EP0383963B1 - Röntgendiagnostikeinrichtung - Google Patents

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EP0383963B1
EP0383963B1 EP89102904A EP89102904A EP0383963B1 EP 0383963 B1 EP0383963 B1 EP 0383963B1 EP 89102904 A EP89102904 A EP 89102904A EP 89102904 A EP89102904 A EP 89102904A EP 0383963 B1 EP0383963 B1 EP 0383963B1
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Gerhard Dipl.-Ing. Kütterer
Udo Dipl. Ing. Heinze (FH)
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05G—X-RAY TECHNIQUE
    • H05G1/00—X-ray apparatus involving X-ray tubes; Circuits therefor
    • H05G1/08—Electrical details
    • H05G1/64—Circuit arrangements for X-ray apparatus incorporating image intensifiers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05G—X-RAY TECHNIQUE
    • H05G1/00—X-ray apparatus involving X-ray tubes; Circuits therefor
    • H05G1/08—Electrical details
    • H05G1/26—Measuring, controlling or protecting
    • H05G1/30—Controlling
    • H05G1/36—Temperature of anode; Brightness of image power

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  • the invention relates to an X-ray diagnostic device for generating X-ray images with an X-ray image intensifier and a detector for measuring the average image brightness in a dominant area of the output screen of the X-ray image intensifier.
  • Devices of this type are used for television-type image reproduction and for producing individual images and series of images, the detector serving to keep the average image brightness constant in the dominant region.
  • Such an X-ray diagnostic device is described in DE-A-31 27 648, in which, in the parallel beam path of the optics arranged between the output fluorescent screen of the X-ray image intensifier and the television camera, a part is masked out by a mirror which is fed to a detector with a selectable dominant range.
  • the selection can be made using a dominant disc upstream of a photomultiplier or a sheet-like element with a plurality of light-sensitive areas which can be controlled individually. There are limits to the size, shape, position and size of the dominant area through the dominant disc.
  • DE-A-35 26 687 describes an X-ray diagnostic device in which the image size of the X-ray image intensifier can be varied so that output images of different sizes appear on the exit fluorescent screen. This is linked to the control of the scanning surface of the target of the television camera, so that the entire output image of the X-ray image intensifier depicted on the target of the television camera is completely scanned. However, an independent change of the scanning area of the target of the television camera is not provided, so that an optional setting of a dominant area is not possible. A detector for detecting the image brightness in a dominant area is not provided.
  • the invention is based on the object of creating an X-ray diagnostic device of the type mentioned at the outset, in which the options for selecting the dominant area are increased.
  • the object is achieved in that means are available which are the optical imaging scale for the detector change with respect to the output image of the X-ray image intensifier. This ensures that several different sizes can be set in a simple manner for each selected position and shape of the dominant area.
  • the invention is also based on the object of providing an X-ray diagnostic device with a variable imaging scale, for example by electron-optical switching of the X-ray image intensifier by means of setting means, in which the measuring fields can remain the same when the X-ray image intensifier is switched electronically.
  • the means are coupled to the setting means in such a way that when the electron-optical imaging scale of the X-ray image intensifier is adjusted, the optical imaging scale for the detector is changed accordingly, so that the dominant range detected by the detector remains the same with respect to the X-ray image . This ensures that the position, shape and size of the dominant with respect to the examined object remains the same when switching the imaging scale.
  • a simple change in the imaging scale for the detector is obtained if the means have two optics upstream of the detector, the distance between which is changed accordingly when the imaging scale of the X-ray image intensifier is changed, and if an adjusting device is provided for the detector, which causes the detector to always be is in the focus of the optical arrangement.
  • a simple construction of the detector and an electronic switchover can be achieved if the detector consists of a matrix of light-sensitive areas, which can be connected to a measuring amplifier individually or in groups.
  • a representation of the orientation of the detector to the object and the determination of the imaging scale for adjustment and service purposes can be achieve if openings are provided in the detector with a defined position to the individual light-sensitive surfaces and if an illumination device is arranged behind the detector, through which the openings can be faded into the X-ray image to control the position of the dominant area.
  • the device can also be used advantageously in a detector consisting of a multiplier, which is preceded by an adjustable dominant disc for fading in the desired part of the x-ray image.
  • FIG. 1 shows an X-ray tube 1, which is operated by a high-voltage generator 2 and emits a beam of rays that passes through a patient 3 and throws a radiation image onto the fluorescent screen of an X-ray image intensifier 4.
  • the X-ray image intensifier 4 converts the radiation image into a visible image on the exit fluorescent screen.
  • An optics 5 is coupled to the x-ray image intensifier 4, which contains a base lens 6 and a camera lens 7. Through these lenses 6 and 7, the output image of the X-ray image intensifier 4 is imaged on a television camera 8.
  • the output signal of the television camera 8 is reproduced in a video amplifier 9 on a monitor 10.
  • a mirror 12 is arranged in the parallel beam path 11 between the base lens 6 and the camera lens 7, which deflects part of the parallel beams laterally out of the parallel beam path 11.
  • Another optical system 13 generates an image on a detector 14.
  • the detector 14 is connected to a measuring amplifier, not shown, arranged in a control device 15.
  • the control device 15 has an adjuster 16 for the setpoint value of the brightness and is connected to the high-voltage generator 2 for exposure control.
  • control device 15 has first setting means 17, by means of which the high voltages of the electrodes of the X-ray image intensifier 4 can be adjusted, so that the electron optics can be switched over and different imaging scales can be used let set.
  • second adjustment means 18 are provided on the control device 15, which are connected to an adjustment device 19, which causes a change in the imaging scale of the optics 13 and the detector 14.
  • the adjusting device 19 can consist, for example, of motor-driven cam disks which act on the detector 14 and the optics 13.
  • the mirror 12 which can also be formed by a prism, is arranged in the parallel beam path 11.
  • a first lens 20 of the optics 13 is arranged in front of the mirror surface.
  • a second lens 21 is arranged at a distance behind the mirror 12 in front of the detector 14, which is located at the focal point of the optical arrangement, formed from the two lenses 20 and 21.
  • This arrangement shown in FIG 2 corresponds to the smallest optical imaging scale.
  • the X-ray image intensifier is set by the first setting means 17 in such a way that the total input surface of the X-ray image intensifier is completely imaged on the output fluorescent screen of the X-ray image intensifier 4.
  • the optics 13 is set so that the output image of the X-ray image intensifier 4 is imaged on the detector 14.
  • FIG. 3 shows an arrangement with a larger optical imaging scale.
  • the second lens 21 and the detector 14 were adjusted by the adjusting device 19 such that the exit fluorescent screen is now only imaged on part of the detector 14. Since this is normally coupled with the adjustment of the imaging scale of the X-ray image intensifier 4, this means that a smaller part of the input fluorescent screen of the X-ray image intensifier 4 is imaged on the entire output fluorescent screen of the X-ray image intensifier 4, so that the objects on the exit fluorescent screen of the X-ray image intensifier 4 appear enlarged.
  • Such a detector 14 is shown in FIG.
  • a plurality of photosensitive surfaces 23 are arranged in a matrix on a disk 22. These light-sensitive surfaces 23 are connected to the control device 15 and can be connected to the measuring amplifier individually or in groups in order to select the dominant.
  • bores 24 can be provided in the disk 22, through which the images of the bores 24 via the mirror 12 and the base lens 6 on the output fluorescent screen of the x-ray image intensifier are arranged by means of a lighting device (not shown) arranged behind the detector 14 4 can be imaged so that they can be captured by the camera 8 and displayed on the monitor 10. An assignment of the position of the individual areas can thereby be determined.
  • FIG. 5 shows a further possibility for a detector 14 which, in a manner known per se, consists of a dominant disk 25 which is arranged upstream of a detector 26, for example a photomultiplier.
  • a detector 14 which, in a manner known per se, consists of a dominant disk 25 which is arranged upstream of a detector 26, for example a photomultiplier.
  • An x-ray diagnostic device is thus obtained by changing the imaging scale by means of the first setting means 17 the imaging scale of the X-ray image intensifier 4 is changed together with the imaging scale for the detector 14, so that a dominant once selected by second setting means 18 remains assigned to the same object in the same size. Furthermore, by adjusting the second setting means 18, the size and position of the dominant can be changed continuously, so that given the dimensions of the light-sensitive surfaces 23 of the detector 14 or the opening in the dominant disk 25, several settings result for each possibility.

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EP89102904A EP0383963B1 (de) 1989-02-20 1989-02-20 Röntgendiagnostikeinrichtung
DE89102904T DE58905549D1 (de) 1989-02-20 1989-02-20 Röntgendiagnostikeinrichtung.
JP2039533A JPH02246584A (ja) 1989-02-20 1990-02-19 Ｘ線診断装置
US07/647,700 US5155753A (en) 1989-02-20 1991-01-29 X-ray diagnostics installation which permits adjustment of the position or size of the dominant region of the image

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