IP Library Granted Patent US 10,159,458
Granted Patent B2
US 10,159,458 · App. 14/810,894 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

X-ray diagnostic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 10,159,458
App. No.
14/810,894
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a bed that has a top board on which an object is placed, a console configured to manipulate an actuation of the bed in an inverting direction, in which the object is inclined to locate a head lower than a foot, and an actuation of the bed in a raising direction, in which the object is inclined to locate the head higher than the foot, and a processing circuitry configured to receive an input from the console and control an actuation of the bed, and the processing circuitry determines whether the head of the object is located closer to one shorter side of the bed or to another shorter side of the bed, and changes a control of an actuation of the bed programmed in the console based on a result of the determination.

Claims (32)

1. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus, comprising:

a bed configured to have an object placed thereon;

a console configured to accept an operation to set one of two tilting directions of the bed; and

processing circuitry configured to

recognize a placed direction of the placed object from among two opposite directions along a longitudinal axis of the bed,

determine, based on the recognized placed direction, whether a set direction of the two tilting directions set using the console is an inverting direction or a raising direction, the inverting direction being defined as a direction in which the object is inclined to locate a head lower than a foot, and the raising direction being defined as a direction in which the object is inclined to locate the head higher than the foot, and

perform different control depending on whether the set direction set using the console is the inverting direction or the raising direction,

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

determine, based on an examination mode including a normal direction mode or a reverse direction mode, whether the set direction is the inverting direction or the raising direction, the normal direction mode being a mode in which the placed direction is a positive direction of the two opposite directions, the reverse direction mode being a mode in which the placed direction is a negative direction of the two opposite directions.

2. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

recognize the placed direction, based on at least one of a position of a foot rest attached to the bed, a position of a shoulder rest attached to the bed, an examination type, and a region to be examined.

3. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the console is further configured to accept input of the placed direction.

4. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

reverse, when the examination mode is the reverse direction mode, a range of movement of the bed, a horizontal rest position of the bed, and a speed of movement of the bed to a control when the examination mode is the normal direction mode.

5. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display configured to display the an indication of the examination mode.

6. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the display displays an X-ray image of the object placed on the bed and changes a display orientation so as to make a head side of the object in the X-ray image agree with an upper side of a screen of the display.

7. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an imaging device configured to produce an X-ray used to image the object; and

an input device included in the console and configured to input a direction of movement of the imaging device,

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to control a movement of the imaging device in response to the examination mode.

8. An X-ray diagnostic apparatus, comprising:

a bed configured to have an object placed thereon;

a console configured to accept an operation to set one of two tilting directions of the bed; and

processing circuitry configured to

recognize a placed direction of the placed object from among two opposite directions along a longitudinal axis of the bed,

determine, based on the recognized placed direction, whether a set direction of the two tilting directions set using the console is an inverting direction or a raising direction, the inverting direction being defined as a direction in which the object is inclined to locate a head lower than a foot, and the raising direction being defined as a direction in which the object is inclined to locate the head higher than the foot, and

perform different control depending on whether the set direction set using the console is the inverting direction or the raising direction,

wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to

perform a control such that an operation in the set direction corresponds to a single-action operation when the set direction is determined as the raising direction, and perform a control such that an operation in the set direction corresponds to a double-action operation when the set direction is determined as the inverting direction.

9. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to recognize the placed direction, based on at least one of a position of a foot rest attached to the bed, a position of a shoulder rest attached to the bed, an examination type, and a region to be examined.

10. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the console is further configured to accept input of the placed direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038926/0365 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2015
From: KOSUGI, NORIMITSU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036195/0602 →