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US 12,274,579 · App. 17/826,288 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Radiation imaging system and storage medium

Inventor: Yuuichi Maruta (Hino, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
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Patent No.
US 12,274,579
App. No.
17/826,288
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiation imaging system includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor calculates an exposure index representative value of a radiation image based on the radiation image including a plurality of frame images. The hardware processor is capable of setting a target value of an exposure index differently for each imaging mode.

Claims (11)

1. A radiation imaging system comprising:

a controller comprising a hardware processor; and

a storage,

wherein the hardware processor, under control of a program stored in the storage, performs processes comprising:

calculating a radiation dose applied when performing an imaging process that obtains a radiation image including a plurality of frame images, the radiation dose corresponding to a cumulative dose amount of all imaged frames in the plurality of frame images, and the radiation dose being calculated before or after the imaging process based on a dose index and a number of pulses,

wherein the dose index is calculated from at least one of (i) an imaging condition is applied when the imaging process is performed and which is received from a radiation generating apparatus, and (ii) distance information showing a distance to a subject, and

wherein the number of pulses represents a number of times that the radiation generating apparatus generates radiation in a pulsed state to obtain the frame images when the imaging process is performed.

2. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program thereon, the program being executable to control a computer to perform processes comprising:

calculating a radiation dose applied when performing an imaging process that obtains a radiation image including a plurality of frame images, the radiation dose being equivalent to a cumulative dose amount of all of the frame images that are imaged, and the radiation dose being calculated before or after the imaging process based on a dose index and a number of pulses,

wherein the dose index is calculated from at least one of (i) an imaging condition applied when the imaging process is performed and which is received from a radiation generating apparatus, and (ii) distance information showing a distance to a subject, and

wherein the number of pulses represents a number of times that the radiation generating apparatus generates radiation in a pulsed state to obtain the frame images when the imaging process is performed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: MARUTA, YUUICHI
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-097723 · Jun 11, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220395247A1 · Dec 15, 2022
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