Imaging Support Apparatus Real-Time Frame Count Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing radiation imaging systems require pre-imaging and real imaging, resulting in inefficient imaging processes and suboptimal determination of the number of frame images needed for high-resolution still images.
Innovation Solution
An imaging support apparatus that analyzes initial frame images to determine the optimal number of frame images for radiation imaging, eliminating the need for pre-imaging and allowing for real-time adjustment of imaging conditions such as tube current and frame rate.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If pre-imaging is performed to determine imaging conditions, then imaging quality can be optimized, but imaging time and productivity are reduced due to requiring both pre-imaging and real imaging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by analyzing initial frame images obtained during the start of serial imaging to determine the optimal number of frame images and imaging conditions. This allows the system to adjust imaging parameters in real-time during the imaging process itself, rather than requiring a separate pre-imaging stage. The analysis of initial frames provides the necessary information to optimize subsequent imaging while maintaining high productivity.
2Productivity
If the number of frame images is determined in advance, then imaging efficiency is improved, but the ability to adapt to varying subject conditions is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by continuously analyzing frame images during serial imaging and using this information to dynamically adjust the number of frame images to be acquired. The system monitors imaging conditions in real-time and modifies imaging parameters based on the actual subject conditions observed in the captured frames, thereby maintaining both efficiency and adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies dynamics by making the number of frame images and imaging conditions variable rather than fixed. The system dynamically adjusts imaging parameters based on real-time analysis of captured frames and subject conditions, allowing the imaging process to adapt flexibly to different scenarios while maintaining optimal efficiency.
3Manufacturing precision
If serial imaging is performed multiple times for pre-imaging and real imaging, then imaging conditions can be optimized, but the total imaging time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the functions of pre-imaging and real imaging into a single serial imaging process. By analyzing initial frame images obtained during the imaging sequence itself, the system combines condition optimization and actual imaging into one continuous operation, eliminating the need for separate pre-imaging and real imaging stages, thereby reducing total imaging time while maintaining optimization capability.
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AI summary
An imaging support apparatus that supports imaging by a radiation imaging apparatus which obtains a plurality of frame images by successively performing a plurality of radiation imaging operations to a subject. The imaging support apparatus includes a hardware processor that determines a number of the frame images to be obtained by the radiation imaging apparatus by analyzing one or more initial frame images, each of the initial frame images being an initial frame image obtained early in the radiation imaging operations by the radiation imaging apparatus.