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US 12,482,094 · App. 17/689,990 · Granted Nov 25, 2025

Image inspection device, console, and radiographic system

Inventor: Daiki Harada (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G06T7/0012A61B6/463A61B6/54G06T3/60G06T7/70G06T2200/24G06T2207/10116G06T2207/20132G06T2207/30168
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Patent No.
US 12,482,094
App. No.
17/689,990
Granted
Nov 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image inspection device includes a radiation image acquisition unit that acquires a radiation image obtained by imaging a subject using radiation, an imaging condition recognition unit that recognizes an imaging condition relating to an imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject reflected in the radiation image, and a marker superimposition unit that superimposes, on the radiation image, a marker indicating the imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject reflected in the radiation image by using a result of the recognition of the imaging condition recognition unit.

Claims (38)

1 . An image inspection device comprising:

a processor configured to:

acquire a radiation image obtained by imaging a subject using radiation based on an imaging instruction including an imaging menu specifying imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject for imaging the subject using the radiation;

acquire the imaging menu specifying the imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject for capturing of the radiation image;

recognize an imaging condition relating to an imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject reflected in the radiation image by comparing the imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject reflected in the radiation image and the imaging direction and/or laterality specified in the imaging menu included in the imaging instruction; and

superimpose, on the radiation image, a marker indicating the imaging condition relating to the imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject reflected in the radiation image by using a result of the recognition.

2 . The image inspection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

acquire, before radiography for obtaining the radiation image, a camera image obtained by imaging the subject by a method different from the radiography; and

recognize the imaging condition by using the camera image.

3 . The image inspection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

recognize a position where the marker is to be superimposed on the radiation image by using the radiation image; and

superimpose the marker on the recognized position or moves the marker to the recognized position.

4 . The image inspection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to superimpose, in a case of performing defective image determination for determining whether or not re-imaging is necessary for the radiation image, the marker on the radiation image for which the re-imaging is determined to be unnecessary in the defective image determination by using the result of the recognition.

5 . The image inspection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor superimposes, in a case of adjusting a density and/or contrast of the radiation image, the marker on the radiation image whose density and/or contrast is adjusted by using the result of the recognition.

6 . The image inspection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to superimpose, in a case of adjusting an angle of the subject in the radiation image, the marker on the radiation image in which the angle of the subject is adjusted by using the result of the recognition.

7 . The image inspection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to superimpose, in a case of performing trimming processing of cutting out a part of the radiation image, the marker on the radiation image after the trimming processing by using the result of the recognition.

8 . The image inspection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to display a history of an image inspection step including superimposition processing of the marker.

9 . The image inspection device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a redo instruction for at least a part of an image inspection step including superimposition processing of the marker; and

in a case of receiving the redo instruction, in addition to redoing the image inspection step for which the processor receives the redo instruction, automatically re-execute at least the image inspection step performed after the image inspection step for which the processor receives the redo instruction, in accordance with a result of the image inspection step for which the processor receives the redo instruction.

10 . A console which performs a control of a radiographic system including a radiation source that generates radiation and a radiation detector that images a subject using the radiation, comprising:

the image inspection device according to claim 1 .

11 . A radiographic system comprising:

the console according to claim 10 .

12 . A radiographic system comprising:

a radiation source that generates radiation;

a radiation detector that images a subject using the radiation based on an imaging instruction including an imaging menu specifying imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject for imaging the subject using the radiation; and

a processor configured to:

recognize an imaging condition relating to an imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject reflected in a radiation image obtained by using the radiographic unit by comparing the imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject reflected in the radiation image and the imaging direction and/or laterality specified in the imaging menu included in the imaging instruction; and

superimpose, on the radiation image, a marker indicating the imaging condition related to the imaging direction and/or laterality of the subject reflected in the radiation image by using a result of the recognition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: HARADA, DAIKI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059202/0568 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-164437 · Sep 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020033918 · Sep 8, 2020
Related Publication 20220198663A1 · Jun 23, 2022
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