Imaging Device Data Addressing for Direct Target-Memory Transfer
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing imaging systems face inefficiencies in data transmission and processing, particularly in medical imaging devices like computed tomography, due to the complexity and multiple intermediate steps involved in transferring large amounts of measurement data, which often require further processing.
Innovation Solution
An imaging system with an addressing algorithm that groups partial data from detection modules and assigns them target addresses based on data processing hardware structure, allowing direct forwarding to target memory areas, reducing the number of transfers and simplifying the data transmission chain.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If measurement data is transmitted through multiple intermediate steps with coding, sorting and assigning at each station, then data can be routed to the image reconstruction system, but the data transmission complexity and number of transfers increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing the addressing assignment at the source (detection device) before data transmission begins. The measurement data is assigned to target memory areas in advance, eliminating the need for intermediate sorting and re-addressing operations at subsequent stations. This pre-assignment approach resolves the contradiction by maintaining reliable data delivery while dramatically simplifying the transmission chain.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the addressing function from the intermediate transmission stations and concentrates it at the source device. By removing the addressing and sorting operations from intermediate nodes and performing only simple forwarding operations at those nodes, the system achieves reliable data transmission with minimal complexity at each station.
2Ease of operation
If multiple transfers between different memories and components are performed, then data can be routed through the data processing hardware, but energy consumption and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent reduces energy consumption by performing the addressing assignment in advance at the detection device. This eliminates multiple redundant data transfers between different memory components, as the data is directly routed to the correct target memory area in a single transfer operation, thereby maintaining routing flexibility while minimizing energy expenditure.
3Ease of manufacture
If standard components and protocols are used for data forwarding, then system construction cost decreases and component replacement is simplified, but the ability to handle complex data routing requirements may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent reconciles the use of standard components with complex routing requirements by performing the intelligent addressing assignment at the source using standard protocols. The detection device assigns measurement data to specific target memory areas before transmission, allowing standard Ethernet components to handle the actual data forwarding without requiring specialized intelligent routing hardware, thus achieving both cost-effectiveness and routing adaptability.
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AI summary
The invention relates to an imaging system comprising an imaging device with a detection device (1) for detecting and forwarding measurement data, wherein the detection device (1) comprises at least one detection module, in particular a plurality of detection modules, for detecting partial data, each of which is a part of the total measurement data, wherein the imaging device is configured to generate groups of partial data with the aid of the at least one detection module, wherein each of the groups comprises partial data from at least one of the at least one detection module;wherein the imaging system comprises at least one addressing algorithm configured to link the groups, based on information about the structure of data processing hardware having a plurality of target memory areas, optionally distributed across multiple target memories, each to a target address (7) relating to one of the target memory areas in the data processing hardware; wherein the imaging device comprises at least one output interface for forwarding the groups of partial data linked to at least one target address (7) in the direction of at least the target memory area corresponding to the target address (7).