Flat panel X-ray imaging device—twin flat detector signal synchronization

    公开(公告)号:US10004469B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-26

    申请号:US15037751

    申请日:2014-11-19

    发明人: Volker Neumann

    IPC分类号: A61B19/00 A61B6/00 H05G1/32

    摘要: A mobile digital fluoroscopy system comprising a mobile X-ray system carrier unit (1) comprising a first and a second X-ray device (19, 20) each having a transmitter (21, 23) and a receiver (22, 24), wherein said respective first and second X-ray devices (19, 20) are configured to enable X-ray imaging in mutually intersecting planes, a kV unit 1012; and; wherein said a mobile control unit (2a) is communicatively coupled to the mobile X-ray system carrier (1) via a cable (150), wherein said mobile control unit (2a) is configured to receive a first set of image data 810 from said kV unit (1012) and sending a control signal to said kV unit (1012) upon completion of receiving of said image data 810, wherein kV unit 1012 is configured to generate a synchronization signal 820 to said transmitters (21, 23) and receivers (22,24) and to send a second set of image data 810 received from receivers (22,24) to the mobile control unit 2a.

    Energy imaging with controlled rise and fall times

    公开(公告)号:US09992855B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-05

    申请号:US14658943

    申请日:2015-03-16

    IPC分类号: H05G1/58 H05G1/32

    摘要: Rise times and fall times provided by a high voltage generator are controlled to maintain image quality during such scans. The rise and fall times are controlled by first measuring rise and fall times at each transition. Then, a closed-loop controller is used to adjust control parameters of the high voltage generator, based on an error determined from the measurement, to achieve substantially constant rise and fall times. This invention may be based on the implementation of two closed-loop controllers on rise and fall time of fast-kV exposures. As a result, image quality may be improved and system calibration time may be reduced.

    X-RAY GENERATING DEVICE AND X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180139828A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-17

    申请号:US15797212

    申请日:2017-10-30

    IPC分类号: H05G1/32

    CPC分类号: H05G1/06 H05G1/08 H05G1/32

    摘要: An X-ray generating device includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray tube drive circuit, an electron acceleration voltage generation circuit, and a control unit communicating with the drive circuit and the voltage generation circuit, the X-ray tube, the drive circuit, and the voltage generation circuit are arranged inside a storage container filled with an insulating oil, a path connecting the drive circuit and the control unit includes an optical fiber cable arranged inside the storage container, the optical fiber cable has a coating that suppresses fluctuation due to a convective flow of the insulating oil, the coating is cured by, from a resin material containing a plasticizer, a part of the plasticizer being leaching out, and the control unit is configured to facilitate leaching of the plasticizer by driving the voltage generation circuit to apply a voltage to the optical fiber cable in a state of no X-ray being generated.

    High-voltage Generator for an X-ray Device
    118.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180063932A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-01

    申请号:US15683502

    申请日:2017-08-22

    申请人: Michael Leibl

    发明人: Michael Leibl

    IPC分类号: H05G1/12 H05G1/32

    CPC分类号: H05G1/12 H02M3/33569 H05G1/32

    摘要: A high-voltage generator for an X-ray device includes an input-side inverter unit, an output-side rectifier unit and a transformer connected between the inverter unit and the rectifier unit. The inverter unit is configured to generate two inverter voltages that are phase-shifted with respect to each other. These inverter voltages are transformed by the transformer into two rectifier voltages that are fed to the rectifier unit such that in no-load operation, one of the two rectifier voltages is proportional to the sum of the inverter voltages while the other of the two rectifier voltages is proportional to the difference between the inverter voltages.

    X-RAY TUBE AND A CONTROLLER THEREOF
    119.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180005796A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-04

    申请号:US15596303

    申请日:2017-05-16

    申请人: Nanox Imaging PLC

    摘要: The X-ray tube disclosed herein includes an electron emission part including an electron emission element using a cold cathode; an anode part having an anode surface with which an electron emitted from the electron emission part collides; and a focusing structure disposed between the electron emission part and a target part disposed on the anode surface. The focusing structure has a plurality of focal point areas that are applied with a voltage in a mutually independent manner. The electron emission part has first and second electron beam emission areas that are on/off controlled in a mutually independent manner. The X-ray tube is designed in such a way that a collision area of the electron beam emitted from each of the first and second electron beam emission areas on the anode surface moves in response to a voltage applied to the focusing structure.

    X-RAY GENERATOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
    120.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170347438A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-30

    申请号:US15459661

    申请日:2017-03-15

    IPC分类号: H05G1/34 H01J35/06 H05G1/32

    摘要: Provided is an X-ray generator including a thermal electron emission type X-ray generator configured to generate a negative high voltage and a filament current, a field electron emission type X-ray generator including an anode electrode to be grounded, and configured to use the negative high voltage to bias the cathode electrode, and a field emission current control unit configured to convert the filament current to generate an output voltage to be provided to a gate electrode of the field electron emission type X-ray generator and convert the filament current to fix, to a specific level, a level of an emission current flowing through the cathode electrode.