement is configured to perform at least one operation controlled by said information read,
wherein the information in the tag comprises position information that indicates a position of the image plate with respect to teeth of a patient and
wherein the at least one operation comprises that the reading device delivers said image information and the position information to data processing means and the data processing means attach the image information in an appropriate location on an image template representing the teeth of the patient, wherein said appropriate location is that to which said image information relates according to the position information.

18. The arrangement according to claim 17 , wherein the

Assignees

• Palodex Group Oy

Inventors

• Taskinen Jari
• Anttila Mika
• Klemola Timo

Classifications

• A61B6/4494 Primary

  Means for identifying the diagnostic device · CPC title

• G03B42/08

  Visualisation of records by optical means · CPC title

• A61B6/547

  involving tracking of position of the device or parts of the device · CPC title

• G06K7/10366

  the interrogation device being adapted for miscellaneous applications · CPC title

• A61B6/145

  Human Necessities · mapped topic