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Granted Patent B2
US 10,813,617 · App. 15/846,338 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Radiation emitting device, method for controlling radiation emitting device, and program

Inventors: Tomoki Inoue (Kanagawa, JP); Yasunori Ohta (Kanagawa, JP); Ryosuke Ogura (Kanagawa, JP); Yuzo Aoshima (Kanagawa, JP); Fumito Nariyuki (Kanagawa, JP); Masayoshi Matsuura (Kanagawa, JP); Haruyasu Nakatsugawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
A61B6/542A61B6/00A61B6/06A61B6/08A61B6/40A61B6/461H05G1/00H05G1/64
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Patent No.
US 10,813,617
App. No.
15/846,338
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a radiation emitting device forming a radiography apparatus, a method for controlling the radiation emitting device, and a program which can reduce power consumption. A radiation emitting device includes a radiation source, a collimator that sets a radiation field region, imaging unit for capturing an image of an imaging target, a display unit that displays the image captured by the imaging unit, an exposure switch, and a control unit that issues a collimator driving command to direct the collimator to set the radiation field region determined from the captured image to the collimator in a case in which the exposure switch is operated.

Claims (61)

1. An x-ray radiation emitting device comprising:

an x-ray radiation source that emits x-ray radiation to an imaging target;

a collimator that sets an x-ray radiation field region;

a visible light source that emits visible light;

a camera for capturing an image of the imaging target;

a display unit that displays the image captured by the camera;

a single button that drives the x-ray radiation source in a first operation mode and drives the visible light source in a second operation mode; and

a control unit that issues a collimator driving command to direct the collimator to set the x-ray radiation field region determined from the captured image displayed by the display unit to the collimator in a case in which the single button is operated under either the first operation mode or the second operation mode.

2. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the camera includes a zoom function, and

the control unit sets a part of an imaging range of the captured image which has been captured by the camera and displayed on the display unit as the x-ray radiation field region.

3. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the part of the imaging range is determined so as to correspond to a detection region of an x-ray radiation detector that detects the x-ray radiation transmitted through the imaging target.

4. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a partial range input unit that sets the partial range,

wherein the partial range is determined by an input from the partial range input unit.

5. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the camera includes a zoom function, and

the control unit sets an imaging range of the captured image which has been captured by the camera and displayed on the display unit as the x-ray radiation field region.

6. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an input unit that displays information indicating the x-ray radiation field region together with the captured image displayed on the display unit,

wherein the control unit sets the x-ray radiation field region on the basis of the information indicating the x-ray radiation field region.

7. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the information indicating the x-ray radiation field region is a frame corresponding to the x-ray radiation field region.

8. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 6 , further comprising:

distance setting unit for setting a distance between the x-ray radiation source and the imaging target,

wherein the control unit sets the x-ray radiation field region on the basis of the x-ray radiation field region indicated by the information and the distance set by the distance setting unit.

9. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the distance setting unit comprises distance measurement unit and sets the distance on the basis of a distance measured by the distance measurement unit.

10. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 8 ,

wherein the distance setting unit sets the distance on the basis of input distance information.

11. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a battery is used as a driving source.

12. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the camera acquires, as the captured image, an infrared image indicating a temperature distribution in the imaging range, using infrared rays, and

the display unit displays the captured image which is the infrared image and a radiographic image of the imaging target.

13. The x-ray radiation emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a stop that is disposed separately from the collimator and that matches an irradiation range of the visible light on the imaging target with the x-ray radiation field region;

and the single button also drives the visible light source; and

wherein the control unit directs the collimator to set the x-ray radiation field region determined from the captured image displayed by the display unit to the collimator in a case in which the single button is operated to drive the visible light source.

14. The x-ray radiation emitting device according to claim 13 ,

wherein, in a case in which the single button is operated after the control unit sets the x-ray radiation field region, the camera captures the image of the imaging target.

15. A method for controlling an x-ray radiation emitting device comprising an x-ray radiation source that emits x-ray radiation to an imaging target, a collimator that sets an x-ray radiation field region, a visible light source that emits visible light; camera for capturing an image of the imaging target, a display unit that displays the image captured by the camera, and a single switch that drives the x-ray radiation source in a first operation mode and drives the visible light source in a second operation mode, the method comprising:

issuing a collimator driving command to direct the collimator to set the x-ray radiation field region determined from the captured image displayed by the display unit to the collimator in a case in which the single switch is operated under either the first operation mode or the second operation mode.

16. A method for controlling an x-ray radiation emitting device comprising an x-ray radiation source that emits x-ray radiation to an imaging target, a collimator that sets an x-ray radiation field region, a visible light source that emits visible light, a stop that is disposed separately from the collimator and that matches an irradiation range of the visible light on the imaging target with the x-ray radiation field region, camera for capturing an image of the imaging target, a display unit that displays the image captured by the camera, and a single switch that drives the visible light source, the method comprising:

issuing a collimator driving command to direct the collimator to set the x-ray radiation field region determined from the captured image displayed by the display unit to the collimator in a case in which the single switch is operated.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform a method for controlling an x-ray radiation emitting device comprising an x-ray radiation source that emits x-ray radiation to an imaging target, a collimator that sets an x-ray radiation field region, a visible light source that emits visible light; camera for capturing an image of the imaging target, a display unit that displays the image captured by the camera, and a single switch that drives the x-ray radiation source in a first operation mode and drives the visible light source in a second operation mode, the program comprising:

a procedure of issuing a collimator driving command to direct the collimator to set the x-ray radiation field region determined from the captured image displayed by the display unit to the collimator in a case in which the single switch is operated under either the first operation mode or the second operation mode.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to perform a method for controlling an x-ray radiation emitting device comprising an x-ray radiation source that emits x-ray radiation to an imaging target, a collimator that sets an x-ray radiation field region, a visible light source that emits visible light, a stop that is disposed separately from the collimator and that matches an irradiation range of the visible light on the imaging target with the x-ray radiation field region, camera for capturing an image of the imaging target, a display unit that displays the image captured by the camera, and a single switch that drives the visible light source, the program comprising:

a procedure of issuing a collimator driving command to direct the collimator to set the x-ray radiation field region determined from the captured image displayed by the display unit to the collimator in a case in which the single switch is operated.

19. An x-ray radiation emitting device comprising:

an x-ray radiation source that emits x-ray radiation to an imaging target;

a collimator that sets an x-ray radiation field region;

a visible light source that emits visible light;

a camera for capturing an image of the imaging target;

a display unit that displays the image captured by the camera;

a memory storing a look-up table in which a relationship between a camera parameter and a degree of opening of the collimator is stored;

a button that drives the x-ray radiation source in a first operation mode when fully pressed and drives the visible light source in a second operation mode when pressed halfway; and

a control unit that:

performs a preliminary control, in which the preliminary x-ray radiation region is set from the captured image displayed by the display unit using the camera parameter stored in the look-up table and in which the collimator is not operated; and

performs a main control by issuing a collimator driving command to direct the collimator to set the actual x-ray radiation field region to match the preliminary x-ray radiation region when the button is pressed halfway or pressed fully.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2017
From: INOUE, TOMOKI; OHTA, YASUNORI; OGURA, RYOSUKE; AOSHIMA, YUZO; NARIYUKI, FUMITO; MATSUURA, MASAYOSHI; NAKATSUGAWA, HARUYASU
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044432/0056 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-124512 · Jun 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016002888 · Jun 15, 2016
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