WO1991003056A1 - Slit radiography apparatus - Google Patents
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- WO1991003056A1 WO1991003056A1 PCT/EP1990/001329 EP9001329W WO9103056A1 WO 1991003056 A1 WO1991003056 A1 WO 1991003056A1 EP 9001329 W EP9001329 W EP 9001329W WO 9103056 A1 WO9103056 A1 WO 9103056A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
- G21K—TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
- G21K1/00—Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating
- G21K1/02—Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating using diaphragms, collimators
- G21K1/04—Arrangements for handling particles or ionising radiation, e.g. focusing or moderating using diaphragms, collimators using variable diaphragms, shutters, choppers
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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
- H05G1/26—Measuring, controlling or protecting
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- the invention relates to a slit radiography apparatus, provided with an absorption device which operates in conjunction with a slit diaphragm and which comprises electrically controllable piezo-electric tongues, and also with a control device which provides electrical control signals for the tongues.
- the known apparatus comprises an X-ray source which is capable of scanning a patient or object to be examined with a flat fan-shaped X-ray beam via a slit-type diaphragm.
- an absorption device which comprises a number of adjacently situated absorption elements which can be inserted to a greater or lesser degree in the X- ray beam under the control of electrical control signals.
- Each absorption element is capable of affecting a sector of the fan-shaped X-ray beam.
- the control signals are obtained by means of a detector which is provided behind the patient or the object and which measures the amount of radiation transmitted per sector of the X-ray beam and provides appropriate electrical control signals.
- tongues of piezoelectric material which are clamped at one end and whose other end can be swivelled into the x-ray beam under the control of the above- mentioned electrical control signals.
- Such tongues already absorb X-ray radiation to a certain degree themselves, but they can be provided at the free ends with special elements which absorb X-ray radiation.
- the tongues may be simple tongues of piezoelec ⁇ tric material which can be brought to a curved configura ⁇ tion by means of an electrical control voltage applied between the top and bottom face.
- the tongues may also be so-called bimorphous elements which are composed of two strips of piezoelectric material laid on top of each other. The electrical control voltage is then between the outside faces (top and bottom face) which are connected to each other and the common central face.
- the tongues react rapidly and accurately to the electrical control signals. It has been found that the tongues may commence resonance vibration, as a result of which the tongues become uncontrollable and may even break. Although such uncon ⁇ trolled vibrations can be prevented by filtering the control signals concerned, the use of a filter suitable for this purpose also results in a relatively sluggish control of the tongues. There is therefore a need for a facility for damping the movement of piezoelectric tongues of a slit radiography apparatus in an effective way, with a rapid reaction of the tongues to the control signals being maintained.
- an apparatus of the type described is characterized by a damping device which receives the control signals for the tongues and which comprises for each tongue an EMF measuring circuit which interacts with it and which provides, during operation, an output signal which represents the counter-EMF generated by a tongue, which output signal is combined with the control signal for the tongue concerned.
- Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically in side elevation an example of a slit radiography apparatus provided with an absorption device
- Fig. 2 shows diagrammatically in side elevation an example of a piezoelectric tongue provided with an absorption element
- Fig. 3 shows by way of example, in a block diagram, how the piezoelectric tongues can be controlled according to the invention.
- Fig. 4 shows an exemplary embodiment of a part of Fig. 3.
- Fig. 1 shows diagrammatically in side elevation an example of a (known) slit radiography apparatus provided with an absorption device.
- the apparatus shown comprises an X-ray source 1 which is capable of scanning a patient 4 or an object to be examined in the direction, indicated by arrows 5, transversely to the plane of the fan-shaped beam 3 via a slit-type diaphragm 2.
- An X-ray detector 6, which may comprise, for example, an X-ray film cassette or a concomitantly moving oblong X-ray image intensifier tube, picks up the radiation trans ⁇ mitted through the patient and effects the formation of the desired X-ray shadow image.
- the scanning in accord ⁇ ance with the arrows 5 takes place because, during operation, the X-ray source swivels about an axis, as indicated by an arrow 7, extending transversely to the plane of the drawing, preferably through the X-ray focus of the X-ray source.
- an absorption device 8 which is capable of modulating the X-ray beam per sector.
- the absorption device comprises adjacently situated piezoelectric tongues, also known as piezoceramic tongues because the tongues are manufactured from ceramic material having piezoelectric properties.
- An example of such a tongue is shown in Fig. 2.
- Each tongue is capable of affecting a particular sector of the X-ray beam 3.
- the tongues are clamped at one end. As a result of supplying suitable electrical signals to a tongue it bends, with the result that the free end penetrates the X-ray beam.
- the necessary control signals are provided by a detector 9 which is situated, in this example, between the patient and the X-ray detector and which picks up the radiation transmitted through the patient at every instant and provides per sector of the X-ray beam elec ⁇ trical signals which are supplied via a processing circuit 10 to the corresponding tongues.
- the detector may be an oblong radiation detector which moves synchronously with the scanning movement of the X-ray beam but it can also be a two-dimensional stationary detector.
- Fig. 2 shows diagrammatically in side elevation a piezoceramic tongue 11 of the bimorphous type composed of two strips 12, 13 of piezoelectric material mounted on each other.
- the strip shown is clamped in a carrier 14 near an end and, in this example, is provided with an absorption element 15 at the free end. Broken lines indicate a possible working position.
- the tongue is controlled by a control voltage Ve which is applied during operation between two terminals 16, 17, of which one is connected to the central face 18 between the two strips 12, 13 and the other to the two outside faces 19, 20 of the strips.
- Fig. 3 shows, by way of example, a block diagram of a control circuit for the piezoceramic tongues.
- the invention is based on the insight that a piezoelectric tongue generates, during operation, a counter-EMF which is dependent on the curvature of the tongue. It should be possible to derive from this counter-EMF a damping signal for the tongue concerned which is capable of preventing tongue resonance phe- nomena.
- the counter-EMF of each tongue is continuously measured and an electrical signal derived from the instantaneous counter-EMF is subtracted from the control signal provided for the tongue concerned by the detector 9 after a possible preprocessing. All this is shown diagrammatically in Fig. 3.
- the control signal provided by the detector 9, optionally after a preprocessing is present at the input 31 of the control circuit 30 shown. Said signal is fed via a feedback point 32 to an amplifier 33 whose output is fed to a EMF measuring circuit 34 still o be described in more detail.
- the EMF measuring circuit 34 is coupled to a piezelectric tongue which is diagram- matically indicated by the block 35.
- the EMF measuring circuit forms, in a way still to be described in detail, a signal which is dependent on the instan ⁇ taneous counter-EMF of the tongue concerned and which is fed with a negative sign to the feedback point 32 via a feedback amplifier 36.
- the counter-EMF is dependent on the movement of the tongue, with the result that the control circuit 30 forms a so-called motional feedback system.
- a feedback signal representing the counter-EMF of a tongue during operation can be obtained with the aid of a circuit of the type shown, for example, in Fig. 4.
- Fig. 4 shows a bridge circuit having four bran ⁇ ches 40 to 43 inclusive.
- Branch 41 comprises two connect- ing points 44, 45 which are connected during operation to the tongue 46 to be controlled.
- the branches 42 and 43 both comprise a resistor R which may be, for example, 10 k ⁇ in a practical situation.
- the bridge can be used to measure the counter-EMF of the tongue 46.
- the output signal provided by the amplifier 33 is fed between the vertices 47 (junction point of the branches 40 and 41) and 48 (junction point of the bran ⁇ ches 42 and 43). Said signal also controls the tongue 46.
- a feedback signal which is a measure of the counter-EMF of the tongue 46 is produced between the other vertices 49 and 50 of the bridge circuit. Said signal is fed to a difference amplifier which corresponds to the feedback amplifier 36 of Fig. 3 or can be conceived as incor ⁇ porated therein.
- the component Q may be a capacitor because piezo- ceramic tongues are capacitive to a first approximation.
- a piezoceramic tongue similar to the tongue to be controlled is used as component Q.
- the tongue used as component Q is, however, fully clamped, with the result that it cannot yield a counter-EMF_ generated by movement.
- the signal present between the vertices 49 and 50 is then due entirely to the counter- EMF of the tongue 46.
- the tongues are capacitive and the other branches 42, 43 of the bridge in the example shown contain resistors R, the output signal of the bridge is proportional to the differentiated input signal of the bridge.
- the feedback signal is therefore proportional to the velocity of movement of the tongue 46.
- the movement of a tongue can be controlled very well with such a feedback signal, while a rapid response of the tongue to control signals is nevertheless guaranteed.
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Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DE69014638T DE69014638T2 (de) | 1989-08-22 | 1990-08-10 | Röntgenaufnahmegerät mit schlitzblenden. |
EP90912526A EP0489060B1 (de) | 1989-08-22 | 1990-08-10 | Röntgenaufnahmegerät mit schlitzblenden |
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NL8902117 | 1989-08-22 | ||
NL8902117A NL8902117A (nl) | 1989-08-22 | 1989-08-22 | Inrichting voor spleetradiografie. |
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WO1991003056A1 true WO1991003056A1 (en) | 1991-03-07 |
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PCT/EP1990/001329 WO1991003056A1 (en) | 1989-08-22 | 1990-08-10 | Slit radiography apparatus |
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EP (1) | EP0489060B1 (de) |
JP (1) | JPH04507362A (de) |
DE (1) | DE69014638T2 (de) |
IL (1) | IL95401A (de) |
NL (1) | NL8902117A (de) |
WO (1) | WO1991003056A1 (de) |
Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB1046337A (en) * | 1963-05-16 | 1966-10-19 | Industrial Nucleonics Corp | Combined shutter and collimator structure, and radiation gauge incorporating the same |
US4071771A (en) * | 1976-06-28 | 1978-01-31 | Ohio-Nuclear, Inc. | Shutters for X-ray scanners |
EP0155065A2 (de) * | 1984-03-16 | 1985-09-18 | B.V. Optische Industrie "De Oude Delft" | Röntgenaufnahmegerät mit Schlitzblende, enthaltend einzeln steuerbare Absorptionselemente zusammenwirkend mit der Schlitzblende |
WO1988007807A1 (en) * | 1987-04-02 | 1988-10-06 | B.V. Optische Industrie "De Oude Delft" | Method and apparatus for contrast equalization of an x-ray image |
WO1989002645A1 (en) * | 1987-09-07 | 1989-03-23 | B.V. Optische Industrie "De Oude Delft" | Equipment for slit radiography |
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1989
- 1989-08-22 NL NL8902117A patent/NL8902117A/nl not_active Application Discontinuation
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- 1990-08-10 DE DE69014638T patent/DE69014638T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1990-08-10 EP EP90912526A patent/EP0489060B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-08-10 JP JP2511731A patent/JPH04507362A/ja active Pending
- 1990-08-10 WO PCT/EP1990/001329 patent/WO1991003056A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1990-08-16 IL IL9540190A patent/IL95401A/en not_active IP Right Cessation
Patent Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB1046337A (en) * | 1963-05-16 | 1966-10-19 | Industrial Nucleonics Corp | Combined shutter and collimator structure, and radiation gauge incorporating the same |
US4071771A (en) * | 1976-06-28 | 1978-01-31 | Ohio-Nuclear, Inc. | Shutters for X-ray scanners |
EP0155065A2 (de) * | 1984-03-16 | 1985-09-18 | B.V. Optische Industrie "De Oude Delft" | Röntgenaufnahmegerät mit Schlitzblende, enthaltend einzeln steuerbare Absorptionselemente zusammenwirkend mit der Schlitzblende |
WO1988007807A1 (en) * | 1987-04-02 | 1988-10-06 | B.V. Optische Industrie "De Oude Delft" | Method and apparatus for contrast equalization of an x-ray image |
WO1989002645A1 (en) * | 1987-09-07 | 1989-03-23 | B.V. Optische Industrie "De Oude Delft" | Equipment for slit radiography |
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DE69014638D1 (de) | 1995-01-12 |
DE69014638T2 (de) | 1995-05-04 |
IL95401A (en) | 1994-10-07 |
EP0489060B1 (de) | 1994-11-30 |
IL95401A0 (en) | 1991-06-30 |
EP0489060A1 (de) | 1992-06-10 |
JPH04507362A (ja) | 1992-12-24 |
NL8902117A (nl) | 1991-03-18 |
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