Wireless DR Panel Association via Label-Icon Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
In digital radiography systems with multiple receiver panels, there is a risk of incorrect panel identification leading to unnecessary patient exposure and inefficiency due to the lack of a systematic method to manage panel allocation and communication.
Innovation Solution
A method involving unique labels and on-screen icons is used to associate each digital radiology receiver panel with an x-ray imaging room, allowing operators to designate and communicate with the active panel wirelessly, ensuring correct panel selection and reducing errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If portable DR receiver panels are introduced with wireless operation, then flexibility and ease of operation are improved, but the risk of incorrect panel identification and device complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary association between physical panel labels and digital panel icons before imaging operations. The console stores and manages the correspondence between labels applied to DR panels and their corresponding icons displayed to operators, ensuring the correct panel is identified and selected before any imaging takes place.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary association mechanism (label-icon correspondence stored in console memory) that mediates between the physical DR panel and its digital representation. This intermediary layer ensures accurate identification by matching the label on the physical panel with the corresponding icon displayed to the operator, preventing incorrect panel selection.
2Productivity
If multiple DR receiver panels are used in a multi-panel environment, then productivity and resource management are improved, but the likelihood of errors in device reset and addressing increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system establishes preliminary associations between panel labels and console icons before imaging operations begin. The console memory stores the correspondence between physical labels on DR panels and their digital representations, ensuring correct panel identification is prepared in advance, thereby preventing addressing errors during high-productivity multi-panel operations.
3Ease of operation
If wireless communication is implemented between DR panels and control console, then ease of operation and portability are improved, but the complexity of communication management increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless communication system performs preliminary pairing and association between DR panels and console icons before imaging operations. The console stores the wireless communication parameters and label-icon correspondences in advance, simplifying real-time communication management while maintaining portability benefits.
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AI summary
A method for obtaining an x-ray image stores an association between a digital radiology receiver panel, a label that is applied to one or more surfaces of the digital radiology receiver panel, and an x-ray imaging room. A response to an operator instruction designates the digital radiology receiver panel having the stored association as an active digital radiology receiver panel in the x-ray imaging room. Instructions are transmitted wirelessly to the active digital radiology receiver panel. Image data is obtained from the active digital radiology receiver panel following exposure to x-ray radiation.