Radiographic Imaging Control for Multi-Capture Single Orders
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Solution Overview
Problem
Radiographic imaging apparatuses face challenges in improving operability when performing multiple imaging sessions due to the need for separate operations for each imaging order, leading to inefficiencies and increased burden on patients, especially in non-dedicated imaging environments.
Innovation Solution
A radiographic imaging apparatus with an imager that performs still and dynamic image capturing, controlled by a hardware processor to operate in an intermittent imaging mode, allowing multiple captures within a single operation based on a single imaging instruction, and stores information associated with captured images for each session.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a radiographic imaging apparatus performs one imaging for one imaging order, then the operation is simple and straightforward, but it cannot cope with multiple times of imaging performed in fixed periods of time, requiring new imaging orders each time and increasing operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple imaging operations into a single imaging order by introducing a recording operation that captures images at multiple time points within one operation session. The control unit manages multiple imaging cycles under one order, merging what would traditionally require multiple separate orders into a unified process, thereby improving operability for repeated imaging without increasing operational complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If a fluoroscopic imaging apparatus is used for real-time imaging, then continuous imaging is possible, but it requires a dedicated imaging room and cannot be used in situations different from that, imposing a heavy burden on patients
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the radiographic imaging apparatus to function universally in both dedicated imaging rooms and mobile locations (such as doctor's hospital rounds). By supporting multiple imaging modes (single imaging and multiple times imaging) within a single portable device, it can adapt to various imaging scenarios without requiring patients to be transported to dedicated facilities, thereby improving patient convenience while maintaining imaging capability
3Ease of operation
If a radiographic imaging apparatus performs imaging in fixed periods of time into which a period of time is divided, then radiation exposure limitation is respected, but the number of times of imaging may dynamically change according to treatment situation, requiring flexible operation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a dynamic control mechanism where the control unit can adjust the number of imaging times and timing intervals based on the treatment situation. The system allows flexible scheduling of multiple imaging cycles within a single order, enabling the imaging frequency to dynamically change according to clinical needs while maintaining radiation exposure management, thereby improving operational flexibility without excessive complexity
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances operability by allowing multiple imaging sessions to be managed efficiently within a single operation, improving patient convenience and reducing operational complexity.
Implementation Method 1
irradiates the patient with radiation to perform imaging
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a radiographic imaging apparatus that includes: at least one hardware processor that controls the imager such that the imager operates in a first imaging mode in which the imager performs one or both of the still image capturing and the dynamic image capturing a plurality of times between a start of an operation of the imager and an end of the operation of the imager according to one imaging instruction; and a storage that stores information, which is information on the one imaging instruction, in association with images for the plurality of times which have been captured in the first imaging mode.