KR20130047185A

KR20130047185A - Digital x-ray apparatus

Info

Publication number: KR20130047185A
Application number: KR1020110112058A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 시은교
Original assignee: 시은교
Priority date: 2011-10-31
Filing date: 2011-10-31
Publication date: 2013-05-08

Abstract

PURPOSE: A digital X-ray apparatus is provided to show an exact posture of a patient during radiography, to utilize a radiographic image and a photographed image when treating the patient and to conveniently store the radiographic image and the photographed image. CONSTITUTION: A digital X-ray apparatus(1) includes a detector(10), an X-ray radiating unit(40), a camera, and a control unit(30). The detector receives an X-ray. The X-ray radiating unit includes a tube which generates the X-ray and a collimator which radiates the X-ray using the detector by being mounted on the tube. The camera mounted on the X-ray radiating unit photographs a posture of a patient positioned in the detector. The control unit stores and displays an image photographed by the camera and a radiographic image stored in the detector.

Description

Digital X-ray Apparatus {Digital X-ray Apparatus}

The present invention relates to general radiographic imaging apparatus, and more particularly, to a digital x-ray imaging apparatus for photographing a human body using radiation (X-ray).

In general, radiographic imaging is to obtain the image information of the body reaching the film surface located on the other side by transmitting the X-rays from one side of the human body, the imaging is made using a medical X-ray (X-ray) imaging device.

Radiography using medical X-ray imaging is considered the most innovative of the 20th century medical advances, and imaging is very important in all subjects such as surgery and internal medicine.

Until now, the X-ray photographing apparatus used X-ray film, but recently, a digital X-ray photographing apparatus capable of acquiring digital image information by using digital radiography (DR) without using film is widely used.

When taking general shots using the digital X-ray photographing apparatus, the postures for each part of the human body are front and back (AP), posteroanterior view (PA, Posteroanterior view), lateral (LAT, Lateral), and oblique (OBL, Oblique). Under limited conditions, such as a radiologist, the radiologist photographs the affected part of the patient.

However, a patient who is severely injured or uncomfortable with the body cannot take accurate photographing postures as described above, and thus, a general photographing test is performed by taking a photographing posture as close as possible to the physical condition.

In particular, patients with medical and surgical diseases such as rheumatism, leg O, scoliosis, and traffic accidents are unable to maintain accurate general shooting posture, and use the camera to record externally exposed symptoms or diseases in addition to general imaging tests. By taking pictures of the external lesions of the body separately and storing them.

However, the doctor does not know the exact position of the patient during radiography because the doctor reads only the radiographic image sent by the radiologist. Therefore, it is difficult to accurately match the image image and anatomy posture due to lack of information on the patient's photographing posture, and there is a risk of misdiagnosis.

In addition, since the image taken by the camera and the image taken by the digital x-ray photographing device is stored separately, there is a lot of inconvenience in the utilization and storage during medical treatment.

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, it is possible to know the exact patient's shooting position when radiography, digital x-ray imaging that can be expected to take advantage of the convenience of use and storage of the radiographic image and the image taken by the camera To provide a device.

According to an aspect of the invention, the detector for receiving the X-rays; An X-ray irradiation unit having a tube for generating X-rays and a collimator mounted to the tube to irradiate X-rays with the detector; A camera mounted on the X-ray radiator to photograph a photographing position of a patient positioned in the detector; And a controller configured to store and display the image photographed by the camera and the radiation image stored in the detector together.

The detector may include at least one of a standing detector and a washer detector.

The camera may be detachably coupled to the collimator.

The camera may include at least one of a digital camera, a CCD camera, and a CMOS camera.

The controller may include: a monitor configured to display an image captured by the camera and a radiation image stored in the detector; A control button for interlocking the shutter of the camera and the X-ray switch of the X-ray irradiation unit; And a medical image transmission system that stores the image photographed by the camera and the radiation image stored in the detector and transmits the image to the monitor.

As described above, the effects of the digital X-ray photographing apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention are as follows.

First, at the time of radiographic imaging can be taken at the same time with the correct patient's shooting position with the camera, the doctor reading this can perform more accurate medical treatment by acquiring patient imaging posture information as well as the radiographic image for each inspection site.

Second, it is possible to easily share information about the patient between the doctor and the radiologist, and to accurately match the image image and anatomical posture can reduce the retake rate of the radiograph.

Third, since the radiography image of the inside of the body and the image of the external disease expressed externally can be simultaneously displayed through a single digital X-ray photographing device, the utilization can be improved and the utilization can be improved. The storage of video data becomes easy.

1 is a perspective view of a digital x-ray photographing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the X-ray radiator region of FIG. 1.
3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an information processing method for a captured image of a digital x-ray photographing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment.
4 and 5 are photographs showing an example in which a radiographic image photographed by a conventional digital x-ray photographing apparatus and a camera photographed image and a radiographic image simultaneously photographed by the digital x-ray photographing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention are simultaneously displayed.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to designate the same or similar components throughout the drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

1 is a perspective view of a digital x-ray photographing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of an X-ray radiator region of FIG. 1.

The digital x-ray imaging apparatus 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 includes detectors 10 and 20 for receiving X-rays, an X-ray radiator 40 for irradiating X-rays, and photographing. It may be configured to include a control unit 30.

The detectors 10 and 20 may receive X-rays from the X-ray radiator 40 to obtain digital image information instead of film by using digital radiography (DR). The detectors 10 and 20 may include an upright detector 10 in which the patient may perform radiographic imaging in a standing state, and a wasting detector 20 in which the patient may lie down and proceed with the imaging.

The standing detector 10 may be referred to as a stand detector, and the standing detector may be referred to as a table detector. In the present exemplary embodiment, a case in which the standing detector 10 and the wasting detector 20 are included, only one of the standing detector 10 or the wasting detector 20 may be mounted as necessary.

The X-ray radiator 40 may generate and irradiate X-rays toward the detectors 10 and 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the X-ray radiator 40 may include a tube 41 and a collimator 43.

Tube 41 generates X-rays and provides X-rays to collimator 43. The tube 41 is configured to be rotatable so that the height, direction, and the like can be adjusted toward the detectors 10 and 20 so that the collimator 43 is positioned at a position suitable for photographing.

The collimator 43 is mounted to the tube 41 to irradiate X-rays with the detectors 10 and 20. The collimator 43 may be called a field adjuster.

The X-ray radiator 40 may acquire radiographic images by capturing internal body information of the patient located in the detectors 10 and 20 using X-rays.

In this case, the X-ray radiator 40 may further include a camera 100 capable of capturing a photographing posture of a patient positioned in the detectors 10 and 20 and a physical disease part of a patient exposed to the outside. The camera 100 may proceed simultaneously with the radiographic imaging, or may be photographed at a predetermined time interval with the radiographic imaging before and after the radiographic imaging.

The camera 100 may be coupled to the collimator 43 of the X-ray radiator 40. The camera 100 may be integrally configured or detachably coupled to the collimator 43. The camera 100 may be various types of cameras, and for example, may include at least one of a digital camera, a CCD camera, and a CMOS camera.

Among them, digital cameras are becoming lower in price due to mass production, and image quality, resolution, and dark place photography technology are being improved day by day, so that the existing portable digital camera can be detached and attached to the X-ray irradiation unit 40. It may be.

In this case, the shutter (not shown) of the digital camera and the X-ray switch (not shown) of the controller 30 to be described later are interlocked together so that the body imaging by the radiation and the external body shooting by the digital camera are simultaneously performed. Can be. In addition, the controller 30, which will be described later, may store the image stored in the digital camera together with the image stored in the detectors 10 and 20 and display the same.

The controller 30 stores and displays the image photographed by the camera 100 and the radiation image stored in the detectors 10 and 20 together.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the controller 30 may include a medical image transmission system 50, a monitor 60, and a control button 70.

The medical image transmission system 50 (PACS) may integrally process functions necessary to acquire, store, and transmit and retrieve images diagnosed through radiographic equipment in a digital state. That is, the medical image transmission system may store and store the camera image taken by the camera 100 and the radiation image stored in the detectors 10 and 20 together, and the radiation image and the camera image may be stored in an external computer (not shown). Can be sent to the monitor for display.

The monitor 60 displays the radiographic image and the camera image acquired from the detectors 10 and 20 and the camera 100 so that the radiologist can check and check the captured images. In this case, the monitor 60 may selectively display only one of the radiation image and the camera image as necessary.

Therefore, through the radiographic image and the camera image displayed on the monitor 60, the radiologist can match the exact photographing posture of the patient at the time of radiographic imaging to perform more accurate radiographic and camera imaging.

The control button 70 may be interlocked with the shutter of the camera 100 and the X-ray switch of the controller 30 so that the photographing by the camera 100 and the photographing by radiation may be simultaneously performed. For example, when the radiologist operates the control button 70 only once, the shutter switch and the X-ray switch of the camera 100 may be automatically operated to perform radiography and camera photographing of the outside of the body.

3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an information processing method for a captured image of a digital x-ray photographing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are radiation images photographed with a conventional digital x-ray photographing apparatus and the present invention. Photos showing an example of simultaneously displaying a camera image and a radiographic image taken by a digital x-ray imaging apparatus according to an embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 3, the digital x-ray apparatus 1 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention is mounted with the camera 100 on the X-ray radiator 40, and thus the radiographic image and the radiographic image from the patient located at the detectors 10 and 20. In addition, the photographing posture image of the patient may be acquired together from the camera 10.

These acquired images can be displayed together with the radiographic image and the patient's image taken through the monitor 60 of the control unit 30, it can be stored and stored in the medical image transmission system (50). The radiographic image stored and stored in the medical image transmission system 50 and the photographing posture image of the patient may be transmitted to a computer (monitor) provided outside to be utilized in the medical treatment of a doctor.

That is, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the radiologist or the doctor can confirm only the radiographic image taken by the conventional digital x-ray apparatus, whereas the digital x-ray apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is a photographing image of a patient. And, the radiographic image taken with the photographing posture is displayed together.

As described above, the digital x-ray apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can simultaneously photograph the correct patient's photographing posture at the time of radiography, so that the doctor who reads the information can obtain more accurate medical treatment by acquiring the patient's photographing posture information as well as the radiographic image of each examination site. Can be done.

In addition, the patient and the radiologist can share information about the patient, and because the image image and the anatomical posture can be accurately matched, it is possible to reduce the retake rate of the radiograph.

Furthermore, since the radiography image of the inside of the body and the image of the external disease that is externally expressed can be simultaneously displayed through a single digital X-ray photographing device, the utilization can be improved and the utilization can be improved. The storage of video data becomes easy.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1: digital x-ray device 10: detector (standing)
20: detector (wax) 30: control unit
40: X-ray irradiation part 41: tube
43: collim 50: medical image transmission system
60: monitor 70: control button
100: camera

Claims

A detector for receiving X-rays;
An X-ray irradiation unit having a tube for generating X-rays and a collimator mounted to the tube to irradiate X-rays with the detector;
A camera mounted on the X-ray radiator to photograph a photographing position of a patient positioned in the detector; And
A controller configured to store and display an image taken by the camera and a radiation image stored in the detector;
Digital x-ray device comprising a.

The method of claim 1,
The detector includes at least one of an upright detector and a washer detector.

The method of claim 1,
And the camera is detachably coupled to the collimator.

The method of claim 3,
The camera comprises a digital camera, CCD camera, CMOS camera, at least any one of the digital x-ray device.

The method of claim 2,
The control unit,
A monitor configured to display an image captured by the camera and a radiation image stored in the detector;
A control button for interlocking the shutter of the camera and the X-ray switch of the X-ray irradiation unit; And
A medical image transmission system that stores the image taken by the camera and the radiation image stored in the detector and transmits the image to the monitor;
Digital x-ray device comprising a.