IP Library Granted Patent US 9,220,466
Granted Patent B2
US 9,220,466 · App. 14/142,959 · Granted Dec 29, 2015

System and method for implementing warm-up scanning in CT device

Inventors: Jinjun Liu (Shenyang, CN); Qingxiang Shu (Shenyang, CN)
Assignee: SHENYANG NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
A61B6/06A61B6/032A61B6/107A61B6/54G21K1/04
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Patent No.
US 9,220,466
App. No.
14/142,959
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system and a method for implementing warm-up scanning in a CT device are provided. The method includes: closing a slot of a beam limiter before a warm-up scanning process is initiated; implementing the warm-up scanning process to a CT radiation source; and opening the slot of the beam limiter after the warm-up scanning process is finished. The target object may not need to move during the warm-up scanning process. Therefore, a second time scout image scanning is no longer necessary and extra ionization radiation may be avoided.

Claims (30)

1. A method for implementing warm-up scanning in a CT device, comprising:

closing a slot of a beam limiter before a warm-up scanning process is initiated;

implementing the warm-up scanning process to a CT radiation source; and

opening the slot of the beam limiter after the warm-up scanning process is finished.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

during the warm-up scanning process, initiating a gantry to rotate and controlling the gantry to rotate at a speed which is required in a clinical sequence scanning process to be implemented.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: controlling gates of the beam limiter to overlap.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the slot opened after the warm-up scanning process is finished is a slot required to be open in a sequence scanning process to be implemented.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein there are one or more than one beam limiter.

6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the method further comprises: controlling gates of the beam limiter to overlap.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the slot opened after the warm-up scanning process is finished is a slot required to be open in a clinical sequence scanning process to be implemented.

8. The method according to claim 2 , wherein there are one or more than one beam limiter.

9. A system for implementing warm-up scanning in a CT device, comprising:

a first control device, adapted for closing a slot of a beam limiter before a warm-up scanning process is initiated;

a warm-up scanning device, adapted for implementing the warm-up scanning process to a CT radiation source; and

a second control device, adapted for opening the slot of the beam limiter after the warm-up scanning process is finished.

10. The system according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a rotation speed control unit, adapted for, during the warm-up scanning process, initiating a gantry to rotate and controlling the gantry to rotate at a speed which is required in a clinical sequence scanning process to be implemented.

11. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the first control device comprises:

a first unit for closing the slot of the beam limiter before the warm-up scanning process is initiated; or

a second unit for controlling gates of the beam limiter to overlap before the warm-up scanning process is initiated.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the second control device comprises:

a third unit for opening the slot of the beam limiter after the warm-up scanning process is finished, where the slot is required to be open in a clinical sequence scanning process to be implemented.

13. The system according to claim 9 , wherein there are one or more than one beam limiter.

14. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the first control device comprises:

a first unit for closing the slot of the beam limiter before the warm-up scanning process is initiated; or

a second unit for controlling gates of the beam limiter to overlap before the warm-up scanning process is initiated.

15. The system according to claim 14 , wherein the second control device comprises:

a third unit for opening the slot of the beam limiter after the warm-up scanning process is finished, where the slot is required to be open in a clinical sequence scanning process to be implemented.

16. The system according to claim 10 , wherein there are one or more than one beam limiter.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 14, 2020
From: SHENYANG NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052398/0489 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2013
From: LIU, JINJUN; SHU, QINGXIANG
To: SHENYANG NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031872/0093 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0385176 · Aug 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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