CN212394948U - CT system z is to position adjustment instrument - Google Patents
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The utility model belongs to X ray CT system field especially relates to a CT system z is to position adjustment instrument and adjustment method thereof, including X ray shielding piece, the X ray that is used for seeing through X ray see through the window, be used for supporting X ray shielding piece frame, be used for adjusting X ray shielding piece horizontal position's horizontal position fine-tuning, one side of shielding piece frame is equipped with the support frame that is used for fixing on patient's bedstead, the support frame with shelter from between the piece frame through the pitching angle fine-tuning of an adjusting X ray shielding piece pitching angle and connect. The utility model discloses an adjustment instrument is adjusted detector and X ray generator in same vertical plane. The utility model discloses with low costs, the operation is simpler, and the installation of result more accurate, repeatedly usable, detector with fixed more simple reliable, degree of automation is high, image quality is better, especially to multistage heart scanning and three-dimensional reconstruction image.
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The utility model belongs to X ray CT system field especially relates to a CT system z is to position adjustment instrument.
Background
Currently, X-ray CT systems have been widely used in the fields of medical diagnosis, industrial flaw detection, and the like.
Aligning components in the imaging chain of a CT system in the same vertical plane (commonly referred to as the scan plane) is a necessary adjustment step prior to using the CT system. The purpose is to ensure that the scanning plane is in the vertical direction, and the focus of the X-ray tube is aligned with the center of the detector, so that images obtained by one scanning and a plurality of continuous scans are all located on the vertical plane under the condition that the machine frame is not inclined, the images are aligned with each other, the dislocation in the inclined direction is avoided, the geometric efficiency of the detector is highest, and the detected signal can obtain the highest signal-to-noise ratio.
Fig. 1 and 2 are schematic diagrams of a CT system. As shown in fig. 1, the CT system includes an X-ray tube 10, a collimator 11, and a detector 12 in an image chain. Where the plane of rotation refers to the center of the focal spot of the X-ray tube 10 and the plane of the z-axis centerline of the detector 12, and the z-axis refers to the direction perpendicular to the plane of rotation.
The traditional imaging chain z-direction adjustment and alignment method is to use a film and match with a proper collimator opening, place the film on a dustproof ring (scanning window) at the bottom of an aperture of a frame, expose the film for 2 times at a 0-degree position and a 180-degree position respectively, wherein an exposure area on the 180-degree exposure film is narrower and thicker, an exposure area on the 0-degree exposure film is wider and thinner, and the offset of an X-ray tube relative to a beam limiter can be calculated by measuring the distribution of 0-degree exposure bands on two sides of the 180-degree exposure bands. The offset of the detector with respect to the X-ray tube and beam limiter is then adjusted, either by film or for multi-row detector systems directly from the data collected by the detector, to determine whether the projection of the X-ray beam onto the detector via the collimator 11 is in the on-center position.
The method has the advantages of simple technology and intuitive and easy-to-understand operation, but has the defects that:
the method needs a disposable film, is not environment-friendly, has a pure manual measurement and calculation operation process, has a developing boundary which is not clear and sharp enough on the film after two exposures, and has a large subjective influence on a result by an operator.
Moreover, in the method, the collimator is used as a reference for z-direction adjustment, and the z-direction installation positions of the X-ray tube and the detector are required to be adjustable, so that the difficulty of mechanical design is increased, the reduction of the installation rigidity of the detector is also caused, the detector is greatly deformed in the high-speed rotation process, and the image quality is finally influenced.
In the method, whether the central lines of the X-ray tube and the detector are in the same vertical plane or not is not adjusted, and only the position of the focus is adjusted to enable the focus and the central line of the detector to be approximately in the same plane.
The method is simple to adjust and high in speed, but the plane where the focus of the X-ray tube and the central line of the detector are located is not vertical to the rotation axis of the system, and is not vertical to the movement direction of the patient bed in the scanning process. Ultimately resulting in reduced image quality, particularly in cardiac scans and three-dimensional reconstructions.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model discloses a solve the defect that exists among the above-mentioned prior art and not enough, provide one kind and be used for X ray CT system imaging chain device position adjustment and CT system calibration, low-cost repeatedly usable's automatic CT system z is to position adjustment instrument.
The technical scheme of the utility model: a Z-direction position adjusting tool of a CT system comprises an X-ray shielding piece, an X-ray transmission window for transmitting X-rays, a shielding piece frame for supporting the X-ray shielding piece and a horizontal position fine adjusting mechanism for adjusting the horizontal position of the X-ray shielding piece, wherein a supporting frame for fixing the X-ray shielding piece on a patient bed frame is arranged on one side of the shielding piece frame, and the supporting frame is connected with the shielding piece frame through a pitching angle fine adjusting mechanism for adjusting the pitching angle of the X-ray shielding piece.
Preferably, the number of the X-ray transmission windows is two, and the two X-ray transmission windows are distributed along the central line of the X-ray shielding piece.
The centers of the two transmission windows are positioned on the central line of the X-ray shielding sheet in the z direction, the distances from the central line of the X-ray shielding sheet in the X direction are equal, and the two transmission windows have the same size.
Preferably, the horizontal position fine-tuning mechanism is two horizontal pressing plates mounted on the shielding sheet frame and used for adjusting the horizontal position of the X-ray shielding sheet to be always in the horizontal direction.
Preferably, the horizontal position fine-tuning mechanism is two fine-tuning rulers installed on the shielding sheet frame and used for adjusting the horizontal position of the X-ray shielding sheet, so that a central connecting line of two X-ray transmission windows on the X-ray shielding sheet and a central line of the detector are located on a parallel vertical plane.
Preferably, the shielding piece frame is provided with a supporting strip matched with the X-ray shielding piece, and two ends of the X-ray shielding piece are supported on the supporting strip and are pressed tightly by the horizontal position fine adjustment mechanism.
Preferably, the pitching angle fine adjustment mechanism comprises a supporting vertical plate fixed on one side of the shielding piece frame, an adjusting bolt and a plurality of limiting bolts, wherein the adjusting bolt and the plurality of limiting bolts are installed on the upper side of the supporting vertical plate, the supporting frame is connected with the supporting vertical plate through the limiting bolts, and the angle of the supporting frame is adjusted through the adjusting bolts, so that the pitching angle adjustment of the X-ray shielding piece is realized.
The utility model discloses can shelter from every single move, horizontal, vertical, the torsion of piece to X ray and adjust for ensure that X ray shelters from the piece and is in the horizontal direction, and X ray shelters from the window center line of seeing through of piece and detector central line place plane parallel, and two distance between the projection window center equal with the distance of center channel and X-ray tube focus line when X-ray tube is located 0 degree position.
An adjustment method using a z-position adjustment tool of a CT system for calibrating the position of an X-ray tube and a detector, comprising the following steps:
1) ensuring that no shielding object exists in the scanning field of the CT system, and carrying out primary exposure on air data;
2) placing an adjustment tool at a location within the scan field of view; so that the projection of the projection window is located within the reception range of the detector;
3) the X-ray tube of the CT system respectively carries out two exposures when being positioned at a 0-degree position and a 180-degree position;
4) gain correction is carried out on the data of 0 degree and 180 degrees by utilizing air data, and then the offset of the X-ray bulb tube in the z direction is obtained according to the X-ray distribution projected on the detector by the projection window on the X-ray shielding sheet and the position relation between the X-ray bulb tube and the detector;
5) and adjusting the focus of the X-ray bulb tube according to the offset of the X-ray bulb tube, so that the distance between the focus and the central line of the detector in the direction perpendicular to the vertical plane of the central line of the detector meets the preset index of the system.
Preferably, the positional relationship between the X-ray tube and the detector in step 4) refers to the positional relationship between the X-ray tube focus, the X-ray shielding piece, the projection window and the detector, and the offset of the X-ray tube in the z direction refers to the offset of the X-ray tube focus relative to the z-direction center line of the detector;
(1) determining whether a system adjusting tool is placed well or not according to the distance between the projection centers of the two X-ray transmission windows and the central channel, and finely adjusting the position of the shielding piece to enable the projection centers of the two X-ray transmission windows to be equal to the distance between the projection centers of the two X-ray shielding pieces and the central channel if the distance between the projection centers of the projection windows on the X-ray shielding pieces and the central channel on the detector is larger;
(2) calculating the distance a between the projection window and the bulb tube focus according to the distance between the projection centers of the two X-ray transmission windows and the known distance of the transmission windows;
wherein:
a represents the distance between the adjusting tool and the focus of the X-ray tube;
d represents the distance between the centers of two through windows on the adjustment tool;
e represents the distance between the center of the projection window and the central channel in the projection of the adjusting tool on the detector, and the distance e between the centers of the projection windows of the left and the right and the central channel when the adjusting tool is centered1=e2= e, unit is detector channel number; theta denotes the angle by which a single channel of the detector is open relative to the focus of the X-ray tube.
Preferably, the step of obtaining the offset of the focal point of the bulb according to the X-ray distribution projected on the detector through the window on the X-ray shielding plate, the focal point of the bulb, the position relationship between the vertical planes of the central lines of the detector, and the distance between the adjustment tool and the focal point of the bulb further includes:
calculating the z-direction offset g of the center position of the projection window on the detector when the focal point of the bulb is at 0 degree and 180 degrees0And g180；
The distance a between the determined adjusting tool and the focus of the bulb at 0 degree and 180 degrees0And a180；
The z-direction offset s of the focal point of the bulb is obtained according to the following formula:
wherein the content of the first and second substances,
a 0 represents the distance from the focus of the X-ray tube to the adjusting tool when the X-ray tube is positioned at 0 degree exposure;
a 180 to representThe X-ray tube is positioned at the distance from the focus of the X-ray tube to the adjusting tool when the X-ray tube is exposed at 180 degrees;
g 0 represents the z-direction offset of the projection of the transmission window on the detector from the adjusting tool when the X-ray tube is positioned at 0 degree exposure, namely the distance from the central line of the detector;
g 180 which represents the z-offset, i.e. the distance from the detector centerline, from the center of the projection of the transmission window on the adjustment tool onto the detector when the X-ray tube is located at 180 degrees exposure.
Preferably, after determining the z-direction offset of the focus of the X-ray tube and performing corresponding adjustment, the X-ray blocking piece of the collimator is moved in a small step from a side limit position to the center of the X-ray beam, and simultaneously the detector response data is collected, and the output of the corresponding detector data channel and beam position tracking channel is recorded to determine the collimator blocking piece position corresponding to each opening and the target value of beam tracking.
The utility model discloses use CT system z to adjustment tool and method to come the technical scheme who adjusts CT system image chain device position still includes the step:
ensuring that no shielding object exists in the aperture of the frame, and performing primary air scanning as a reference;
placing an adjusting tool at a position deviating from the rotation center by a certain height, and adjusting the tool as much as possible to enable the transmission window to be parallel to the plane of the z-direction central line of the detector;
when the CT system is arranged to enable the X-ray tube of the CT system to be at 0 degree, the tool of the utility model is exposed, the data containing the adjusting tool can be normalized by using the data scanned by air, and the intensity is calculated through transmission projection to obtain the center of gravity of a projection area on the detector through the window;
judging whether a connecting line of centers of the transmission windows is parallel to a plane where a z-direction central line of the detector is located or not and whether the distance between the connecting line and a connecting line of a gravity center channel and a focus of the detector is equal or not according to the gravity center of the projection of the transmission windows on the detector, and preferably, carrying out proper adjustment by using a fine adjustment device according to deviation so that the transmission windows are close to the expected positions;
setting up the CT system to make the X-ray tube of the CT system at 180 degrees, to the tool exposure of the utility model, preferably, the data of air scanning can be used to normalize the data containing the adjusting tool, and the intensity calculation through transmission projection is performed to obtain the center of gravity of the projection area on the detector through the window;
compared with the prior art the utility model has the following beneficial effect and advantage:
1. the utility model discloses a system adjustment instrument can used repeatedly, and portable to the cost has been practiced thrift.
2. The utility model discloses can use ordinary metal material, like the steel, consequently environmental protection more.
3. The scheme does not need artifical the measurement, just can calculate the offset of X-ray tube through the built-in software of system to indicate direction and the distance of operating personnel adjustment, consequently the operation is simpler, and the result is more accurate.
4. The utility model discloses an adjustment tool and method use the z of detector to the central line as the benchmark, do not require detector z to be adjustable, consequently the installation of detector with fixed simpler reliable.
5. The utility model discloses an adjustment instrument and method can realize that X-ray tube focus and detector central line are in same vertical plane, and it is perpendicular with equipment rotation axis, patient bed direction of advancing, therefore image quality is better, especially to multistage heart scanning and three-dimensional reconstruction image.
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FIGS. 1 and 2 are simplified schematic diagrams of an imaging chain device layout of a CT system;
wherein, 10 is an X-ray bulb tube, 11 is a collimator, and 12 is a detector;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a z-position adjusting tool of the CT system according to the present invention;
wherein 1 is a shielding sheet frame, 2 is an X-ray shielding sheet, 3 is a horizontal position fine adjustment mechanism, 4 is a pitching angle fine adjustment mechanism, and 5 is a supporting frame; 6 is a transmission window;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the distribution of X-rays on the detector with the X-ray tube in an offset state;
FIG. 5 is a trigonometric relationship of the focus, the center of the transmission window and the center of the projection of the detector in the x-y plane;
FIG. 6 is a geometric relationship of the focal spot, transmission window and center of projection of the detector and the detector centerline in the y-z plane;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the distribution of X-ray projections through a window and an occlusion patch on a detector
Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the z-direction adjustment method of the CT system of the present invention.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. However, the present invention is not limited to the following specific examples.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an imaging chain of an X-ray CT system mainly includes three components, an X-ray tube 10, a collimator 11, and a detector 12, which rotate around a uniform rotation center during scanning.
As shown in FIG. 3, the z-direction adjustment tool of the CT system comprises a shielding sheet frame 1, an X-ray shielding sheet 2, a horizontal position fine adjustment mechanism 3, a pitch angle fine adjustment mechanism 4 and a support frame 5. The X-ray shielding sheet 2 is provided with a transmission window 6, and the support frame 5 is arranged on a mould frame of a patient bed.
The number of the transmission windows 6 is 2, and they should be uniformly distributed on the X-ray shielding plate 2 and be bilaterally symmetrical (X direction) with respect to the center of the X-ray shielding plate 2.
The adjusting method of the Z-direction position adjusting tool of the CT system comprises the following steps: the X-ray shielding sheet and the bracket are arranged on a patient support or auxiliary positioning device, so that the X-ray shielding sheet and the window deviate from an ISO center by a proper distance of 130mm in the height direction; secondly, controlling the temperature of the X-ray tube at a lower level, placing the X-ray tube at a 0-degree position for carrying out one-time low-dose static exposure, and collecting data; thirdly, controlling the temperature of the X-ray tube at a lower level, placing the X-ray tube at a 180-degree position for carrying out one-time low-dose static exposure, and collecting data; fourthly, preprocessing and analyzing the data, calculating an offset value of a focal spot of the X-ray bulb tube, and giving an adjustment suggestion; fifthly, mechanically adjusting the position of the X-ray bulb tube according to the adjustment suggestion; the steps are repeated, and the requirements are met until the position of the focal spot of the bulb tube is met.
As shown in fig. 4, when the z-direction adjustment tool of the CT system is placed in the field of view of the detector and at a certain height from the rotation center, a projection is formed on the detector through the window, and the placement of the adjustment tool does not require the z-direction to be aligned with the center of the detector, but requires that the z-direction should not be twisted or tilted as much as possible, and the X-direction should be as centered as possible.
As shown in fig. 5, when the z-direction adjustment tool of the CT system is located in the field of view, the included angle between the ray passing through the center of the window and the ray passing through the center channel can be calculated according to the distance between the center of gravity of the projection and the center channel of the detector, the left and right sides can be calculated respectively,
whereine 1 Is the number of detector channels that are offset,θis the opening angle corresponding to each channel.
Distance between focus and center of transmission windowa 1 ，a 2 This can be obtained by solving the following equation:
wherein:
d is the center distance of two transmission windows of the Z-direction adjustment tool of the CT system;
d 1 ，d 2 the distance between the centers of the two transmission windows and the ray bundle passing through the central channel is defined;
a 1 ，a 2 the distance between the focus and the centers of the two transmission windows;
particularly when the tool is placed symmetrically left and right, the tool can be calculated by the following formulaa：
Wherein:
a is the distance from the X-ray tube focus to the center of the transmission window (the two transmission windows are equal)
e is the number of detector channels (equal left and right) projecting the center offset center channel through the window
As shown in fig. 6, for each transmission window, the proportional relationship between the distance between the center of the transmission window and the vertical plane (parallel to the vertical plane on which the center line of the detector is located) of the focal point and the distance between the center of gravity of the projection of the transmission window on the detector and the same vertical plane has a proportional relationship with the distance between the focal point and the center of gravity of the transmission window and the distance between the focal point and the center of gravity of the projection of the detector. For 0 and 180 degree exposures:
wherein:
fis the distance between the center of the transmission window and the vertical plane (parallel to the vertical plane of the central line of the detector) where the focus is located;
sis the distance of the focal point relative to the vertical plane of the central line of the detector;
bis the focal point to detector distance;
a 0 ，a 180 is the distance from the focus of the X-ray tube to the center of gravity of the transmission window at 0 degree and 180 degrees of the X-ray tube;
g 0 ，g 180 the distance from the center of gravity of the transmission window of the X-ray tube to the vertical plane of the central line of the detector at 0 degree and 180 degrees;
thus, the distance s of the focal spot from the vertical plane of the detector centerline can be obtained by the following equation:
the result is the z-adjustment distance of the X-ray tube.
As shown in fig. 7, the distribution of the X-ray projections of the shielding plate and the transmission window on the detector is schematically shown.
As shown in FIG. 8, the overall flow of the z-position adjustment method for the CT system, in which the order of 0 degree exposure and 180 degree exposure can be reversed, has no effect on the result.
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1. A CT system z position adjustment tool, characterized in that: the X-ray shielding piece comprises an X-ray shielding piece, at least one X-ray transmitting window for transmitting X-rays, a shielding piece frame for supporting the X-ray shielding piece and a horizontal position fine adjustment mechanism for adjusting the horizontal position of the X-ray shielding piece, wherein a supporting frame for fixing the X-ray shielding piece on a patient bed frame is arranged on one side of the shielding piece frame, and the supporting frame is connected with the shielding piece frame through a pitching angle fine adjustment mechanism for adjusting the pitching angle of the X-ray shielding piece.
2. The CT system z-position adjustment tool of claim 1, wherein: the number of the X-ray transmission windows is two, and the two X-ray transmission windows are distributed along the central line of the X-ray shielding sheet.
3. The CT system z-position adjustment tool of claim 2, wherein: the horizontal position fine adjustment mechanism comprises two horizontal pressing plates arranged on a shielding piece frame and used for adjusting the horizontal position of the X-ray shielding piece to enable the X-ray shielding piece to be always in the horizontal direction.
4. The CT system z-position adjustment tool of claim 2, wherein: the horizontal position fine-tuning mechanism is composed of two fine-tuning rulers which are arranged on the shielding piece frame and used for adjusting the horizontal position of the X-ray shielding piece, so that the central connecting line of the two X-ray transmission windows on the X-ray shielding piece and the central line of the detector are positioned on a parallel vertical plane.
5. The CT system z-position adjustment tool of any one of claims 3 or 4, wherein: and a supporting strip matched with the X-ray shielding piece is arranged on the shielding piece frame, and two ends of the X-ray shielding piece are supported on the supporting strip and are pressed by a horizontal position fine adjustment mechanism.
6. The CT system z-position adjustment tool of claim 1, wherein: the pitching angle fine adjustment mechanism comprises a supporting vertical plate fixed on one side of the shielding piece frame, an adjusting bolt and a plurality of limiting bolts, wherein the adjusting bolt and the limiting bolts are installed on the upper side of the supporting vertical plate, the supporting frame is connected with the supporting vertical plate through the limiting bolts, and the angle of the supporting frame is adjusted through the adjusting bolts, so that pitching angle adjustment of the X-ray shielding piece is achieved.
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