JP2015163333A - Photographing apparatus and photographing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographing system which can match a photographed image and photographing information with each other easily, efficiently, and certainly.SOLUTION: In a potable photographing apparatus 107 using predetermined photographing means (X-ray flat panel sensor), input/output means 104 acquires photographing information through a portable storage medium 102 from a predetermined information management side (RIS). Storage means 105 stores a photographed image to which the photographing information is added after the photographing.

Description

  The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus, an imaging system, an X-ray detection apparatus, an imaging method, and a program used in a portable X-ray imaging apparatus using an X-ray flat panel sensor as an imaging unit, for example.

  Conventionally, for example, as an X-ray imaging apparatus, there is a portable X-ray imaging apparatus for imaging a patient who cannot be carried to an X-ray imaging room. This X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a high-pressure generator, a battery, and the like, and is carried and used in a plurality of hospital rooms together with an imaging plate using a film cassette or a photostimulable fluorescent screen.

On the other hand, in recent years, an X-ray imaging apparatus using an X-ray flat panel sensor made of amorphous silicon or the like instead of a film has been proposed. An X-ray imaging apparatus using such a sensor is
・ The captured image can be confirmed immediately after shooting.
-Multiple images can be taken with a single sensor.
-Image processing, image transfer, or filing as a digital image becomes easy.
It is thought that it will spread further in the future.

FIG. 6 shows a configuration of an in-hospital X-ray imaging system 800 using an X-ray flat panel sensor.
In the hospital room here, as shown in FIG. 6, there are three general radiographing rooms 810 (1) to 810 (3), and each radiographing room 810 (1) to 810 (3) The standing position photographing apparatus and the standing position photographing apparatus controlled by the control unit are installed one by one.
For example, in the photographing room 810 (1), a standing photographing device 810 (1-a) and a standing photographing device 810 (1-b) are installed, and these standing photographing devices 810 (1-a). And the supine photographing apparatus 810 (1-b) is controlled by the control unit 820 (1).

  For the sake of simplicity, in the following description, any of the shooting rooms 810 (1) to 810 (3), the shooting rooms 810 (X) of the shooting rooms 810 (1) to 810 (3), In addition, attention is paid to the control unit (X), the standing position photographing apparatus 810 (X-a), and the lying position photographing apparatus 810 (X-b) related thereto.

  The control unit 820 (X) performs various types of image processing on the captured image obtained by photographing with the standing photographing device 810 (Xa) or the standing photographing device 810 (Xb), and performs the processing. The subsequent captured image is transmitted to the printer 830, the image filing device 840, the viewer 850, or the like via the image network 860.

In addition to the above configuration, a network (RIS network) 880 for a radiation information system (RIS) is provided in the hospital.
The RIS information (RIS information) includes various information such as a patient name, patient ID, imaging region, number of images, imaging conditions, doctor name in charge. Such RIS information is transferred via the RIS network 880 to RIS terminals 870 (1) to 870 (3) provided corresponding to the imaging rooms 810 (1) to 810 (3).

Accordingly, the photographer in the radiographing room 810 (X) uses the RIS terminal 870 (X) to confirm the patient to be radiographed, and then the standing radiographing apparatus 810 (Xa) or the supine radiographing apparatus 810 (Xb). Start shooting with.

At this time, the control device 820 (X) sends a patient to the standing imaging device 810 (X-a) and the supine imaging device 810 (X-b) based on the RIS information from the RIS terminal 870 (X). Name, patient ID, imaging region, imaging conditions, etc. are automatically set.
Similarly, the control device 820 (X) also applies to the X-ray generator (not shown) based on the RIS information from the RIS terminal 870 (X), the X-ray tube voltage, the X-ray tube current, and the imaging time. , X-ray diaphragm etc. are automatically set.

  When the photographing in the photographing room 810 (X) (photographing based on the various automatic settings described above) is completed, the control unit 820 (X) displays the standing photographing device 810 (X-a) or the standing photographing device. RIS information from the RIS terminal 870 (X) is added as supplementary information to the photographed image obtained at 810 (X-b), and the photographed image after the supplementary information is added, for example, as a medical image transfer protocol Using standard DICOM (Digital Imaging & Communication in Medicine) 3.0 or the like, the image data is transferred to the printer 830, the image filing device 840, or the viewer 850 via the image network 860. This completes the series of shooting.

  As described above, in the imaging room 810 (X), the RIS terminal 870 (1) on the RIS network 880, the standing position imaging apparatus 810 (X-a) and the supine position imaging apparatus 810 (in the imaging room 810 (X) X-b), the printer 830, the image filing device 840, the viewer 850, etc. on the image network 860 function organically, contributing to labor saving and automation of X-ray imaging.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6 above, a portable X-ray imaging apparatus 900 that carries a set of devices to a hospital room and cannot capture images cannot be connected to other devices via a network or the like. Various methods have been proposed to match information (patient information) related to a patient as a subject and various imaging conditions.

For example, in a portable X-ray imaging apparatus using a film cassette, the following method is adopted as a method for matching patient information, imaging conditions, and the like with a captured image.
First, the doctor in charge of the patient writes the examination site of the patient in the examination request form, and sends the examination request form to the person in charge of radiography (radiologist).
Next, the radiologist who has received the examination request form creates an ID imprint card on which the patient name, patient ID, date of birth, examination site, etc. are written based on the examination request form.
When the imaging of the patient is completed, the radiologist writes the information on the ID copying card on the film by the information copying device. Thereby, the captured image on the film can be matched with the patient information.

However, the captured image on the film used in the conventional portable X-ray imaging apparatus as described above, information on the patient who is the subject of the captured image (patient information), various imaging conditions, and the like. In the method for matching, since the amount of information that can be written on the ID imprint card is limited in space, only the minimum necessary information can be imprinted on the film. Therefore, there is a problem that sufficient information about the patient or the like corresponding to the captured image is not transmitted to the radiogram interpreter.
In addition, since this method is a method of writing information in an analog manner, it is not suitable for searching, filing, and the like today as digitization progresses.

Therefore, in order to solve the above problem, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a captured image and radiation information (patient information) in a portable X-ray imaging apparatus using a storage phosphor as follows. A matching method has been proposed.
In this method, first, a nonvolatile memory that can be read from the outside is attached to the cassette, and a patient identification code, a storage phosphor identification code, an imaging region, an imaging condition, and the like are read by a portable barcode reader before imaging. To write to the non-volatile memory. And simultaneously with reading an image with an imaging device, radiation information is read from the said non-volatile memory, and this radiation information is finally added to an image.
According to this method, images and radiation information can always be matched, and when a cassette using a stimulable phosphor is carried to multiple hospital rooms and it is not clear which cassette will be used until shooting, the captured image It is effective to match the radiation information after imaging.

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  However, in the method described in Patent Document 1 or the like, when a lot of information is necessary as radiation information, the photographer or the like needs to read the information by a barcode reader correspondingly. The larger the number, the greater the load on the photographer, which is very inconvenient.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to eliminate the above-described drawbacks, and it is possible to easily, efficiently, and reliably match a captured image with information related to the shooting (shooting information). An object is to provide an imaging apparatus, an imaging system, an X-ray detection apparatus, an imaging method, and a program.

  An imaging apparatus according to the present invention is a portable imaging apparatus that acquires captured image data by an X-ray imaging unit that receives X-rays generated from an X-ray generation unit, and the X-ray imaging is performed when X-ray imaging is completed. Control means for reading out the electric charge accumulated in the means and performing a predetermined process on the read accumulated data; and a communication means for wirelessly transmitting the captured image data obtained by performing the predetermined process. It is characterized by having.

As described above, according to the present invention, even when a lot of information is used as shooting information, a shot image and its image can be easily, efficiently, and accurately without burdening the photographer. The shooting information can be matched.
In addition, it is possible to store captured images with shooting information and transfer them to an image filing device, a printer, etc. via a communication medium such as a network after all the shootings are completed. And it can be done efficiently.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an X-ray imaging system to which the present invention is applied in the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the portable X-ray imaging apparatus of the said X-ray imaging system. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the screen of the imaging information (imaging information obtained with the RIS terminal) displayed with the said portable X-ray imaging apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the screen of the selection information from the said imaging information displayed with the said portable X-ray imaging apparatus. In 2nd Embodiment, it is a block diagram which shows the structure of the X-ray imaging system to which this invention is applied. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the conventional X-ray imaging system.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(First embodiment)
The present invention is applied to, for example, an X-ray imaging system 100 as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the X-ray imaging system 100 according to the present embodiment includes a portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 having a portable storage medium reading unit 104 and a storage unit 105, and a portable storage medium reading unit 104. The portable storage medium 102 from which information is read out, the RIS terminal 101 that acquires RIS information via the RIS network 108, and the image network connector 103 for connecting to the image network 106 are included.
Note that “S201” to “S203” in FIG. 1 indicate an imaging procedure using the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 includes the portable storage medium reading unit 104 and the storage unit 105 shown in FIG. 1, and operation control of the entire portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107. A central control unit (such as a CPU) 302 that controls the operation, a display / input interface 304 to which an operation unit 303 is connected, an X-ray control unit 305 to which an X-ray tube 307 is connected via an X-ray high-voltage power supply 306, An X-ray flat sensor control unit 308 to which an X-ray flat sensor (X-ray flat panel sensor) 309 is connected, a network connection interface 310 to which a network connection connector 311 is connected, and a storage unit 312 used for work or the like These components 104, 302, 304, 305, 308, 310, 312, 105 are provided via a bus 301. It is connected so as to be able to communicate with are.

  The portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 takes advantage of the feature that a digital photographed image can be obtained directly after photographing, particularly by using the X-ray flat sensor 309, and the digital photographed image directly after photographing and information on the subject. And can be matched with each other.

In the X-ray imaging system 100 as described above, processing for X imaging and captured images is performed as follows.
The operation of the X-ray imaging system 100 described below (imaging operations indicated by “S201” to “S203” in FIG. 1) is stored in the storage unit 105 or 312 by the central control unit 302, for example. This is realized by reading and executing the processed processing program.

Step S201:
When performing X imaging using the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107, first, RIS information (imaging information) is written into the portable storage medium 102 from the RIS terminal 101 connected to the RIS network 108.
The imaging information here includes all information related to imaging of the subject to be imaged, such as an identifier (patient ID) indicating a patient as a subject, patient name, date of birth, sex, imaging region, imaging conditions, and the like.
The portable storage medium 102 in which the imaging information is written is inserted into a portable storage medium reading unit 104 provided in the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107.

Step S202:
The photographer carries the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 to a hospital room where a patient to be imaged is waiting.

  When the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 carried into the patient's room is turned on by the radiographer, the central control unit 302 records in the portable storage medium 102 in the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 (see FIG. 2 above). The acquired imaging information is taken into the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 by the portable storage medium reading unit 104.

The central control unit 302 causes the display unit 303a of the operation unit 303 to display, as an imaging list, information related to the patient among the imaging information mixed in the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 via the display / input interface 304. .
As the display portion 303a here, a display portion having a touch panel type liquid crystal display function is used.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the display screen of the display unit 303a at this time.
The photographer confirms the name of the patient to be imaged by referring to the imaging list as shown in FIG. 3, and displays the imaging number associated with the patient (“No” in FIG. 3 above). Select above. This selection information is recognized by the central control unit 302.
Instead of selecting the appropriate imaging number after the photographer confirms the patient name, the barcode label for patient identification attached to the patient's arm etc. is read by the barcode reader and automatically selected from the imaging patient list It is also possible to do.

  The central control unit 302 sends all the shooting information corresponding to the shooting number indicated by the selection information (all shooting information including shooting conditions) to the display unit 303a of the operation unit 303 via the display / input interface 304. Display.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the display screen of the display unit 303a at this time.
As shown in FIG. 4, the display unit 303a displays patient information corresponding to the selected imaging number, an imaging region, imaging conditions, and the like.
Here, as an example, the imaging region is “thoracic cage” and the imaging conditions are “70 kV, 500 mA, 50 ms”.

In addition, the central control unit 302 captures imaging conditions (X-ray tube voltage, X-ray tube current, imaging time, etc.) included in imaging information captured from the portable storage medium 102, that is, imaging information obtained by the RIS terminal 101. ) Is set for the X-ray high-voltage power supply 306 via the X-ray control unit 305. As a result, the X-ray tube 307 can irradiate X-rays under imaging conditions instructed from the RIS terminal 101 during imaging.
Note that the photographing conditions here can be partially changed by the photographer at the photographing site, for example, by a predetermined operation on the operation unit 303.

  Then, the central control unit 302 causes the X-ray flat sensor 309 to transition to the imaging ready state via the X-ray flat sensor control device 308. In this state, preparation for shooting is completed.

The photographer presses the first stage of an X-ray irradiation switch (not shown) provided on the operation unit 303. Thereby, the rotor (not shown) in the X-ray tube 307 starts to rotate.
When the photographer recognizes that the rotor has reached a steady state, the photographer presses the second stage of the X-ray irradiation switch. As a result, X-rays are immediately emitted from the X-ray tube 307 to the patient, and a captured image of the patient is recorded in the X-ray flat sensor 309.

When the X-ray flat sensor 309 detects the end of the X-ray irradiation, the X-ray flat sensor 309 starts reading out the charges of the captured image accumulated in the sensor.
The X-ray flat sensor control unit 308 amplifies the charges read from the X-ray flat sensor 309 and digitizes them, and then supplies the digital data to the central control unit 302.

The central control unit 302 temporarily accumulates digital data (captured image data) from the X-ray flat sensor control unit 308 in the storage unit 312, and compensates for sensor dark current with respect to the accumulated data (captured image data). Processing such as gain correction, defective pixel correction, frequency processing, and gradation processing is performed for each.
At this time, the central control unit 302 adds shooting information acquired from the RIS terminal 101 via the portable storage medium 102 as supplementary information to the shot image data after the above processing, and finally a storage medium such as a hard disk Write to 105.

  When shooting is actually performed by changing the shooting information (shooting conditions) acquired from the RIS terminal 101 via the portable storage medium 102, the changed shooting information is added to the shot image data as supplementary information. . In this case, a process of writing the changed shooting information into the portable storage medium 102 is also performed.

  The imaging operation as described above is repeatedly executed for all patients (all patients instructed from the RIS terminal 101) indicated by the imaging list as shown in FIG.

Step S203:
When imaging for all the patients is completed, the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 is carried to a station capable of network connection.
Then, the portable storage medium 102 is removed from the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 and set in the RIS terminal 101.

The RIS terminal 101 reads the recording information (imaging information at the time of actual photographing) of the set portable storage medium 102 and transfers the recording information to the RIS workstation (not shown) via the RIS network 108. To notify the end of all shooting.
At the same time, in the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107, the central control unit 302 converts the captured image stored in the storage unit 105 into the network connection interface 310, the network connection connector 311, the image network connector 103, and the image network 106. Are sequentially transferred to an image filing device, a printer, or the like.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the storage of the portable storage medium 102 that stores imaging information (patient information, imaging conditions, and the like) related to imaging of a subject from an RIS (Radiology Information System) terminal 101 is stored. A portable storage reading unit 104 for reading information is provided in the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107, and the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 performs imaging based on imaging information read by the portable storage reading unit 104, and immediately thereafter. The shooting information is added to the shot image. Thereby, it is possible to easily and efficiently match the photographed image with information related to photographing of the subject (patient) without imposing a burden on the photographer.
Further, the captured image with the shooting information added is stored in the storage unit 105, and after all the shootings are completed, the storage information (the shot image data with the shooting information added) in the storage unit 105 is stored in the network connection interface 310 or the network connection connector. 311 is transferred to an image filing device, a printer, or the like, and the photographing information is transferred to a RIS workstation (RIS server) by the portable storage medium 102, the RIS terminal 101, or the like. Thereby, filing of a photographed image and the like can be performed easily and efficiently.

In the present embodiment, the portable storage medium 102 is used as means for taking the imaging information from the RIS terminal 101 into the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The imaging information may be acquired by communicating with the RIS terminal 101 by wireless communication means such as radio.

(Second Embodiment)
The present invention is applied to, for example, an X-ray imaging system 400 as shown in FIG.
The X-ray imaging system 400 of the present embodiment is different from the configuration of the X-ray imaging system 100 of FIG. 1 in the following points.

In the X-ray imaging system 400 of FIG. 5, the same reference numerals are given to components that function in the same manner as the X-ray imaging system 100 of FIG. 1, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
Here, only the configuration and operation different from those of the first embodiment will be described in detail.

First, a wireless LAN terminal 101 a is connected to the RIS terminal 101. Similarly, a wireless LAN terminal 103 a is connected to the image network connector 103. Further, similarly, the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 is provided with a wireless LAN terminal 104 ′.
The wireless LAN terminal 101a of the RIS terminal 101, the wireless LAN terminal 103a of the image network connector 103, and the wireless LAN terminal 104 'of the portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 can communicate with each other wirelessly. .

Step S201:
The portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 captures imaging information from the wireless LAN terminal 101a of the RIS terminal 101 into the apparatus via the wireless LAN 104 ′.
Step S202:
An operation similar to the photographing operation in the first embodiment is performed.
Step S203:
Once all patients have been taken,
The portable X-ray imaging apparatus 107 transmits imaging information to the RIS terminal 101 via the wireless LAN 104 ′ and the wireless LAN 101a, and transmits a captured image to the image network connector 103 via the wireless LAN 104 ′ and the wireless LAN 103a.

  According to the present embodiment, it is possible to reduce the work of attaching and removing the portable storage medium 102 in the first embodiment, so that more efficient shooting can be performed.

It is to be noted that an object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing software program codes for realizing the functions of the host and terminal according to the first and second embodiments to a system or apparatus, and the computer of the system or apparatus Needless to say, this can also be achieved by (or CPU or MPU) reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.
In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium realizes the functions of the first and second embodiments, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.
As a storage medium for supplying the program code, a ROM, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, or the like is used. it can.
Further, by executing the program code read by the computer, not only the functions of the first and second embodiments are realized, but also an OS running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. Needless to say, the present invention includes a case where the functions of the first and second embodiments are realized by performing part or all of the actual processing.
Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written to the memory provided in the extension function board inserted in the computer or the function extension unit connected to the computer, the function extension is performed based on the instruction of the program code. It goes without saying that the CPU or the like provided in the board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing and the functions of the first and second embodiments are realized by the processing.

(Other embodiments)
Another embodiment is a portable imaging device that acquires a captured image by a predetermined imaging unit, and may include an input / output unit of a portable storage medium for acquiring information related to imaging from outside.

  Moreover, it is a portable imaging device that acquires a captured image by a predetermined imaging unit, the reading unit reading the information of a portable storage medium in which shooting information from the outside is stored, and the reading unit. You may provide the imaging | photography means which image | photographs with the said imaging means based on imaging | photography information, and the memory | storage means which adds and memorize | stores the imaging | photography information of the said captured image to the picked-up image obtained by the said imaging | photography means. Moreover, you may provide the transfer means which transfers the memory | storage information of the said memory | storage means via arbitrary communication media. Moreover, you may provide the writing means which writes the imaging | photography information in the said imaging | photography means to the said portable storage medium.

  Further, the portable imaging device may acquire a captured image by a predetermined imaging unit, and may include a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving information regarding imaging with the outside.

  Further, the portable imaging device acquires a captured image by a predetermined imaging unit, the communication unit acquiring communication information from the outside by communication, and the imaging unit based on the imaging information obtained by the communication unit. There may be provided photographing means for photographing by means of the above and storage means for adding and storing photographing information of the photographed image to the photographed image obtained by the photographing means. In addition, the communication unit may transfer at least one of the shooting information of the shooting unit and the storage information of the storage unit. The communication unit may include a wireless communication unit. Further, the predetermined imaging means may include an X-ray flat panel sensor. Further, in the imaging system in which a plurality of devices are connected to be communicable with each other, at least one of the plurality of devices may have the function of the imaging device.

  Further, there is provided a photographing method for obtaining a photographed image by a portable photographing apparatus or system using a predetermined imaging means, wherein a portable storage medium is provided from a predetermined information management side in the portable photographing apparatus or system. An information acquisition step for acquiring shooting information may be included. Also, in the portable photographing device or system at the time of photographing, a setting step for setting photographing conditions based on the information obtained in the information acquiring step, and the actual use in the portable photographing device or system at the end of photographing. A writing step of writing the shooting conditions into the portable storage medium, and an information adding step of adding storage information of the portable storage medium to the shot image data in the portable shooting device or system at the end of shooting, A transfer step of transferring the captured image data with the information added in the information addition step via an arbitrary communication medium.

  In addition, there is provided a photographing method for obtaining a photographed image by a portable photographing apparatus or system using a predetermined imaging means, wherein the photographing information is wirelessly transmitted to a predetermined information management side in the portable photographing apparatus or system. Communication steps for transmission / reception and wireless transmission / reception of captured images may be included. Further, in the portable photographing device or system at the time of photographing, a setting step for setting photographing conditions based on the photographing information obtained at the communication step, and at the portable photographing device or system at the end of photographing, the photographed image data Including an information addition step of adding storage information of the portable storage medium to the wireless communication method, wherein the communication step wirelessly transmits the photographing conditions actually used in the portable photographing device or system at the end of photographing; A step of wirelessly transmitting the captured image data to which information is added in the information adding step.

  Further, it may be a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to realize the function of the photographing apparatus or the function of the photographing system. In addition, a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the processing steps of the imaging method may be used.

Specifically, for example, with respect to a portable imaging apparatus (such as an X-ray imaging apparatus), imaging information (such as patient information and imaging conditions) from a predetermined information management side (radiation information system: RIS = Radiology Information System, etc.) Means are provided for acquiring information of a portable storage medium in which (information) is written.
At the time of imaging, an imaging region and imaging conditions are set based on imaging information acquired from the portable storage medium, and imaging is performed based on this setting.
Immediately after shooting, shooting information (patient information, shooting site, shooting conditions, etc.) is added to and stored in the shot image data, and information is added via a communication medium such as a network after all shooting is completed. Transfer the later shot image data. Also, the end of shooting is notified to the predetermined information management side by transferring shooting information.
Further, instead of using a portable storage medium, acquisition of photographic information and transfer of photographic images and photographic information may be performed by wireless communication or the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 X-ray imaging system 101 RIS terminal 102 Portable storage medium 103 Image network connector 104 Portable storage medium reading part 105 Storage part 106 Image network 107 Portable X-ray imaging apparatus 108 RIS network

The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging system used for, for example, a portable X-ray imaging apparatus using an X-ray flat panel sensor as imaging means.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to eliminate the above-described drawbacks, and it is possible to easily, efficiently, and reliably match a captured image with information related to the shooting (shooting information). Do, and an object thereof is to provide an imaging apparatus and imaging system.

Imaging device according to the present invention, there is provided a photographing apparatus portable for acquiring photographic image image by X-ray imaging means which receives the X-rays generated from the X-ray generating means, the patient information from the outside of the photographing apparatus wirelessly And a storage means for adding and storing the patient information to the captured image obtained by the X-ray imaging means, and the communication means externally transmits the captured image corresponding to the patient information. It is characterized by transmitting wirelessly.

Claims (33)

A portable imaging apparatus that acquires captured image data by an X-ray imaging unit that receives an X-ray generated from an X-ray generation unit,
Control means for reading out the electric charge accumulated in the X-ray imaging means when X-ray imaging is completed, and performing predetermined processing on the read accumulated data;
Communication means for wirelessly transmitting captured image data obtained by performing the predetermined processing;
A photographing apparatus comprising:   The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit performs a process of correcting a dark current in the X-ray imaging unit as the predetermined process on the accumulated data.   2. The control unit according to claim 1, wherein a process of correcting at least one of a gain for each pixel and a defective pixel in the X-ray imaging unit is performed on the accumulated data as the predetermined process. Or the imaging device of 2.   4. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit wirelessly transmits captured image data obtained by performing the predetermined processing and information regarding the X-ray imaging corresponding to the captured image data. The imaging device according to claim 1. The communication means obtains information on the X-ray imaging wirelessly,
5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit reads out the electric charge accumulated in the X-ray imaging unit based on information acquired by the communication unit.   The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information related to the X-ray imaging is an imaging condition of the X-ray generation unit.   The imaging apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information related to the X-ray imaging is an imaging time. A portable imaging device that acquires captured image data by an X-ray imaging unit that has received X-rays generated from the X-ray generation unit;
A control device that reads out the electric charge accumulated in the X-ray imaging means when X-ray imaging is completed, and performs predetermined processing on the read accumulated data;
A communication device that wirelessly transmits captured image data obtained by performing the predetermined processing;
An imaging system comprising: An X-ray generator for generating X-rays;
An X-ray detector for detecting X-rays generated from the X-ray generator;
A control device that reads out the electric charge accumulated in the X-ray detection device when X-ray imaging is completed, and performs a predetermined process on the read accumulated data;
A communication device that wirelessly transmits captured image data obtained by performing the predetermined processing;
An imaging system comprising:   The imaging system according to claim 9, wherein the X-ray detection device is an X-ray flat sensor. The imaging system according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the control device performs a process of correcting a dark current in the X-ray detection apparatus as the predetermined process on the accumulated data.   The control device performs processing for correcting at least one of a gain for each pixel and a defective pixel in the X-ray detection device as the predetermined processing on the accumulated data. The imaging system according to any one of items 11 to 11.   13. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the communication apparatus wirelessly transmits captured image data obtained by performing the predetermined processing and information related to the X-ray imaging corresponding to the captured image data. The imaging system according to claim 1. The communication device wirelessly obtains information related to the X-ray imaging,
The imaging system according to any one of claims 9 to 13, wherein the control device reads out electric charges accumulated in the X-ray detection device based on information acquired by the communication device.   15. The imaging system according to claim 13, wherein the information related to the X-ray imaging is an imaging condition of the X-ray generator.   The imaging system according to claim 13, wherein the information related to the X-ray imaging is an imaging time.   The program for making a computer perform each function of the imaging | photography system of any one of Claims 8 thru | or 16. An X-ray detection apparatus having X-ray detection means for receiving X-rays generated from an X-ray generation means,
Control means for reading out the electric charge accumulated in the X-ray detection means when X-ray imaging is completed, and performing predetermined processing on the read accumulated data;
Communication means for wirelessly transmitting captured image data obtained by performing the predetermined processing;
An X-ray detection apparatus comprising:   The X-ray detection apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the X-ray detection unit is an X-ray flat sensor.   The X-ray detection apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the control unit performs a process of correcting a dark current in the X-ray detection unit as the predetermined process on the accumulated data.   The control means performs a process of correcting at least one of a gain for each pixel and a defective pixel in the X-ray detection means as the predetermined process on the accumulated data. 21. The X-ray detection apparatus according to any one of 1 to 20.   22. The radio communication apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the communication unit wirelessly transmits the captured image data obtained by performing the predetermined processing and the information regarding the X-ray imaging corresponding to the captured image data. The X-ray detection apparatus of Claim 1. The communication means obtains information on the X-ray imaging wirelessly,
The X-ray detection apparatus according to any one of claims 18 to 22, wherein the control unit reads out the electric charge accumulated in the X-ray detection unit based on information acquired by the communication unit. .   24. The X-ray detection apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the information related to the X-ray imaging is an imaging condition of the X-ray generation unit.   The X-ray detection apparatus according to any one of claims 22 to 24, wherein the information related to the X-ray imaging is an imaging time. An imaging method for X-ray imaging using an X-ray imaging means that receives X-rays generated from an X-ray generation means,
A step of reading out charges accumulated in the X-ray imaging means when X-ray imaging is completed, and performing a predetermined process on the read accumulated data;
Wirelessly transmitting captured image data obtained by performing the predetermined processing;
A photographing method characterized by comprising:   27. The imaging method according to claim 26, wherein in the step of performing the predetermined process, a process of correcting a dark current in the X-ray imaging unit is performed on the accumulated data as the predetermined process. .   In the step of performing the predetermined process, a process of correcting at least one of a gain for each pixel and a defective pixel in the X-ray imaging unit is performed as the predetermined process on the accumulated data. The imaging method according to claim 26 or 27.   27. In the step of transmitting wirelessly, radiographed image data obtained by performing the predetermined processing and information relating to the X-ray imaging corresponding to the radiographed image data are wirelessly transmitted. 29. A photographing method according to any one of items 28 to 28. In the step of transmitting wirelessly, information on the X-ray imaging is acquired wirelessly,
30. The imaging method according to claim 26, wherein, in the step of performing the predetermined process, charges accumulated in the X-ray imaging unit are read based on the acquired information. .   31. The imaging method according to claim 29 or 30, wherein the information related to the X-ray imaging is an imaging condition of the X-ray generation unit.   32. The imaging method according to claim 29, wherein the information related to the X-ray imaging is an imaging time.   A program for causing a computer to execute each step of the photographing method according to any one of claims 26 to 32.

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