Radiography Exposure Record Totalizer for Combined Images
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional radiography systems face challenges in accurately linking exposure records to combined exposure images, leading to user inconvenience and potential misinterpretation of exposure data.
Innovation Solution
A radiography system with a hardware processor that generates a third exposure record by adding up first and second exposure records and links this record to a combined exposure image, ensuring appropriate association of exposure data with the image.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple exposure records are linked to a combined exposure image, then complete exposure information is preserved, but user confusion and misinterpretation occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple exposure records into a single combined exposure record by summing the exposure parameters (tube voltage, tube current, irradiation time). This combined record is then linked to the combined exposure image, preserving complete exposure information while presenting it in a unified, easy-to-understand format that eliminates user confusion about which record corresponds to which image.
2Measurement precision
If separate exposure records are managed for each exposure image, then accurate tracking of individual exposures is achieved, but inconvenience and complexity arise in managing combined images
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically merges individual exposure records into a single combined exposure record when images are combined. This eliminates the complexity of managing multiple separate records while maintaining accurate tracking of total exposure parameters, thereby reducing management burden without sacrificing precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs automatic calculation and merging of exposure records without requiring manual user intervention. The hardware processor automatically sums the exposure parameters and links the combined record to the combined image, eliminating the need for users to manually manage multiple records and reducing operational complexity.
3Reliability
If exposure records are not aggregated for combined images, then individual exposure data remains distinct, but the combined image lacks accurate overall exposure information
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges individual exposure records by summing their parameters to create an accurate combined exposure record that reflects the total exposure applied to generate the combined image. This ensures the combined image has reliable overall exposure information while the system maintains the ability to trace back to individual exposure data if needed.
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AI summary
An exposure record totalizer includes: a hardware processor that adds up a first exposure record of a first exposure image and a second exposure record of a second exposure image, when a radiography system generates the first exposure image through first exposure and the second exposure image through second exposure, and that links information about a third exposure record to a third exposure image generated on the basis of the first exposure image and the second exposure image, the third exposure record being generated by the hardware processor.