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X-ray diagnostics installation
Assignee: Siemens AG
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Filing: 1994-12-07
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Granted: 1995-12-26
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Expires: 2014-12-07
Abstract
Abstract An x-ray diagnostics installation has an operating voltage generator, an x-ray tube, an x-ray image intensifier, a video camera, a video amplifier having controllable gain, an integration circuit and a control circuit that acts on the operating voltage for dose rate control. The x-ray diagnostics installation is fashioned such that the control circuit is connected to the video amplifier and to the integration circuit and controls these components such that the gain of the video amplifier is raised when a limit value of the dose rate control is reached, with parameters of the integration circuit being simultaneously modified.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Horbaschek
- 👤 Anton Nekovar
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 21:00
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05G; H05G1/00; H05G1/08; H05G1/64; H04; H04N; H04N23/00; H04N23/30; H05G1/26; H05G1/30; H05G1/36
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation comprising: an x-ray tube which emits an x-ray beam; an operating voltage generator which supplies operating voltages to said x-ray tube for defining a dose rate; an x-ray image intensifier disposed for registering an x-ray image produced by said x-ray beam on an input screen thereof, and for converting said x-ray image into a light image on an output screen thereof; video means for processing said light image and displaying said light image, including a video camera coupled to said output screen of said x-ray image intensifier, a video amplifier connected to an output of the video camera and having a controllable gain, and an integration circuit connected to an output of said video amplifier and having an integration parameter; and control means connected to said operating voltage generator for controlling said operating voltage generator for controlling said dose rate and connected to said video amplifier and to said integration circuit for controlling said gain of said video amplifier and said integration parameter by increasing said gain when a limit value of said dose rate is reached and simultaneously modifying said integration parameter.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
187 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation comprising: an x-ray tube which emits an x-ray beam; an operating voltage generator which supplies operating voltages to said x-ray tube for defining a dose rate; an x-ray image intensifier disposed for registering an x-ray image produced by said x-ray beam on an input screen thereof, and for converting said x-ray image into a light image on an output screen thereof; video means for processing said light image and displaying said light image, including a video camera coupled to said output screen of said x-ray image intensifier, a video amplifier connected to an output of the video camera and having a controllable gain, and an integration circuit connected to an output of said video amplifier and having an integration parameter; and control means connected to said operating voltage generator for controlling said operating voltage generator for controlling said dose rate and connected to said video amplifier and to said integration circuit for controlling said gain of said video amplifier and said integration parameter by increasing said gain when a limit value of said dose rate is reached and simultaneously modifying said integration parameter.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation as claimed in claim I wherein said integration circuit comprises an integration circuit having an integration time comprising said integration parameter, and wherein said control means comprises means for simultaneously modifying said gain of said video amplifier and said integration time.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
88 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation as claimed in claim 1 wherein said integration circuit comprises: first multiplication means for multiplying a current output signal from said video amplifier by a first factor; memory means for storing a preceding signal from said video amplifier which precedes said current signal; and second multiplier means for multiplying said preceding signal by a second factor, said second factor comprising said integration parameter; and wherein said control means comprises means for increasing said second factor simultaneously with increasing said gain of said video amplifier.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
57 words
An x-ray diagnostics installation as claimed in claim 3 further comprising factor memory means for storing a plurality of different second factors, and wherein said control means comprises means for modifying said second factor simultaneously with increasing said gain of said video amplifier by selecting one of said plurality of second factors from said factor memory means.
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