IP Library Granted Patent US 9,186,118
Granted Patent B2
US 9,186,118 · App. 13/502,287 · Granted Nov 17, 2015

Radiographic imaging system

Inventor: Hisashi Yonekawa (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
A61B6/465A61B6/4233A61B6/4283A61B6/4405A61B6/4411A61B6/4494A61B6/547A61B6/566G03B42/04
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Patent No.
US 9,186,118
App. No.
13/502,287
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a radiographic imaging system which is provided with: a plurality of radiographing chambers equipped with a registration device; a console; and a management device for associating and managing the identification information of a portable radiographic imaging device with the identification information of the radiographing chambers. When the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device is notified by the registration device of a radiographing chamber, the console displays an icon corresponding to the imaging device on a selection screen. When the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device, as notified by the registration device, is associated with the identification information of another radiographing chamber, the management device discards the association and deletes the icon corresponding to the portable radiographic imaging device from the selection screen of the console, which is associated with said other radiographing chamber.

Claims (17)

1. A radiographic imaging system comprising:

a portable radiographic imaging device which can be used in common in a plurality of radiographing chambers;

at least one console which has a display section, and which sets radiographing order information including information on a patient as a subject of radiographing and a condition of radiographing and which associates the radiographing order information with image data captured based on the radiographing order information;

a management device which associates identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device with identification information of a radiographing chamber, and manages to know where the portable radiographic imaging device is located among the plurality of radiographing chambers; and

a registration device which is installed in each of the plurality of radiographing chambers and which reads and outputs the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device,

wherein the console is associated with one of the plurality of radiographing chambers selectively at a time of radiographing or in advance, and, when the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device outputted from the registration device provided in the associated one of the plurality of radiographing chambers has been notified to the console, the console causes the display section to display an icon corresponding to the portable radiographic imaging device thereon, and

wherein the management device, when notified of the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device outputted from the registration device, stores the identification information of the radiographing chamber provided with the registration device and the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device after being associated with each other, and, if the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device has been associated with the identification information of another radiographing chamber, discards the association therebetween and deletes the icon corresponding to the portable radiographic imaging device from the display section of the console associated with the another radiographing chamber.

2. The radiographic imaging system of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of radiographing chambers include a bucky device which can be loaded with the portable radiographic imaging device, and the bucky device comprises:

a notification device for notifying the portable radiographic imaging device installed on the bucky device about identification information of the bucky device,

wherein when having received the identification information of the bucky device from the notification device, the portable radiographic imaging device transmits the identification information of the bucky device together with the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device to the console,

wherein when receiving from the portable radiographic imaging device identification, the information of the bucky device together with the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device, the console displays an icon indicating that the portable radiographic imaging device has been installed on the bucky device on the display section.

3. The radiographic imaging system of claim 2 , further comprising:

at least one radiation generator for emitting radiation in the radiographing chamber,

wherein when the portable radiographic imaging device and the notification device are connected with each other, the radiographic imaging system starts the radiation generator which is to be used to emit radiation to the bucky device which corresponds to the notification device.

4. The radiographic imaging system of claim 3 ,

wherein when the bucky device to be provided with the portable radiographic imaging device is designated by operating the icon on the display section, the console starts the radiation generator which is to be used to emit radiation to the bucky device.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 30, 2015
From: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 036695/0071 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2012
From: YONEKAWA, HISASHI
To: KONICA MINOLTA MEDICAL & GRAPHIC, INC.
Reel/Frame 028052/0729 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-241008 · Oct 20, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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