The invention relates to the field of digital X-
ray photography, and provides a
flat panel detector positioning collimation method which comprises the following steps: acquiring attitude information D (alpha, beta, gamma) of a
flat panel detector carrier through an attitude sensor arranged in the
flat panel detector carrier, and feeding back the attitude information D (alpha, beta, gamma) to a beam limiting device collimation unit; the method comprises the following steps: when a beam limiting device provided with a collimation unit is positioned above a measured object and a
light field is opened, acquiring attitude information S (alpha, beta, gamma) of the beam limiting device through the collimation unit of the beam limiting device; according to the attitude information D (alpha, beta, gamma) of the
flat panel detector carrier and the attitude information S (alpha, beta, gamma) of the beam limiting device, an operator is guided to adjust the attitude of the beam limiting device until S (alpha, beta, gamma) = D (alpha, beta, gamma), so that the
light field of the beam limiting device is perpendicular to the plane of the
flat panel detector carrier; the beam limiting device collimation unit sends a
ranging signal to the
flat panel detector carrier; and dynamically selecting and executing a corresponding target position calculation and beam limiting device position adjustment strategy based on the effective and visible distance measuring sensor in the sensor set and the received distance measuring
signal, so that the position of the beam limiting device approaches to a set target point So.