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Granted Patent B2
US 9,833,214 · App. 14/620,208 · Granted Dec 5, 2017

Radiographic image capturing device, method for detecting radiation doses, and computer readable storage medium

Inventor: Ryou Imamura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,833,214
App. No.
14/620,208
Granted
Dec 5, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiographic image capturing device includes: plural radiation dose detection pixels that respectively output signal values according to a dose of irradiated radiation; a determination unit that determines a presence or absence of defects, block-by-block, based on signal values of radiation dose detection pixels included in each of plural blocks, which are arranged such that the respective blocks include at least a portion of the plural radiation dose detection pixels; a block rearrangement unit that performs block rearrangement to change the arrangement of the plural blocks according to a determination result of the determination unit; and a detection unit that detects a dose of irradiated radiation based on signal values of each arranged block or of each rearranged block.

Claims (25)

1. A radiographic image capturing device comprising:

a plurality of radiation dose detection pixels that respectively output signal values according to a dose of irradiated radiation;

a determination unit that determines a presence or absence of defects, block-by-block, based on signal values of radiation dose detection pixels included in each of a plurality of blocks, which are arranged such that the respective blocks include at least a portion of the plurality of radiation dose detection pixels;

a block rearrangement unit that performs block rearrangement to change the arrangement of the plurality of blocks according to a determination result of the determination unit; and

a detection unit that detects a dose of irradiated radiation based on signal values of each arranged block or of each rearranged block.

2. The radiographic image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the block rearrangement unit performs block rearrangement to change the arrangement of the plurality of blocks based on instruction input supplied in a case in which the determination unit has determined that a defect is present in any of the plurality of blocks.

3. The radiographic image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the block rearrangement unit changes a block size of each of the plurality of blocks.

4. The radiographic image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the block rearrangement unit moves inter-block boundaries defining each of the plurality of blocks, while maintaining a block size of each of the plurality of blocks.

5. The radiographic image capturing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a buffer region including a plurality of radiation dose detection pixels that are capable of configuring a portion of any block rearranged by the block rearrangement unit.

6. The radiographic image capturing device of claim 5 , wherein the buffer region is provided at an outer periphery of a block group made up of the plurality of blocks.

7. The radiographic image capturing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

imaging pixels that output signal values according to doses of irradiated radiation to capture a radiographic image; and

an identification unit that identifies an imaging target site to be imaged by the imaging pixels,

wherein each of the plurality of blocks has a block size according to the imaging target site identified by the identification unit.

8. The radiographic image capturing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a notification unit that notifies a placement of a defective block which has been determined to have a defect by the determination unit, or a placement of a normal block other than the defective block.

9. The radiographic image capturing device of claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects doses of irradiated radiation based only on signal values of normal blocks other than defective blocks which have been determined to have a defect by the determination unit.

10. The radiographic image capturing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a correction unit that corrects a signal value of a defective block which has been determined to have a defect by the determination unit, using a signal value of a normal block adjacent to the defective block.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to function as the determination unit, the block rearrangement unit, and the detection unit of the radiographic image capturing device of claim 1 .

12. A method for detecting radiation doses, comprising:

determining a presence or absence of defects, block-by-block, based on signal values of radiation dose detection pixels included in each of a plurality of blocks, which are arranged such that the respective blocks include at least a portion of a plurality of radiation dose detection pixels that respectively output signal values according to a dose of irradiated radiation;

performing block rearrangement to change the arrangement of the plurality of blocks in a case in which a defect is determined to be present in any of the plurality of blocks; and

detecting a dose of irradiated radiation based on signal values of each arranged block or of each rearranged block.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2015
From: IMAMURA, RYOU
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035025/0129 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-218258 · Sep 28, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2013074433 · Sep 10, 2013
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