Radiation Detector Control Apparatus Automation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing radiation imaging systems burden operators with manual association tasks when introducing new or substitute radiation detectors, leading to increased workload and potential mistakes due to the complexity of associating inherent detector information with multiple combination information sets.
Innovation Solution
A control apparatus with a processor and memory that displays a selecting screen for registered radiation detectors, allowing automatic association of imaging information with selected detectors, reducing operator workload and errors by automating the association process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual association setting is performed between radiation detector inherent information and combination information, then the association can be established, but the operator workload increases and mistakes may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic association between radiation detector inherent information and combination information without requiring manual operator intervention. The control apparatus automatically matches detectors with their corresponding imaging conditions based on detector identifiers, eliminating the need for operators to manually configure associations and thereby reducing both workload and potential for human error.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual mechanical process of associating detector information with combination information is replaced by an automated computational system. The control apparatus uses software algorithms to automatically match detectors with their corresponding imaging conditions, substituting the manual operator action with an automated electronic process that is both faster and more reliable.
2Ease of operation
If automatic association is implemented when combination information is newly formed, then operator burden is reduced, but it does not cover cases when substitute apparatus is introduced or radiation detector breaks down
Solution Approach 1:
The automatic association function is designed to work universally across multiple scenarios including new combination information formation, substitute apparatus introduction, and radiation detector replacement. The system detects various trigger conditions and performs automatic association in all these cases, making the solution applicable to a broad range of operational situations rather than being limited to a single scenario.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary detection of trigger conditions (new combination information, substitute apparatus, broken detector) and proactively initiates automatic association before manual intervention is needed. By monitoring system state changes and automatically responding to various scenarios, the system prepares and executes associations in advance of potential operator needs.
3Reliability
If multiple combination information associations are manually set, then complete coverage is achieved, but the complexity of the task increases and mistakes may be forgotten
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically performs the complete association task across all combination information without requiring operator intervention. The control apparatus independently identifies all necessary associations and executes them systematically, eliminating the complexity of manual multi-step configuration while ensuring complete coverage through automated iteration over all combination information records.
Data Source
AI summary
To provide a technique which can reduce a working load and a mistake of the operation when introducing a radiation detector, a control apparatus has: a display control unit for causing a display unit to display a selecting screen for presenting a list of registered radiation detectors and receiving a selection from the list; and an associating unit for associating in such a manner that when an unregistered radiation detector is registered, imaging information regarding a radiation imaging associated with the radiation detector selected through the selecting screen is associated with the unregistered radiation detector.