公开(公告)号：US20080279334A1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-13

申请号：US12175495

申请日：2008-07-18

申请人： Katsuro Takenaka ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Keigo Yokoyama

发明人： Katsuro Takenaka ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Keigo Yokoyama

IPC分类号： H05G1/64 ,  H05G1/54

CPC分类号： G01T1/244 ,  H04N5/32 ,  H04N5/3698 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： A radiation imaging apparatus is capable of taking a moving picture by acquisition by a reading circuit of a plurality of radiation image signals on the basis of a plurality of successive times of irradiation of a radiation detector with radiation rays. The radiation detector has a two-dimensional array of pixels. In a period between a start of an n-th time of irradiation with radiation rays and a start of an (n+1)-th time of irradiation with radiation rays, where n is a natural number, a controller switches an operation status of an analog-to-digital converter that converts electric signals read by the reading circuit into digital signals so that power consumption of the analog-to-digital converter is reduced.

摘要翻译： 辐射成像装置能够通过基于放射线检测器的多次连续照射时间的多个辐射图像信号的读取电路进行拍摄来拍摄运动图像。 辐射检测器具有二维像素阵列。 在用放射线照射的第n次开始与第n + 1次放射线照射开始之间的期间，其中n是自然数，控制器切换操作状态 将由读取电路读取的电信号转换成数字信号的模拟 - 数字转换器，从而降低模数转换器的功耗。

公开(公告)号：US20070080299A1

公开(公告)日：2007-04-12

申请号：US11535726

申请日：2006-09-27

申请人： Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama

发明人： Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama

IPC分类号： G01T1/24

CPC分类号： G01T1/2018 ,  G01T1/247

摘要： It is made possible that, in accordance with a plurality of radiographing modes such as the still image radiographing mode and the moving image radiographing mode, the outputs both in the irradiation period and in the non-irradiation period are made to fall within the dynamic range of the radiographing system, whereby an accurate, high-S/N-ratio X-ray radiographic image is obtained. For that purpose, in accordance with the plurality of radiographing modes, an arithmetic operation unit adjusts a power source to control voltage to be applied to a reading circuit unit or an Analogue-Digital conversion unit, such that, in each of the radiographing modes, both an electric signal in the X-ray irradiation period and an electric signal in the X-ray non-irradiation period fall within the dynamic ranges of the reading circuit unit and the Analogue-Digital conversion unit.

摘要翻译： 有可能根据诸如静止图像放射照相模式和运动图像放射照相模式的多种放射照相模式，使得在照射期间和非照射期间的输出都落在动态范围内 的X射线照相系统，从而获得准确的高S / N比X射线照相图像。 为此，根据多个放射照相模式，算术运算单元调整电源以控制要施加到读取电路单元或模拟数字转换单元的电压，使得在每个放射照相模式中， X射线照射期间的电信号和X射线不照射期间的电信号都在读取电路部和模拟数字转换部的动态范围内。

公开(公告)号：US08907294B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-09

申请号：US13502509

申请日：2010-06-10

申请人： Toshio Kameshima ,  Tadao Endo ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama ,  Sho Sato

发明人： Toshio Kameshima ,  Tadao Endo ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama ,  Sho Sato

IPC分类号： G01J1/42 ,  A61B6/00 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/32 ,  G01T7/00

CPC分类号： G01T7/005 ,  A61B6/4233 ,  A61B6/4441 ,  A61B6/585 ,  H04N5/32 ,  H04N5/3742 ,  H04N5/37455 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： An image pickup apparatus includes a detector having pixels divided into first and second pixel groups, a signal processor including a reading circuit unit including first and second reading circuits, an A/D conversion unit including first and second A/D converters, a digital data processing circuit, and a controller. The controller instructs the signal processor to perform a signal processing operation several times of adding direct current potentials to analog electric signals of pixels from the reading circuit unit, supplying the signals to the A/D conversion unit, and outputting digital data to the digital data processing circuit while the direct current potentials are changed, and an average processing operation of averaging the digital data for the pixels using the digital data processing circuit.

摘要翻译： 图像拾取装置包括具有分成第一和第二像素组的像素的检测器，包括具有第一和第二读取电路的读取电路单元的信号处理器，包括第一和第二A / D转换器的A / D转换单元，数字数据 处理电路和控制器。 控制器指示信号处理器对来自读取电路单元的像素的模拟电信号添加直流电势数次的信号处理操作，将信号提供给A / D转换单元，并将数字数据输出到数字数据 处理电路，而直流电位改变，以及使用数字数据处理电路对像素的数字数据进行平均的平均处理操作。

公开(公告)号：US08563915B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-22

申请号：US12908171

申请日：2010-10-20

申请人： Katsuro Takenaka ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Keigo Yokoyama ,  Sho Sato

发明人： Katsuro Takenaka ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Keigo Yokoyama ,  Sho Sato

IPC分类号： H01L27/14 ,  H04N5/335 ,  G01T1/20 ,  G01T1/24 ,  G01J1/44

CPC分类号： H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/32 ,  H04N5/3658

摘要： An imaging apparatus includes a conversion unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each pixel including a conversion element, an output switch element, and an initialization switch element; an output drive circuit controls an output operation; an initialization drive circuit controls an initialization operation; and a readout circuit performs a signal sample-and-hold operation and a reset operation. A control unit performs termination of the output operation of a certain row and start of the output operation of another row after the termination of the reset operation, the start of the signal sample-and-hold operation after the termination of the output operation of the certain row and the start of the output operation of the other row, the start of the reset operation and the initialization operation after the termination of the signal sample-and-hold operation, and the termination of the reset operation after the termination of the initialization operation.

摘要翻译： 一种成像装置包括：转换单元，包括以矩阵排列的多个像素，每个像素包括转换元件，输出开关元件和初始化开关元件; 输出驱动电路控制输出操作; 初始化驱动电路控制初始化操作; 并且读出电路执行信号采样保持操作和复位操作。 控制单元在复位操作结束之后终止某行的输出操作和另一行的输出操作的开始，在输出操作结束之后开始信号采样和保持操作 某一行和另一行的输出操作的开始，复位操作的开始和在信号采样和保持操作结束之后的初始化操作，以及在初始化结束之后终止复位操作 操作。

公开(公告)号：US08436314B2

公开(公告)日：2013-05-07

申请号：US13393396

申请日：2010-08-31

申请人： Toshio Kameshima ,  Tadao Endo ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama ,  Sho Sato ,  Toshikazu Tamura

发明人： Toshio Kameshima ,  Tadao Endo ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama ,  Sho Sato ,  Toshikazu Tamura

IPC分类号： H01L27/146 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/341 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/465 ,  G01T1/17 ,  H04N5/32

摘要： An imaging apparatus includes a control unit and a detector that includes multiple pixels and that performs an image capturing operation to output image data corresponding to radiation or light that is emitted. The image capturing operation includes a first image capturing operation in a first scanning area corresponding to part of the multiple pixels to output image data in the first scanning area and a second image capturing operation in a second scanning area larger than the first scanning area to output image data in the second scanning area. The control unit causes the detector to perform an accumulation operation in the second image capturing operation in a time determined so that an image artifact caused by the scanning area is lower than a predetermined allowable value on the basis of information about the amount of integration of accumulation times in the first image capturing operation.

摘要翻译： 成像装置包括控制单元和包括多个像素的检测器，并执行图像捕获操作以输出对应于所发射的辐射或光的图像数据。 图像拍摄操作包括在与多个像素的一部分相对应的第一扫描区域中的第一图像拍摄操作，以在第一扫描区域中输出图像数据，以及在大于第一扫描区域的第二扫描区域中进行第二图像拍摄操作，以输出 第二扫描区域中的图像数据。 控制单元使得检测器在第二图像拍摄操作中执行累积操作，该时间确定为使得由扫描区域引起的图像伪影基于关于累积量的积分量的信息而低于预定的允许值 次在第一次图像捕获操作。

公开(公告)号：US20120217413A1

公开(公告)日：2012-08-30

申请号：US13502509

申请日：2010-06-10

申请人： Toshio Kameshima ,  Tadao Endo ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama ,  Sho Sato

发明人： Toshio Kameshima ,  Tadao Endo ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama ,  Sho Sato

IPC分类号： G01T1/16

CPC分类号： G01T7/005 ,  A61B6/4233 ,  A61B6/4441 ,  A61B6/585 ,  H04N5/32 ,  H04N5/3742 ,  H04N5/37455 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： An image pickup apparatus includes a detector having pixels divided into first and second pixel groups, a signal processor including a reading circuit unit including first and second reading circuits, an A/D conversion unit including first and second A/D converters, a digital data processing circuit, and a controller. The controller instructs the signal processor to perform a signal processing operation several times of adding direct current potentials to analog electric signals of pixels from the reading circuit unit, supplying the signals to the A/D conversion unit, and outputting digital data to the digital data processing circuit while the direct current potentials are changed, and an average processing operation of averaging the digital data for the pixels using the digital data processing circuit.

摘要翻译： 图像拾取装置包括具有分成第一和第二像素组的像素的检测器，包括具有第一和第二读取电路的读取电路单元的信号处理器，包括第一和第二A / D转换器的A / D转换单元，数字数据 处理电路和控制器。 控制器指示信号处理器对来自读取电路单元的像素的模拟电信号添加直流电势数次的信号处理操作，将信号提供给A / D转换单元，并将数字数据输出到数字数据 处理电路，而直流电位改变，以及使用数字数据处理电路对像素的数字数据进行平均的平均处理操作。

公开(公告)号：US08167486B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-01

申请号：US12940444

申请日：2010-11-05

申请人： Katsuro Takenaka ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Keigo Yokoyama

发明人： Katsuro Takenaka ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Keigo Yokoyama

IPC分类号： G01D18/00 ,  H05G1/58

CPC分类号： G01N23/04

摘要： When a gain correction is performed for the radiographed object image, the acquisition of the object image having a high grade quality and no artifact is realized. For that purpose, an image storing unit is provided for storing an image for correction radiographed based on conditions set with the table in a state in which no object exists to each operation modes of the plurality of operation modes; and an image processing unit is provided for performing a gain correction processing of the radiographed object image and performs the gain correction processing of the radiographed object image obtained based on the conditions set in the table of the operation mode selected by the selecting unit in a state in which the object exists using a corresponding image for correction extracted from the image storage unit based on the operation mode selected by the selecting unit.

摘要翻译： 当对于拍摄对象图像执行增益校正时，实现具有高等级质量并且不产生伪影的对象图像的获取。 为此目的，提供一种图像存储单元，用于根据在多个操作模式的每个操作模式中不存在对象的状态，基于用该表设置的条件来存储用于校正的校正图像; 并且提供图像处理单元，用于执行所拍摄的对象图像的增益校正处理，并且执行基于在状态中由选择单元选择的操作模式的表中设置的条件获得的拍摄对象图像的增益校正处理 基于由选择单元选择的操作模式，使用从图像存储单元提取的用于校正的对应图像存在对象。

公开(公告)号：US20120044392A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-23

申请号：US13286478

申请日：2011-11-01

申请人： Katsuro Takenaka ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Keigo Yokoyama

发明人： Katsuro Takenaka ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Keigo Yokoyama

IPC分类号： H04N9/64

CPC分类号： A61B6/00 ,  A61B6/5235 ,  A61B6/585 ,  G06T5/002 ,  G06T2200/28 ,  G06T2207/10116 ,  G06T2207/30004 ,  H04N5/32 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/367

摘要： An imaging apparatus is provided, which improves correction accuracy at the time of pixel addition reading and scarcely deteriorates in resolution of the image data. This apparatus comprises: a conversion unit comprising a plurality of unit-pixels and converting an incident radiation or a light into pixel information; a signal processing unit capable of reading the pixel information for each unit-pixel, or capable of reading additional added pixel information for a plurality of unit-pixels, based on a control from a control unit for controlling a driving of the conversion unit according to a plurality of operation modes; a storage unit for storing a plurality of correction information according to the plurality of operating modes; and a correction unit for performing the correction of the pixel information based on the correction information extracted from the plurality of correct information according to the operation mode.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种成像装置，其提高了像素附加读取时的校正精度，并且几乎不降低图像数据的分辨率。 该装置包括：转换单元，包括多个单位像素，并将入射的辐射或光转换为像素信息; 信号处理单元，其能够基于来自控制单元的控制单元读取用于每个单位像素的像素信息，或者能够读取多个单位像素的附加的附加像素信息，根据控制单元控制转换单元的驱动 多种操作模式; 存储单元，用于根据多个操作模式存储多个校正信息; 以及校正单元，用于根据操作模式，根据从多个正确信息中提取的校正信息来执行像素信息的校正。

公开(公告)号：US08093562B2

公开(公告)日：2012-01-10

申请号：US12748004

申请日：2010-03-26

申请人： Keigo Yokoyama ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka

发明人： Keigo Yokoyama ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka

IPC分类号： G01T1/24

CPC分类号： H04N5/32 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/365 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378

摘要： The invention intends to be able to perform a gain correction fully adequately. Hence, at the time of radiographing an object, a gain correction of the object image is performed based on a gain correction image (XRc1) derived by performing a light reset. On the other hand, at the time of radiographing an object, when a light reset is not performed, a gain correction of the object image is performed based on a gain correction image (XRc2) derived without performing the light reset.

摘要翻译： 本发明旨在能够充分地进行增益校正。 因此，在拍摄物体时，基于通过进行光复位导出的增益校正图像（XRc1）来执行对象图像的增益校正。 另一方面，在拍摄物体时，当不进行光复位时，基于不进行光复位而导出的增益校正图像（XRc2），进行被摄体图像的增益校正。

公开(公告)号：US20110309262A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-22

申请号：US13201119

申请日：2010-03-30

申请人： Sho Sato ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Masayoshi Akiyama ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama

发明人： Sho Sato ,  Tadao Endo ,  Toshio Kameshima ,  Masayoshi Akiyama ,  Tomoyuki Yagi ,  Katsuro Takenaka ,  Keigo Yokoyama

IPC分类号： H01L27/148

CPC分类号： G01T1/2928 ,  H04N5/32 ,  H04N5/343 ,  H04N5/3454 ,  H04N5/357

摘要： An imaging operation includes a first imaging operation for outputting image data according to irradiation to the detector with radiation or light in an irradiation field A corresponding to a part of the plurality of pixels, and a second imaging operation for outputting image data according to irradiation to the detector 104 with radiation or light in an irradiation field B wider than the irradiation field A, wherein, responsive to a changing from irradiation in the irradiation field A to irradiation in the irradiation field B, an operation of the detector is controlled so that the detector performs an initializing operation for initializing conversion elements during a period between the first and second imaging operations.

摘要翻译： 成像操作包括：第一成像操作，用于在对应于所述多个像素的一部分的照射场A中用辐射或光照射到所述检测器，输出图像数据;以及第二成像操作，用于根据照射来输出图像数据 检测器104在比照射场A宽的照射场B中具有辐射或光，其中响应于照射场A中的照射到照射场B中的照射的变化，控制检测器的操作，使得 检测器在第一和第二成像操作期间执行用于初始化转换元件的初始化操作。