CN212698910U

CN212698910U - X-ray shielding device with camera and X-ray inspection device

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Publication number: CN212698910U
Application number: CN202020346619.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 方明
Original assignee: HANGZHOU MEDNOVA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD
Current assignee: HANGZHOU MEDNOVA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD
Priority date: 2020-01-16
Filing date: 2020-03-18
Publication date: 2021-03-16
Anticipated expiration: 2030-03-18

Abstract

The application discloses light shielding device of X-ray and X-ray inspection device with camera, light shielding device includes: the X-ray examination equipment comprises a shielding plate supporting structure, a shielding plate, power equipment, a motion controller, at least one camera and a shielding device signal input and output interface connected with a motion sensor, wherein the camera is connected with the shielding device signal input and output interface and faces to a region where an examinee stands, so that an operator of the X-ray examination equipment can conveniently learn whether the position and the posture of the examinee are correct or not; when the position of the examinee standing has no problem, a control signal is output, and the power equipment is controlled to adjust the position movement of the shielding plate, so that the position and the size of the variable light transmission opening are consistent with those of the irradiation area of the X-ray, and the alignment of the variable light transmission opening of the shielding device and the irradiation area of the X-ray is more accurate.

Description

X-ray shielding device with camera and X-ray inspection device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a medical science radiation protection field especially relates to a light shielding device of X-ray and X-ray inspection device with camera.

Background

An X-ray machine is the most common medical imaging equipment in various hospitals. The X-ray machine has the greatest advantages that the X-ray machine is wide in application range, can image all human tissues of human beings, such as bones, the skull, the chest, the lung, joints and the like, is very convenient to use, short in imaging time, low in requirements on equipment operators, and low in purchase and maintenance cost. In contrast, the ultrasound device cannot be used for examination of bones, the skull, the chest and the lung, and the like; although nuclear magnetic resonance can also be used for examining most human tissues, the nuclear magnetic resonance examination apparatus is large in size, high in cost, long in examination time and low in spatial resolution. However, the X-ray machine has its obvious disadvantage that X-rays are ionizing radiation, and the radiation dose of the X-rays can cause harm to the health of human bodies.

At present, the common practice at home and abroad is to use an old-fashioned film X-ray machine or a new-fashioned digital X-ray machine to image the part of a detected person to be detected in a shielding room, and the shielding room has the function of preventing the scattered X-ray from having adverse effects on other people. And if the chest radiography needs to be carried out, the operator of the X-ray machine uses a beam light device on the X-ray machine to limit the X-ray to only irradiate the chest of the examinee. Although only the chest of the subject will be directly irradiated with the X-ray, the X-ray will be imaged with a large amount of scattered X-ray, and when the X-ray protection is not performed in place, the scattered X-ray will be scattered to the eyes, skull, lymph, gonad, etc. of the subject, which are sensitive to the X-ray, thereby adversely affecting the health of the subject. Unfortunately, most hospitals do not provide effective X-ray protection for the body parts of the subject that do not need to be examined when performing X-ray examination on the subject.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a to above-mentioned problem, provide a X-ray shielding device and X-ray inspection device with camera, can carry out more effective X-ray protection to the position that the person of being examined need not be examined, and can not increase operator's work load to ensure that the X-ray that does not have the scattering shines the position that those need not be the health of inspection.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a technical scheme as follows:

an X-ray shielding apparatus having a camera, comprising: a shielding plate supporting structure, a movable shielding plate, a power device for driving the shielding plate, a motion controller, at least one camera and a signal input/output interface of a shielding device connected with a motion sensor,

the X-ray shielding device comprises shielding plates, a power device and a power device, wherein the shielding plates are movably arranged on a shielding plate supporting structure and are driven to move by the power device, the shielding plates are used for shielding X-rays, variable light-transmitting openings with variable sizes and positions are formed among the shielding plates, and the variable light-transmitting openings are X-ray passing channels; the camera is connected with the signal input/output interface of the shielding device and faces the region where the examinee stands, so that an operator of the X-ray inspection device can conveniently learn whether the position and the posture of the examinee are correct or not; the motion controller is electrically connected with the power equipment, and controls the power equipment to adjust the position of the shielding plate by utilizing a control signal acquired by the signal input/output interface of the shielding device, so that the opening position of the variable light-transmitting opening is determined, and the position and the size of the variable light-transmitting opening are consistent with the position and the size of an irradiation area of X-rays.

Optionally, the signal input/output interface of the shielding device is connected with a control computer of the X-ray machine or a computer of the DR workstation, and the control computer of the X-ray machine or the computer of the DR workstation learns whether the position and the posture of the examinee are correct or not through the camera, outputs a control signal, and controls the power equipment to adjust the position of the shielding plate.

Optionally, the method further includes: and the communication equipment is connected with the signal input/output interface of the shielding device, and the signal input/output interface of the shielding device is used for being connected with the communication equipment of the console.

Optionally, the call device and the camera are integrated in an audio and video call camera, wherein the audio and video call camera has a microphone and a loudspeaker at the same time, or the audio and video call camera only has the microphone and does not have the loudspeaker.

Optionally, the signal input/output interface of the shielding device is a wired input interface or a wireless transmission module.

Optionally, the method further includes: the human body height sensor is arranged above a rack of the X-ray inspection device and used for detecting the height information of an inspected person; the motion controller is electrically connected with the human body height sensor, acquires height data of the human body height sensor in real time, and determines the opening position of the variable light-transmitting opening by adjusting the height of the shielding plate.

Optionally, still include height detection connecting rod or can design universal pipe, height detection connecting rod or can design universal pipe's one end is connected on shield plate bearing structure, and the other end is provided with human height sensor, through rotating/removing height detection connecting rod/can design universal pipe makes human height sensor can fix the top to the person being examined.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a still provide an X-ray inspection device with camera, include: the X-ray shielding device is positioned between the X-ray emitting device and the X-ray detecting device, and the area between the X-ray shielding device and the X-ray detecting device is used for accommodating a subject.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a still provide an X-ray inspection device with camera, include: an X-ray shielding device, an X-ray emitting device and an X-ray detecting device, wherein the X-ray shielding device is positioned between the X-ray emitting device and the X-ray detecting device, and the area between the X-ray shielding device and the X-ray detecting device is used for accommodating a subject,

wherein the X-ray shielding apparatus comprises: the X-ray shielding device comprises a shielding plate supporting structure, a movable shielding plate, power equipment for driving the shielding plate, a motion controller, at least one camera and a shielding device signal input/output interface connected with a motion sensor, wherein the shielding plate is movably arranged on the shielding plate supporting structure and is driven to move by the power equipment, the shielding plate is used for shielding X-rays, a variable light-transmitting opening with variable size and position is formed between the shielding plates, and the variable light-transmitting opening is a passing channel of the X-rays; the camera is connected with a control computer of the X-ray machine or a computer of the DR workstation in a wired or wireless way, and faces to the area where the examinee stands, so that an operator of the X-ray inspection device can conveniently acquire whether the position and the posture of the examinee are correct or not; the motion controller is electrically connected with the power equipment, acquires a control signal of a control computer of the X-ray machine or a computer of the DR workstation by using the signal input/output interface of the shielding device, and controls the power equipment to adjust the position of the shielding plate, so that the opening position of the variable light-transmitting opening is determined, and the position and the size of the variable light-transmitting opening are consistent with the position and the size of an irradiation area of the X-ray.

The utility model has the advantages that:

because the variable light-transmitting opening with variable size can be formed through the shielding plate, when X-ray examination is needed to be carried out on a certain part of a human body, only the part needs to be positioned at the variable light-transmitting opening, the X-ray penetrates through the variable light-transmitting opening to irradiate the part needing to be examined, and due to the shielding effect of the shielding plate, the part needing no examination can be well shielded, the X-ray dose of the X-ray received by the examined person is greatly reduced, and malignant tumors, particularly the incidence rate of malignant tumors of glands are reduced. Utilize the camera to acquire the position of standing and the posture of examinee in real time simultaneously, when the position that the examinee stood does not have the problem, output control signal, control power equipment adjusts the position of shielding plate to make the variable printing opacity mouth of shield assembly aim at more accurately with the irradiation area of X-ray. When the size and the height of the variable light-transmitting opening of the shielding device are automatically adjusted, the size and the position of the actual variable light-transmitting opening of the shielding device can be observed to further perform artificial fine adjustment.

Description of the drawings:

fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an installation position of an X-ray inspection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic top view of the installation position of the X-ray inspection apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an X-ray shielding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an X-ray shielding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an X-ray shielding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an X-ray shielding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a body height sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic top view of an X-ray inspection apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of a circuit control structure of an X-ray shielding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of a circuit control structure of an X-ray shielding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of a circuit control structure of an X-ray shielding apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic circuit diagram of a motion controller of an X-ray shielding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The specific implementation mode is as follows:

the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments.

The X-ray detection device provided by the utility model can be an old-fashioned film X-ray detection device and a new-style digital X-ray detection device. Although the old film X-ray detection device is replaced by the digital X-ray detection device, the sensitivity of the detection device is improved, and on the other hand, the radiation dose of direct imaging obtained by the part to be examined of the examinee when the X-ray examination device images is reduced. However, other non-inspection parts of the body of the examinee can be irradiated by the scattered X-ray during the imaging of the X-ray inspection device, so the technical proposal of the utility model is suitable for the film X-ray detection device or the digital X-ray detection device.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an in, through set up shield assembly between X-ray emission device and examinee, shield assembly has variable light transmission opening, and the X-ray that X-ray emission device sent shines the examined position that the examinee corresponds through variable light transmission opening, and remaining scattered light is shielded by shield assembly. Due to the shielding effect of the shielding device, the part which does not need to be checked can be well shielded, and the X-ray scattered light can not be radiated, so that the X-ray dosage of the checked person is greatly reduced, and the incidence of malignant tumors, particularly glandular malignant tumors, is reduced.

However, although the shielding device can effectively reduce the dosage of the X-ray received by the subject, it is an extra step for the operator of the X-ray examination apparatus to align the variable light-transmitting opening of the shielding device with the corresponding examined part of the subject, and it is not easy to accurately align the light-transmitting opening of the shielding device with the corresponding examined part of the subject. For an operator (doctor) of an X-ray examination apparatus in a busy hospital, such as a hospital in the third family, an extra step may result in hundreds of additional steps a day, greatly increasing the workload of the operator. Therefore, the embodiment of the utility model provides a still disclose an X-ray inspection device with human height sensor, can not increase under the condition of extra step, realize shielding device's variable light transmission mouth and the regional automatic alignment of shining of X-ray to equipment operator's work load has significantly reduced, and the efficiency of diagnosis is improved, also is favorable to improving the prevalence of this equipment.

The existing X-ray machine generally has two main use scenes: standing position and bed position. Generally, the device is used for standing up when photographing the chest, lung, cervical vertebra, thoracic vertebra, lumbar vertebra, head and other parts of a human body. As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention provides an X-ray inspection apparatus in a standing position, including: the X-ray shielding device 100, the X-ray emitting device 200 and the X-ray detecting device 300, wherein the shielding device 100 is positioned between the X-ray emitting device 200 and the X-ray detecting device 300, and the area between the shielding device 100 and the X-ray detecting device 300 is used for accommodating the examinee 400, and the X-ray shielding device 100 is provided with a variable light-transmitting opening 116. The X-ray emitting device 200 includes a bulb 220 and a beam splitter 210. The irradiation range of the X-ray emitted from the bulb 220 is limited by the beam splitter 210, the X-ray is then irradiated to the examined part of the examinee 400 through the variable light-transmitting opening 116 of the X-ray shielding apparatus 100, and the X-ray finally reaches the detector 310 after passing through the examined part of the examinee 400, thereby completing the imaging.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, an X-ray shielding apparatus 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention is shown. The X-ray shielding apparatus 100 includes upper and

lower shielding plates

111A, 111B for shielding X-rays, and both the upper and

lower shielding plates

111A, 111B can effectively block X-rays. In this embodiment, the shielding plate is made of a rigid material, and in other embodiments, the shielding plate may also be made of a flexible material or a shielding plate made of a mixture of a rigid material and a flexible material.

The shielding plate can be made of a heavy metal plate, such as a lead plate, or can also be made of lead-containing glass, or a lead-containing cloth or rubber material, such as a lead cloth commonly used for radiation protection lead clothing, or a lead rubber commonly used for protection of a security inspection machine, or a telescopic projection curtain. In other embodiments, the shielding plate may also be a roller blind, a venetian blind, a roman blind, a honeycomb blind, or the like. Since the way of implementing the rigid shield plate and the flexible shield plate is various, it is not described in detail in this document.

The upper and

lower shielding plates

111A, 111B are fixed to the left and

right columns

118A and 118B, and both the upper and lower

X-ray shielding plates

111A, 111B can move up and down along the

columns

118A and 118B. A variable light-transmitting opening 116 through which X-rays can pass is formed between the upper and

lower shielding plates

111A, 111B. The height position and the opening size of the variable light transmission opening 116 can be changed by adjusting the height positions of the upper and

lower shielding plates

111A and 111B.

The upper and

lower shielding plates

111A and 111B and the

vertical posts

118A and 118B can move relatively. In order to enable the two shielding plates to automatically slide on the

upright posts

118A and 118B, power equipment can be arranged on the

upright posts

118A and 118B or one side or two sides of the upper and

lower shielding plates

111A and 111B, the power equipment can be in a structure such as an electric cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, a push rod and a worm gear, and the relative movement between the upper and

lower shielding plates

111A and 111B and the

upright posts

118A and 118B can be realized by other electromagnetic or pneumatic equipment such as a stepping motor. The motion controller is connected with the power equipment; the connection is a wired or wireless connection; the wireless connection may be a bluetooth, radio or WiFi based connection.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the shielding plate is supported by the

movable columns

118A and 118B, and the universal wheels are mounted at the bottom. In other embodiments, the posts may be fixed or a frame structure may be used to support the shield panels, or a ceiling structure may be used to support the shield panels.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 4, the upper and

lower shielding plates

111A, 111B are fixed on two hanging

rods

122A, 122B, the hanging

rods

122A, 122B are connected to the movable vertical column 128, and both the upper and lower X-ray shielding plates can move up and down along the vertical column 128. The upper end of the hanging rod 122B and the lower end of the X-ray shielding plate 111A constitute a variable light transmission opening 116 through which X-rays can pass. The height position and the opening size of the variable light transmission opening 116 can be changed by adjusting the height position of the hanging

rods

122A and 122B.

In the two embodiments, the upper and lower

X-ray shielding plates

111A, 111B are offset from each other (similar to a sliding door structure of a home bathroom), and the two X-ray shielding plates may be partially overlapped. In other embodiments, the upper and lower X-ray shielding plates are located on the same plane.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 5, an X-ray shielding apparatus with four pieces of upper, lower, left and right pieces is provided. The X-ray shielding device with four pieces of upper, lower, left and right is similar to the X-ray shielding device in figure 4. The upper, lower, left and right X-ray shielding plates can effectively block X-rays. The upper, lower, left and right

X-ray shielding plates

121A, 121B, 121C, 121D are each fixed to a movable column 138, and the upper, lower, left and right

X-ray shielding plates

121A, 121B are each movable up and down along the column 138. The two left and right

X-ray shielding plates

121C and 121D can move left and right. The four

X-ray shielding plates

121A, 121B, 121C, and 121D can enclose a variable light-transmitting opening 116 with a variable size.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 6, another shielding device with four sheets, upper, lower, left and right, is provided. This four-piece type shielding apparatus is similar to the shielding apparatus of fig. 4, and the only difference is that the four

X-ray shielding plates

121A, 121B, 121C, 121D are mounted in a movable frame 148. The upper, lower, left and right four

X-ray shielding plates

121A, 121B, 121C, 121D are rectangular and can effectively block X-rays. The upper and lower

X-ray shielding plates

121A, 121B can move up and down along the frame, the left and right

X-ray shielding plates

121C, 121D can move left and right along the frame, and the upper, lower, left and right

X-ray shielding plates

121A, 121B, 121C, 121D can constitute a variable light transmission opening 116.

In this embodiment, the variable light transmission opening 116 is substantially rectangular or square, in other embodiments, the variable light transmission opening may be diamond-shaped or have other shapes, because the illumination shape of the beam splitter of the X-ray apparatus is now substantially rectangular or square, and of course, the illumination shape of a small number of beam splitters is other shapes such as diamond-shaped, so the shape of the variable light transmission opening may be diamond-shaped or have other shapes. Meanwhile, in order to prevent the variable light-transmitting opening from being excessively reduced and clamp the hand in the use process, the device is also provided with an anti-clamping device, so that the hand can not be clamped and injured by the variable light-transmitting opening.

In the embodiment of the present invention, please refer to fig. 2 to 6, the X-ray shielding apparatus further includes a human body height sensor 170. The body height sensor 170 is installed above a standing area of the subject 400 to detect body height information of the subject. In this embodiment, referring to fig. 7, the human body height sensor 170 is a height sensing array module, which is a row of height sensing array modules arranged in a straight line, and the width of the height sensing array module is greater than the width of the human body. The height sensing array module is arranged right above the top of the head and the shoulders of the examinee, so that the height sensing array module can simultaneously acquire the height information of the top of the head and the shoulders of the examinee. Because the height information of the top of the head and the shoulders of the subject is acquired at the same time, the inventor has found that if only the height of the top of the head (i.e., height) of the subject is acquired, an accurate examined region is often not obtained. For example, when a chest radiograph is taken, it is difficult to accurately acquire the position of the X-ray irradiation region of the chest radiograph only from the height data because of the problem of the head being large and the head being small and the problem of the neck being long. When the heights of the top of the head and the shoulders of the examinee are acquired at the same time, it is much easier to acquire the accurate position of the irradiation region of the chest radiography. Meanwhile, the height of the top of the head and the height of the shoulders of the examinee are obtained, the body width and the standing position of the examinee are synchronously obtained, and whether the examinee has deviation or not is judged, so that the width and the center point position of the variable light-transmitting opening can be controlled more favorably.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 3, a height detection link 172 is mounted on the upright, one end of the height detection link 172 is movably connected to the upright or the frame, and the other end is provided with a human body height sensor 170, so that the human body height sensor can be moved and fixed above the subject by rotating and extending the height detection link. Because can rotate between height detection connecting rod 172 and the stand, and height detection connecting rod 172 can stretch out and draw back again and extend, consequently be convenient for be located the human height sensor 170 of height detection connecting rod 172 tip and remove the top of the person of being examined, from the top down the height that detects the human body of person of being examined to obtain the removal height of shield. Since the body height sensor 170 is mounted on top of the X-ray shielding device, the setting and detection of the body height sensor is not affected regardless of the movement of the gantry or the walking of the person.

In other embodiments, the body height sensor is a height sensing array module having a certain width, so that the body height sensor can be simultaneously installed above a standing area of a subject and the detector, and simultaneously detect the body height of the subject and the height of the detector.

In other embodiments, the human body height sensor can also be installed on the top of the X-ray detection device through a height detection connecting rod or a settable universal tube.

In other embodiments, the light shielding device and the X-ray shielding device can also be integrally formed into an inspection channel, the human body height sensor is arranged on the ceiling of the inspection channel, when the X-ray inspection is required, the examinee walks to the corresponding position in the inspection channel to stand, and the human body height sensor positioned at the top of the head detects the height of the examinee. The human body height sensor can be a height sensing array module arranged in a matrix with multiple rows and columns.

In this embodiment, the human body height sensor is a laser distance sensor. In other embodiments, the body height sensor may also be other sensors capable of detecting relative distance, such as an ultrasonic distance sensor, an infrared distance sensor, and the like.

In this embodiment, the body height sensor and the motion controller are connected by a wire. In other embodiments, the X-ray shielding device further comprises a wireless signal receiver, the wireless signal receiver is connected with the motion controller, and the human body height sensor is a wireless human body height sensor and is connected with the motion controller through wireless data transmission. The wireless signal receiver may be a Lora module, a WiFi module, etc.

Referring to fig. 2 to 6, the X-ray shielding apparatus is further provided with a rack height sensor 190, which is mounted on the human body height sensor through a shapeable universal tube or a height detection link. The motion controller is electrically connected with the rack height sensor, and the rack height sensor is used for detecting the height of the rack. In this embodiment, the rack height sensor is used for detecting the height information of the detector, so the rack height sensor is fixed right above the detector. Since the X-ray irradiation area changes (i.e., the position of the bulb tube changes in the vertical and horizontal directions), the position of the corresponding detector also needs to be adjusted synchronously. Therefore, by detecting the up-down position of the detector 310, the center position of the X-ray irradiated region can be obtained. In general, the X-ray irradiation area (the width of the top, bottom, left, and right) of one detection type (for example, a chest radiograph) is determined, and therefore, the height positions of the top and bottom shielding plates can be synchronously obtained by obtaining the center position of the X-ray irradiation area. In other embodiments, if there are two left and right shielding plates, the widths may be adjusted to the corresponding widths synchronously.

In other embodiments, the gantry height sensor may also be mounted directly on the shield support structure or above the column of the X-ray detection device.

In other embodiments, the gantry may further comprise one or more of a crossbar, a sickle arm, a Z-arm, a bulb, a beam light, and a detector of the X-ray examination apparatus. For example, referring to FIG. 8, the height sensor 190 is disposed above the cross arm 910 of the X-ray inspection apparatus.

Since the heights of the stand and the X-ray emitting device (such as a bulb tube and a beam splitter) are synchronously adjusted in many devices, the irradiation height of X-rays can be obtained by detecting the height of the stand, then the motion controller acquires the height data of the stand transmitted by the stand height sensor in real time, and the opening position of the variable light transmission opening can be determined by correspondingly adjusting the height of the shielding plate without additional operation of a doctor.

Meanwhile, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the X-ray shielding apparatus further includes a camera 161 and a communication device 162, the camera 161 and the communication device 162 are connected to a signal input/output interface of the shielding apparatus, the signal input/output interface of the shielding apparatus is connected to a control computer of the X-ray machine or a computer of the DR workstation, and an operator (doctor) sitting in front of the control computer of the X-ray machine or the computer of the DR workstation learns whether the position and posture of the subject are correct or not through the camera and performs alignment. When the position that the person of examinee stood does not have the problem, output control signal, control power equipment adjusts the position of shield plate to make the variable printing opacity mouth of shield assembly aim at more accurately with the irradiation region of X-ray. When the size and the height of the variable light-transmitting opening of the shielding device are automatically adjusted, the size and the position of the actual variable light-transmitting opening of the shielding device can be observed to further perform artificial fine adjustment.

In this embodiment, the camera 161 and the telephony device 162 are secured to the shield support structure by a settable gimbal 163.

In other embodiments, referring to fig. 5 and 6, the camera 161 and the communication device 162 may also be fixed to the body height sensor 170.

In other embodiments, the camera and the talking device can also be fixed on the X-ray detection device.

In this embodiment, the communication device 162 and the camera 161 are integrated into an audio/video communication camera, wherein the audio/video communication camera has a microphone and a loudspeaker at the same time, so that a device operator (doctor) and a subject can realize a two-way communication, and the operator can tell the subject about the cautionary matters when taking a picture, or correct the wrong posture of the subject, etc. Meanwhile, the examinee can also communicate with the equipment operator (doctor) through the audio and video call camera.

In other embodiments, the call device and the camera are integrated into one audio/video call camera, but the audio/video call camera has only a microphone and no loudspeaker. The microphone can be installed in an X-ray examination room, so that the equipment operator (doctor) and the examinee can realize two-way communication, the examinee can be informed of the attention when shooting, or the wrong posture of the examinee can be corrected. Meanwhile, the examinee can also communicate with the equipment operator (doctor) through the audio and video call camera.

In other embodiments, the X-ray shielding device may also only comprise a camera, and the camera is used for learning whether the position and the posture of the examinee are correct or not.

In other embodiments, the shapeable gimbal and the height-sensing linkage of FIGS. 2-6 may be interchanged.

In this embodiment, the camera is connected to the control computer of the X-ray machine or the computer of the DR workstation through the signal input/output interface of the shielding device. In other embodiments, the camera is connected to the control computer of the X-ray machine or the computer of the DR workstation directly or wirelessly.

In other embodiments, referring to fig. 9, the X-ray shielding apparatus further includes a shielding apparatus signal input/output interface 20, the shielding apparatus signal input/output interface 20 is connected to the motion controller 10, and the motion controller can obtain the height of the rack through the rack height sensor 190, so as to obtain the height positions of the upper and lower shielding plates, and adjust the height of the shielding plates; the motion controller can also acquire the height of the examinee, particularly the head height and the shoulder height of the examinee through the human body height sensor 170, and acquire the height positions required by the upper and lower shielding plates according to the body part which needs to be detected correspondingly, so as to adjust the height of the shielding plates; the height and width of the shielding plate can be directly adjusted based on the control signal obtained by the signal input/output interface 20 of the shielding device, so that the position and size of the variable light-transmitting opening are consistent with the irradiation area of the X-ray.

In addition, because camera and talking equipment link to each other with shield assembly signal input/output interface, shield assembly signal input/output interface links to each other with the control computer of X-ray machine or the computer of DR workstation, sit operator (doctor) in front of the control computer of X-ray machine or the computer of DR workstation and learn the position of examinee, whether the posture is correct through the camera to indicate correctly, and can control the motion control ware through the control signal control that the control computer of X-ray machine or the computer of DR workstation sent, make thereby adjust the height and the width position of shield plate, make the size of final variable light inlet unanimous with the irradiation area of X-ray.

In another embodiment, please refer to fig. 10, the motion controller 10 of the X-ray shielding apparatus may also be connected to only the signal input/output interface 20 of the shielding apparatus. The movement of the shielding plate of the X-ray shielding device is completely controlled by a control computer of an X-ray machine and a computer of a DR workstation to send control signals, and the position of the corresponding shielding plate is adjusted by utilizing the motion controller 10 of the X-ray shielding device, so that the alignment of the variable light-transmitting opening of the shielding device and the irradiation area of the X-ray can be realized under the condition of not increasing additional steps, the workload of an equipment operator is greatly reduced, the diagnosis efficiency is improved, and the popularization rate of the equipment is favorably improved.

In other embodiments, please refer to fig. 11, the signal input/output interface of the shielding device may not be provided, and the adjustment of the variable light-transmitting opening of the shielding device is automatically achieved by only depending on the height information obtained by the human body height sensor and/or the rack height sensor, so that the workload of the operator of the device is greatly reduced, the diagnosis efficiency is improved, and the popularization rate of the device is also improved.

The signal input/output interface 20 of the shielding device may be a wired input interface or a wireless transmission module.

As shown in fig. 12, the schematic structural diagram of the motion controller of the X-ray shielding apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the following parts: a power module 131, a main control board 133, height sensor controller interfaces 134A-M, a communications module 135, input and display terminals 137, motor drivers 138A-D, and encoder controllers 139A-D. The power module 131 is responsible for supplying power to the motion controller 130 of the X-ray shield apparatus. The main control board 133, which includes a microprocessor, a memory chip, etc., can acquire the required information from the X-ray machine workstation computer 110 and the X-ray machine frame motion controller 120 through the communication module 135, perform necessary processing on the required information, and then send control signals to the motor drivers 138A-D, and the encoder controllers 139A-D to precisely control the motion of the motor. In this embodiment, the communication module 135 serves as a signal input/output interface of the shielding device. The height sensor controller interfaces 134A-M may be coupled to a body height sensor and may also be coupled to a gantry height sensor, with which the height sensor controller interfaces 134A-M may be used to obtain real-time height information of a subject's body part, or gantry height information, from the body height sensor and/or gantry height sensor. The main control board 133 in the motion controller 130 derives the position and size information of the variable light-transmitting opening of the shielding device by obtaining the relevant height information, and then sends control signals to the motor drivers 138A-D, and the encoder controllers 139A-D to precisely control the motion of the motor. The input and display terminal 137 may input information through a touch screen or buttons in addition to displaying a partial result.

In this embodiment, the motion controller 130 includes four motor drivers 138A-D. In practical applications, the motor drive can be increased or decreased as more practical. The motor has various forms, and a stepping motor, a servo motor, a direct current motor, an alternating current motor and the like are common. The motors are not identical in control accuracy and output power. In practical application, people need to make a selection according to actual requirements of actual control precision, output power and cost. Generally, the control accuracy of the stepping motor and the servo motor is high but the cost is high, and the control accuracy of the direct current motor and the alternating current motor is low but the cost is low. When one uses stepper motors or servo motors, it is generally not necessary to use the encoder controllers 139A-D at the same time. However, when using a dc motor or an ac motor, higher control accuracy can be achieved using the encoder controllers 139A-D.

In the present embodiment, the main control board 133, the power module 131 and the communication module 135 in the motion controller 130 are separated. In practical applications, the power module 131, the communication module 135 and the main control board 133 may be integrated. In this embodiment, the motor drivers 138A-D or encoder controllers 139A-D are integrated on the main control board 133. In practice, one could also completely separate the motor drivers 138A-D or encoder controllers 139A-D from the main control board 133. In practice, one may choose to use or not use input and display terminal 137 depending on the needs of the application. The motion controller 130 of the present patent may function properly with or without the input and display terminal 137. Of course, the use of the input and display terminal 137 in the motion controller 130 of the invention of this patent will make it easier for the operator to understand the working status. In addition, the motion controller 130 may be implemented by a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) commonly used in industrial automation control, in addition to a microprocessor. One need only replace the main control board 133 in the figure with a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC). The motion controller of the light-passing opening of the shielding device invented by this patent includes these variations and generalizations.

The above only is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, not therefore the limit the patent protection scope of the present invention, all applications the equivalent structure transformation made by the contents of the specification and the drawings of the present invention is directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, and all the same principles are included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An X-ray shielding apparatus having a camera, comprising: a shielding plate supporting structure, a movable shielding plate, a power device for driving the shielding plate, a motion controller, at least one camera and a signal input/output interface of a shielding device connected with a motion sensor,

2. The apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signal input/output interface of the shielding apparatus is connected to the control computer of the X-ray machine or the computer of the DR workstation, and the control computer of the X-ray machine or the computer of the DR workstation can obtain whether the position and posture of the subject are correct or not through the camera, and output a control signal to control the power device to adjust the position of the shielding plate.

3. The X-ray shield apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: and the communication equipment is connected with the signal input/output interface of the shielding device, and the signal input/output interface of the shielding device is used for being connected with the communication equipment of the console.

4. The X-ray shielding apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the communication device and the camera are integrated into an audio-video communication camera, wherein the audio-video communication camera has both a microphone and a loudspeaker, or the audio-video communication camera has only a microphone and no loudspeaker.

5. The X-ray shielding device according to claim 1, wherein the signal input/output interface of the shielding device is a wired input interface or a wireless transmission module.

6. The X-ray shield apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: the human body height sensor is arranged above a rack of the X-ray inspection device and used for detecting the height information of an inspected person; the motion controller is electrically connected with the human body height sensor, acquires height data of the human body height sensor in real time, and determines the opening position of the variable light-transmitting opening by adjusting the height of the shielding plate.

7. The X-ray shielding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a height detection link or a settable gimbal having one end connected to the shielding plate support structure and the other end provided with a body height sensor, wherein the body height sensor is fixable above the subject by rotating/moving the height detection link/settable gimbal.

8. An X-ray inspection apparatus having a camera, comprising: the apparatus of any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the apparatus is located between the apparatus and the apparatus for X-ray detection, and the area between the apparatus and the apparatus for X-ray shielding is used for accommodating the subject.