US5048067A
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X-ray diagnostics installation
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1990-07-27
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Granted: 1991-09-10
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Expires: 2010-07-27
Abstract
Abstract An x-ray diagnostics installation has an x-ray source fed by a high voltage supply, an x-ray image intensifier video chain for generating stored video signals of an exposure without a patient present in the x-ray beam, and a calculating stage connected to the memories. A filter is disposed in the path of the x-ray beam. The calculating stage is connected to the video chain and to the high voltage supply and calculates actual attenuation values of an x-ray exposure with the filter inserted in the x-ray beam.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Horbaschek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 05:22
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05G; H05G1/00; H05G1/08; H05G1/26; G; G06; G06T; G06T5/00; G06T5/50
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
121 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation comprising: an x-ray source fed by a high voltage generator for generating an x-ray beam; an x-ray image intensifier video chain including first memory means for storing video signals of an x-ray image without a subject present in the x-ray beam and second memory means for storing video signals of an x-ray image with a subject disposed in the x-ray beam; filter means for filtering said x-ray beam; and calculating means connected to said first and second memories and to said high voltage generator for calculating, with said means for filtering present in the x-ray beam, actual attenuation values of an x-ray exposure which would be obtained without the means for filtering present in the x-ray beam.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
121 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation comprising: an x-ray source fed by a high voltage generator for generating an x-ray beam; an x-ray image intensifier video chain including first memory means for storing video signals of an x-ray image without a subject present in the x-ray beam and second memory means for storing video signals of an x-ray image with a subject disposed in the x-ray beam; filter means for filtering said x-ray beam; and calculating means connected to said first and second memories and to said high voltage generator for calculating, with said means for filtering present in the x-ray beam, actual attenuation values of an x-ray exposure which would be obtained without the means for filtering present in the x-ray beam.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation as claimed in claim 1 wherein said means for filtering is disposed for filtering said x-ray beam prior to the x-ray beam being incident on a subject.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
An x-ray diagnostic installation as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means for filtering is a filter having differing attenuation regions over its area.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation as claimed in claim 1 wherein said calculating means includes means for calculating said actual attenuation values pixel-by-pixel on the basis of KV values supplied by said high voltage generator and on the basis of the material of said means for filtering.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
An x-ray diagnostics installations as claimed in claim 1 wherein said calculating means includes means for calculating said attenuation values pixel-by-pixel on the basis of attenuation coefficients.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation as claimed in claim 1 wherein said calculating means includes a first arithmetic means connected to said high voltage generator and to the said first memory for calculating first attenuation coefficients for said image without a subject present in the x-ray beam.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation as claimed in claim 6 wherein said calculating means further includes second arithmetic means connected to said high voltage generator and to said second memory for calculating second attenuation coefficients for the image obtained with a subject disposed in the x-ray beam.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
58 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation as claimed in claim 7, wherein said calculating stage further includes third arithmetic means connected to said first and second arithmetic means, for calculating, from the attenuation coefficients supplied by said first and second arithmetic means, said actual attenuation values which would be obtained without the means for filtering present in the x-ray beam.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation as claimed in claim 1 wherein said calculating means includes a spatial frequency low pass filter means for preventing deterioration of the signal-to-noise ratio for high spatial frequencies.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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