阅读说明：本技术 放射线成像系统、放射线成像装置、放射线成像方法和程序 (Radiation imaging system, radiation imaging apparatus, radioactive ray imaging method and program ) 是由 内山晓彦 于 2018-03-29 设计创作，主要内容包括：提供了一种放射线图像捕捉系统,用于使放射线的照射与成像设备的操作同步。该放射线图像捕捉系统包括：照射单元,用于照射放射线；检测单元,用于检测放射线；设定单元,用于设定开始放射线的照射的照射时刻；照射控制单元,用于控制照射单元,使得在所述照射时刻照射放射线；以及检测控制单元,用于控制检测单元,使得检测单元可以在所述照射时刻检测放射线。(A kind of radiation image capture system is provided, for keeping the irradiation of radioactive ray synchronous with the operation of imaging device.It includes: illumination unit that the radiation image, which captures system, for irradiating radioactive ray；Detection unit, for detecting radioactive ray；Setup unit, for setting the irradiation moment for starting the irradiation of radioactive ray；Control unit is irradiated, for controlling illumination unit, so that irradiating radioactive ray at the irradiation moment；And detection control unit allows detection unit to detect radioactive ray at the irradiation moment for controlling detection unit.)

1. a kind of radiation imaging system, comprising:

Illumination unit is arranged to be irradiated with radioactive ray；

Detection unit is arranged to detection radioactive ray；

Setup unit, the irradiation moment of irradiation of radioactive ray will be started by being configured as setting；

Control unit is irradiated, control illumination unit is configured as, so that executing radioactive ray irradiation at the irradiation moment；And

Detection control unit is configured as control detection unit, puts so that detection unit is ready to detect at the irradiation moment Ray.

2. radiation imaging system according to claim 1, wherein detection control unit refers to irradiation control unit transmission Show that detection unit is ready for the shooting License Info in the irradiation moment detection radioactive ray.

3. radiation imaging system according to claim 2, wherein irradiation control unit is configured as:

If receiving the shooting License Info before the time point than the irradiation moment early specified rate, execute so that according to Penetrate the control that unit is irradiated with radioactive ray；And

If being not received by the shooting License Info before the time point of specified rate more early than the irradiation moment, execute anti- The only control that illumination unit is irradiated with radioactive ray.

4. a kind of radiation imaging system, comprising:

Illumination unit is arranged to be irradiated with radioactive ray；

Control unit is irradiated, control illumination unit is configured as；

Detection unit is arranged to detection radioactive ray；And

Detection control unit is configured as control detection unit,

Wherein, if detection unit is allowed to detection radioactive ray, detection control unit sends instruction inspection to irradiation control unit The normal information that unit works normally is surveyed, and

Wherein, irradiation control unit is executed based on the normal information so that the control that illumination unit is irradiated with radioactive ray.

5. radiation imaging system according to claim 4, wherein irradiation control unit connecing based on the normal information It receive/does not receive, the received frequency, the received interval, the received time and the normal information that receives In quantity at least one of execute so that the control that illumination unit is irradiated with radioactive ray.

6. radiation imaging system according to claim 4,

Wherein, if detection unit is not useable for detecting radioactive ray, detection control unit sends instruction to irradiation control unit The exception information that detection unit does not work normally, and

Wherein, irradiation control unit is executed based on the exception information so that illumination unit does not have to the control that radioactive ray are irradiated System.

7. radiation imaging system according to claim 6, wherein if irradiation control unit receives the abnormal letter Breath then irradiates control unit and determines there is exception in detection unit, and executing prevents illumination unit to be irradiated with radioactive ray Control.

8. radiation imaging system according to any one of claim 1 to 7, wherein if illumination unit stops with putting Ray is irradiated, then irradiates control unit to detection control unit and send the stopping request letter that request detection unit stops operation Breath.

9. radiation imaging system according to claim 8,

Wherein, if detection control unit receives the stopping solicited message, detection control unit is to irradiation control unit It sends instruction and has received the response message for stopping solicited message, and

Wherein, it if irradiation control unit receives the response message, irradiates the control unit stopping transmission stopping and asks Seek information.

10. radiation imaging system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein detection control unit is based on shining Information or detection control unit institute is corrected based on the reference instant information for serving as benchmark at the time of penetrating referenced by control unit With reference at the time of information.

11. radiation imaging system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein detection control unit is based on shining Solicited message is sent out at the time of information, request irradiation control unit send the time information at the time of penetrating referenced by control unit The sending instant sent and the time information connect in response to the moment solicited message from what irradiation control unit was received Time receiving carves come information at the time of correction referenced by detection control unit.

12. radiation imaging system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein irradiation control unit is based on inspection Information at the time of survey referenced by control unit, referenced by illumination unit at the time of information and serve as the reference instant letter of benchmark Breath is come information at the time of correction referenced by irradiation control unit.

13. radiation imaging system according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein if believed about the moment The statistical value of the variation of the correcting value of breath is more than given threshold value, then irradiates a stopping in control unit and detection control unit Operation relevant to one of the irradiation of radioactive ray and detection.

14. radiation imaging system according to claim 13, wherein the given threshold value depends on the irradiation of radioactive ray The testing conditions of condition or radioactive ray and can be changed.

15. radiation imaging system described in any one of 0 to 12 according to claim 1, wherein irradiation control unit and inspection One surveyed in control unit is configured as:

Based on the correcting value of the time information, calculates correcting value and change with time；

Correcting value is estimated according to changing with time；And

At least one of if the correcting value of estimation is more than given threshold value, in the following operation of execution: irradiation control unit is joined The correction of information at the time of examining, referenced by detection control unit at the time of the correction of information, behaviour related with the irradiation of radioactive ray The stopping of work and stopping with the related operation of detection of radioactive ray.

16. radiation imaging system described in 0 or 11 according to claim 1, wherein detection control unit is configured as:

By being configured as propagating the first communication unit of the time information and the holding of the second communication unit to and from photograph Penetrate the communication of control unit；

The first correction process is executed, in the first correction process, is based on receiving via the first communication unit from irradiation control unit At the time of information come information at the time of correction referenced by detection control unit；

The second correction process is executed, in the second correction process, is based on receiving via the second communication unit from irradiation control unit At the time of information come correct detection control unit reference at the time of information；And

The correcting value obtained in the second correction process is modified based on the correcting value obtained in the first correction process.

17. radiation imaging system according to claim 16, wherein at the time of in the first correction process between information Error at the time of error is less than in the second correction process between information.

18. a kind of radiation imaging apparatus, comprising:

Detection unit is arranged to detect the radioactive ray from illumination unit, which is arranged to be carried out with radioactive ray Irradiation；

Receiving unit, be configured as since outside receive with will the irradiation moment of irradiation of radioactive ray related irradiation letter Breath；And

Detection control unit is configured as controlling detection unit based on the irradiation information, so that detection unit is ready to The irradiation moment detects radioactive ray.

19. a kind of radiation imaging apparatus, the irradiation control unit including being configured as control illumination unit, the illumination unit It is arranged to be irradiated with radioactive ray；

Wherein, irradiation control unit is configured as:

If be arranged to detection radioactive ray detection unit be allowed to detection radioactive ray, from be configured as control detection unit Detection control unit receive instruction detection unit work normally normal information；

If the detection unit for being arranged to detection radioactive ray is not useable for detecting radioactive ray, refer to from detection control unit reception Show the exception information that detection unit does not work normally；

Based on one of the normal information and the exception information, one that unit is determined as in normal and exception will test；With And

If detection unit is normal, the control for being irradiated illumination unit with radioactive ray is executed, if detection unit is abnormal, Then execute the control for preventing illumination unit to be irradiated with radioactive ray.

20. a kind of radioactive ray imaging method, comprising the following steps:

Setting will start the irradiation moment of the irradiation of radioactive ray；

The illumination unit of radioactive ray is controlled, so that executing the irradiation of radioactive ray at the irradiation moment；And

The detection unit of radioactive ray is controlled, so that detection unit is ready to detect radioactive ray at the irradiation moment.

21. a kind of program, for making the processor execute radiation according to claim 20 when executed by the processor Each step of line imaging method.

Technical field

The present invention relates to radiation imaging system, radiation imaging apparatus, radioactive ray imaging method and programs.

Background technique

There are following radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system in the market: having been filled using the radiation line imaging It sets and radiation imaging system, by irradiating subject with the radioactive ray from radiation generating apparatus, making to have penetrated subject Radioactive ray intensity distribution digitlization and to digitized radiation image (radiographic image) execute image at Reason obtains clearly radiation image.

Image pick-up element is usually used for picture receiver by the radiation imaging apparatus of this system, and (radioactive ray detect Device).The operation of common image pick-up element is related to repeating to depend on the savings of the charge of the amount of incident light, the charge put aside Reading and charge resetting.Image pick-up element without electronic shutter has when light is in the reading of charge or resetting phase Between enter image pick-up element when damaged image risk.

In patent document 1 in disclosed system, by network line send and receive indicate shooting request message and The message that shooting is ready to complete is indicated, so that the operation timing of image pick-up element is synchronous with radioactive ray irradiation.

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Patent document 1: Japan Patent No.5404587

Summary of the invention

However, message has the property that message may lose or postpone on network line.Therefore, in patent document 1 Disclosed system is by allowing time margin in the image of radiation imaging apparatus can receive the period, in other words, reduces same The precision of the required time of step, to execute synchronization.

When losing or postponing on network line for synchronous message, when the image of radiation imaging apparatus can receive Duan Keneng expires.As a result it has the following problems: being difficult to build when executing radioactive ray irradiation every time by sending and receiving message It is vertical to synchronize.

The present invention provides a kind of radiation imaging system, which is configured as making radioactive ray irradiation and putting The operation of ray imaging device is synchronous.

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An exemplary embodiment according to the present invention, provides a kind of radiation imaging system, the radiation line imaging system System includes: illumination unit, is arranged to be irradiated with radioactive ray；Detection unit is arranged to detection radioactive ray；Setting is single Member, the irradiation moment of irradiation of radioactive ray will be started by being configured as setting；Control unit is irradiated, it is single to be configured as control irradiation Member, so that executing radioactive ray irradiation at the irradiation moment；And detection control unit, it is configured as control detection unit, is made Detection unit is obtained to be ready to detect radioactive ray at the irradiation moment.

Being described below for exemplary embodiment is read with reference to attached drawing, other feature of the invention will become apparent.

Detailed description of the invention

Fig. 1 is the figure for the configuration example for illustrating the radiation imaging system of first embodiment according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is the exemplary of the communication process for illustrating the message of the stopping to the beginning and shooting that controlling shooting Figure.

Fig. 3 is for illustrating the exemplary figure wherein not yet reached for starting the message of shooting.

Fig. 4 is for illustrating the exemplary figure for the communication process for being used to stop shooting.

Fig. 5 be transmission for illustrating normal messages and due to normal messages missing and stop the exemplary figure of shooting.

Fig. 6 is for illustrating the exemplary figure for stopping shooting due to unexpected message.

Fig. 7 is the exemplary figure for illustrating the communication process of timing synchronization processing.

Fig. 8 is the exemplary figure for synchronization process at the time of illustrating that wherein radiation generating apparatus serves as master clock.

Fig. 9 is to serve as the communication process for starting shooting of master clock for illustrating wherein radiation generating apparatus to show The figure of example.

Figure 10 is for illustrating wherein using the exemplary figure of synchronization process at the time of independent master clock node.

Figure 11 is that when sending between message sink in message, there are performed when the difference in propagation time for illustrating The exemplary figure of timing synchronization processing.

Specific embodiment

Detailed description of the present invention embodiment with reference to the drawings.

However, the details of the size and structure that provide in embodiment those of is not limited in the description and the appended drawings.Here Radioactive ray further include alpha ray, β ray, gamma-rays, various particle rays etc. other than X-ray.

(first embodiment)

The radiation imaging system of first embodiment according to the present invention is instantiated in Fig. 1.Radiation imaging system 100 Including radiation imaging apparatus (detection control unit) 101, radiation generating apparatus (illumination unit) 110 and it is configured as controlling The irradiation control device (irradiation control unit) 120 of radiation generating apparatus 110 processed.Radiation imaging apparatus 101 includes wired Communication unit 104.Irradiating control device 120 includes Landline communication unit 121.Communication unit is via logical including HUB 114 etc. Communication network is connected with each other radiation imaging apparatus 101 and irradiation control device 120.

Radiation imaging apparatus 101 may include wireless communication unit 103.In this case, Wireless LAN access point (AP) it 113 is included in the infrastructure of communication network, and by being accessed using wireless communication unit 103 and Wireless LAN Point (AP) 113, the section of a part as communication network connects by wireless communication.Interconnected via communication network Information is exchanged with message format between multiple devices.

On the other hand, the connection between radiation generating apparatus 110 and irradiation control device 120 is not to be related to communication network Direct electrical connection.Therefore, information is as electric signal directly between radiation generating apparatus 110 and irradiation control device 120 Transmission, without being converted into message format.

Radiation imaging apparatus 101 is configured as based on from the radiation of radiation source 109 and putting through subject 112 Ray 111 obtains the device of the radiation image data of subject 112.For example, using the radioactive ray of flat-panel detector (FPD) Imaging device is suitable as radiation imaging apparatus 101.

Radiation imaging apparatus 101, which includes at least, to be configured as generating radiation image data based on the radioactive ray received Picture receiver (detection unit) 107 and photographing control unit 102.The control detection radioactive ray of radiation imaging apparatus 101 Picture receiver 107.The driving of photographing control unit 102 and control picture receiver 107, to captured radiation image Radiation image data executes various types of image procossings, stores radiation image data, determines transmission radiation image number According to timing, and execute relevant to the transmission of radiation image data control processing.It is put by what photographing control unit 102 was handled Radiographic image data is transferred into controlling terminal (not shown) for for inspection or other purposes.

Radiation imaging system 100 is suitable for shooting radiation image in the form of moving image, and its operational overview is such as Under.Firstly, before shooting, to the related unit of system be set in advance for shooting moving image parameter (for example, frame per second and The length of the radiation pulse of every frame).

Operating unit 150 is the setup unit for setting the irradiation moment for executing radioactive ray irradiation.Operator is allowed to Any irradiation moment is set via operating unit 150.The irradiation moment set in operating unit 150 is transferred to irradiation control Device 120 and radiation imaging apparatus 101.Operating unit 150 can have display and put from what radiation imaging apparatus 101 exported The function of ray image.The irradiation moment can use exposure button 115 also to set.The operator of radiation imaging system is in the phase Exposure button 115 is pressed in the shooting timing of prestige.Pressing for exposure button 115 is transferred to irradiation control device as electric signal 120.It irradiates control device 120 and receives the signal, setting will start the irradiation moment of radioactive ray irradiation, and generating indicates that shooting is opened The message of beginning, and information is exchanged with radiation imaging apparatus 101 by communication network.

After transmitting the irradiation moment, the radiation pulses generation unit 123 irradiated in control device 120 is generated for putting The commutator pulse of radiation exposure.The timing control unit 122 irradiated in control device 120 keeps time information.Radiation pulses are raw Information generates commutator pulse at the time of being based on timing control unit 122 at unit 123.Commutator pulse is transferred to radioactive ray generation Device 110, and timing radioactive ray 111 of the radiation generating apparatus 110 indicated by commutator pulse are irradiated.

Drive meanwhile in radiation imaging apparatus 101, after the transmission at irradiation moment, in photographing control unit 102 Dynamic control unit 105 generates the driving control signal for being used for picture receiver 107, and obtains radioactive ray from picture receiver 107 Image data.Timing control unit 106 in radiation imaging apparatus 101 keeps time information.Drive control unit 105 is based on Information generates driving control signal at the time of timing control unit 106.

Radiation image data is acquisition at the time of avoiding Chong Die with the commutator pulse irradiated for radioactive ray by selection 's.In brief, radiation image data is obtained in the time slot different from the time slot irradiated for radioactive ray.

When the operator of radiation imaging system stops pressing exposure button to terminate shooting, control device 120 is irradiated Stop generating commutator pulse, generates the message for indicating to stop shooting, and exchange message with radiation imaging apparatus 101.

To control the communication of the message of the beginning of shooting and the stopping of shooting with reference to described in Fig. 2 detailed description The generation of journey and operation timing.

Radiation imaging apparatus 101 and irradiation control device 120 respectively include the activationary time with radiation imaging system The timing control unit 106 and timing control unit 122 of Clocked operation are executed for starting point.Make to radiate line imaging dress before shooting At the time of setting on 101 with and irradiation control device 120 at the time of it is synchronous.Later that description is synchronous method.

When the irradiation moment for setting radioactive ray to be executed irradiation by operating unit 150, irradiation control device 120 from Timing control unit 122 obtains current time.Furthermore when exposure button is pressed, irradiation control device 120 is controlled from timing Unit obtains current time.In Fig. 2, control device 120 is irradiated from timing control unit 122 and obtains moment value 10260.

The irradiation moment that will start radioactive ray irradiation is transferred to irradiation control device 120.Specifically, will start to expose The predetermined exposure start time of light is set at the time of passing by given amount after current time.By will be preset when The area of a room is added to current time, can calculate predetermined exposure start time.

The time quantum to be added is sufficiently large to allow radiation imaging apparatus 101 and irradiation control device 120 to be transmitted (exchange Message), and it is sufficiently large to allow radiation imaging apparatus 101 to be converted to the shooting preparation operation for being related to radioactive ray and detecting.Add Time quantum can also be set to it is sufficiently small, to avoid due to it is unnecessary waiting and bring poor operability to operator Impression.The value for the time quantum to be added can be calculated and be set in advance in designing system, or can be by irradiating control device Communication between 120 and radiation imaging apparatus 101 is dynamically determined by negotiating in advance.

Here it is not described in the value for the time quantum to be added.But in the figure 2 example, added moment value 40 in terms of Calculate predetermined exposure start time 10300.

After calculating predetermined exposure start time, irradiation control device 120 will be irradiated about radioactive ray to be started The irradiation information of irradiation moment (predetermined exposure start time) is sent to radiation imaging apparatus 101.Irradiate control device 120 to Radiation imaging apparatus 101 sends the shooting request message 200 that request radiation imaging apparatus 101 starts shooting.Shooting request Message 200 includes predetermined exposure start time recited above as parameter.

In Fig. 2, shooting request message 200 includes and the length of radioactive ray irradiation time (length of radiation pulse, photograph Penetrate the length etc. of window) comparable information and with exposure period (frame per second etc.) comparable information.However, these information do not need by It is included in shooting request message 200, and can sets or send by other measures before shooting as described above.This In the other parameters that are not explicitly described can be included in the shooting request message 200 to be sent.

The irradiation moment that will start radioactive ray irradiation is sent from outside to radiation imaging apparatus 101.For example, radioactive ray Imaging device 101 receives shooting request message 200, and when receiving shooting request message 200, from the timing control of own Unit 106 processed obtains current time.Radiation imaging apparatus 101 opens current time with the predetermined exposure received in the message Moment beginning is compared, and is determined whether to start in predetermined exposure according to screening-mode to be used in the shooting in future It completed to determine that shooting prepares operation (or radioactive ray detection operation) before moment.

When definitive result be can complete shooting prepare operation when, radiation imaging apparatus 101 to irradiation control device 120 It sends the shooting grant message 201 for permitting to shoot (or radioactive ray irradiation) in response, and shooting is arranged to prepare operation.Shooting is quasi- Standby operation is executed by drive control unit 105.

In this way, photographing control unit 102 receives the irradiation about the irradiation moment that will start radioactive ray irradiation Information, and radiation imaging apparatus 101 is based on irradiation information (predetermined exposure start time) execution and keeps picture receiver 107 quasi- It gets ready and carries out the control of radioactive ray detection at the irradiation moment.Radiation imaging apparatus 101 also sends to irradiation control device 120 and claps It takes the photograph License Info (shooting grant message 201), shooting License Info instruction picture receiver 107 is ready in the detection of irradiation moment Radioactive ray.

When permitting to disappear receiving shooting according to the time point for penetrating moment early (more early than predetermined exposure start time) specified rate When ceasing 201, irradiation control device 120 controls radiation generating apparatus 110 and executes radioactive ray irradiation.For example, when radioactive ray generate Shooting is received before reaching predetermined exposure start time at the time of indicated by the timing control unit 122 of device 120 oneself to be permitted Can message 201 when, irradiation control device 120 predetermined exposure start time start generate for radioactive ray irradiation timing arteries and veins Punching.Then, irradiation control device 120 is operated based at the time of measurement by timing control unit 122 to arrange radioactive ray to irradiate, and is made Predetermined radiation pulse length and frame per second must be reached, and radiation pulses generation unit 123 executes radioactive ray irradiation behaviour Make.

In this way, irradiation control device 120 controls radiation generating apparatus (illumination unit) 110 in the radiation of irradiation moment Line is irradiated.

Radiation imaging apparatus 101 is completed at the same time shooting and prepares operation, and works as 106 institute of timing control unit of own It is to expect that radioactive ray irradiate by the operational transition of picture receiver 107 when reaching predetermined exposure start time at the time of instruction Savings state.(in Fig. 2, in 106 institute of timing control unit after passing through the comparable time quantum of length with radiation pulse The time of instruction reaches after 10310), picture receiver 107 is changed into reading state from savings state, reads in reading state It takes put aside charge (information) and the charge based on reading obtains radiation image data.

Then, radiation imaging apparatus 101 is as in irradiation control device 120, based on being surveyed by timing control unit 106 Shooting operation (savings operation, read operation etc.) is arranged at the time of amount, so that reaching frame per second determining in advance, and by shooting Control unit 102 executes shooting operation.

As described above, irradiation control device 120 generates under conditions of receiving shooting grant message 201 for radioactive ray The commutator pulse of irradiation.It is shown in FIG. 3 since the loss of the message on communication network or big delay are without being able to satisfy this The operation executed when part.

In the case where failing to receive shooting grant message 201, even if at the time of indicated by the timing control unit 106 When reaching predetermined exposure start time 10300, irradiation control device 120 does not also generate pulse.Meanwhile it cannot find out by radioactive ray Whether the shooting grant message 201 that imaging device 101 is sent has arrived at the radiation imaging apparatus of irradiation control device 120 101 started to obtain radiation image data at predetermined exposure start time 10300.As a result, radiation imaging apparatus 101 receives To the dark image generated in the case where no radioactive ray.This is the shooting operation for not having to radioactive ray and irradiating subject, therefore not It can be damaged because of unnecessary exposure.

Therefore, irradiation control device 120 executes control as follows: when early (more early than predetermined exposure start time) according to the moment is penetrated When not receiving shooting License Info before the time point of specified rate, which prevents radiation generating apparatus 110 from executing radiation Line irradiation.

The loss of shooting grant message 201 recited above is not that shooting grant message 201 fails the phenomenon that reaching only One reason.Other reasons include shoot request message 200 loss (this cause at the very start without shooting grant message 201 from Radiation imaging apparatus 101 send) and shooting request message 200 delay.Be there are also a kind of situation, due to radioactive ray at As the related reason of device 101,101 determination of radiation imaging apparatus can not execute shooting, and therefore not send shooting license Message 201 is in response.

When that can not execute shooting, radiation imaging apparatus 101, which can send shooting to irradiation control device 120, to be forbidden disappearing (unexpected message) is ceased in response, to replace shooting grant message 201.Under any circumstance, it can avoid with radioactive ray pair Subject carries out unnecessary irradiation.

Next description shooting continues the stopping for determining and shooting.In the presence of a variety of situations of radioactive ray to be stopped irradiation. The example of this situation is that the operator of radiation imaging system stops pressing the case where exposure button 115 is to stop shooting. This is normally to stop.The example to abend is the shooting operation irradiated control device 120 and detect radiation imaging apparatus 101 In abnormal situation etc..

After having exchanged the message that instruction shooting starts, duration of the radiation imaging apparatus 101 in shooting operation Interior holding regularly sends normal messages 202 to irradiation control device 120.As long as holding receives normal messages 202, irradiation control Device 120 processed determines that radiation imaging apparatus 101 just in normal operating.

When picture receiver 107 is allowed to detection radioactive ray, radiation imaging apparatus 101 is in this way to irradiation control device 120 send the normal information (normal messages) that instruction picture receiver 107 is working normally.Irradiation control device 120 is based on Normal information determines that picture receiver 107 is normal or abnormal.It is normal in picture receiver 107 to irradiate control device 120 Shi Jinhang makes radiation imaging apparatus 101 execute the control of radioactive ray irradiation, and is prevented when picture receiver 107 is abnormal The control for executing radioactive ray irradiation of radiation generating apparatus 110.

In brief, irradiation control device 120 controls radiation imaging apparatus 101, so that being put based on normal information execution Radiation exposure.

Normal messages 202 itself may lose on a communication network.Accordingly, it is possible to which excessive is only because occurring once just It is abnormal that the missing of normal message 202 just allows irradiation control device 120 to determine that radiation imaging apparatus 101 has.Therefore, irradiation control It is abnormal that device 120 can determine whether radiation imaging apparatus 101 has according to the frequency of the missing of normal messages 202.Just Interval between the sending and receiving of normal message 202 can be set to be less than the time for quickly determining purpose given threshold value Interval.But the threshold value can be set to be not burden on communication network long interval of time.

As described above, irradiation reception of the control device 120 based on normal messages/do not receive, received frequency, received Every in the quantity of, received time and the normal messages received at least one of execute control so that radioactive ray generation is set Standby 110 are irradiated with radioactive ray.

What can be occurred when lacking normal messages 202 by instantiating in Fig. 5.Control device 120 is being irradiated just when reaching When the missing of normal message 202 occurs with unacceptable frequency (being equal to or higher than given threshold value), irradiation control device 120 stops The commutator pulse for radioactive ray irradiation is generated to stop exposing.Irradiation control device 120 has led to normal messages uncertain The state of 202 radiation imaging apparatus 101 or communication network that do not reach (grasp by the shooting of such as radiation imaging apparatus 101 The failure in exception or communication network in work) in the case where stop exposure.

Therefore, can stop exposing while radiation imaging apparatus 101 continues shooting operation.Radiation imaging apparatus 101 obtain the dark image generated in the case where no irradiation in this case.This irradiates subject without radioactive ray Shooting operation, therefore will not be damaged because of unnecessary exposure.

Description given above is about since irradiation control device 120 fails passively to determine based on normal messages 202 The operation of radiation imaging apparatus 101 exposes caused by being normal or exception to be stopped.Shooting operation or exposing operation also exist 101 active of radiation imaging apparatus stops the abnormal notice of its own to when irradiating control device 120.

The notice is instantiated in Fig. 6.When detect its own operation in exception and determination image cannot be maintained to connect It brings drill to an end when making, radiation imaging apparatus 101 stops sending normal messages 202, and starts to send unexpected message 204.With it is normal The case where message 202, is the same, repeats to the sending cycle of unexpected message 204.When unexpected message 204 reaches irradiation control device When 120, irradiation control device 120 stops generating the commutator pulse for radioactive ray irradiation immediately, without waiting unexpected message The determination of 202 deletion frequency.Then, irradiation control device 120 is sent to radiation imaging apparatus 101 stops request message 205 in response.

Therefore, when picture receiver 107 is not useable for detecting radioactive ray (equally when picture receiver 107 is not useable for When exporting scheduled radiation image data), radiation imaging apparatus 101 sends instruction image to irradiation control device 120 and connects Receive the exception information (unexpected message) that device 107 does not work normally.Irradiation control device 120 determines that image connects based on exception information It is normal or abnormal for receiving device 107.Irradiation control device 120 is executed when picture receiver 107 is normal makes radioactive ray generate dress The control of 110 execution radioactive ray irradiation is set, and execution prevents radiation generating apparatus 110 when picture receiver 107 is abnormal Execute the control of radioactive ray irradiation.

When receiving exception information, irradiation control device 120, which determines, has exception in picture receiver 107, and executes Prevent radiation generating apparatus 110 from executing the control of radioactive ray irradiation.When radiation generating apparatus 110 stops radioactive ray irradiation When, irradiation control device 120 sends the stopping request that request picture receiver 107 stops operation to radiation imaging apparatus 101 Information (stops request message).

When each unexpected message 204 reaches, irradiation control device 120, which is all sent, stops request message 205 in response.When When receiving stopping request message 205 from irradiation control device 120, radiation imaging apparatus 101 stops the weight of unexpected message 204 Recurrence is sent.This accomplishes the processes to abend.The transmission interval of unexpected message 204 does not need the transmission with normal messages 202 It is spaced identical.The transmission interval of unexpected message 204 can be set to it is as short as possible, so as to fast notification exception, and can be with It is shorter than the transmission interval of normal messages 202.

The normal stopping for passing through the input from operator with reference next to Fig. 4 description.When operator stops pressing exposure When button 115, stop signal is sent to irradiation control device 120.Irradiation control device 120 receives the stop signal and stands Stop generating the commutator pulse for radioactive ray irradiation.Then, irradiation control device 120 is sent out to radiation imaging apparatus 101 It send and stops request message 203.Radiation imaging apparatus 101, which receives, stops request message 203, and stops shooting operation.

The confirmation of radiation imaging apparatus 101 stops request message 203, and sends response message to irradiation control device 120 206.It irradiates control device 120 and is repeatedly sent to radiation imaging apparatus 101 and stop request message 203, until response message 206 reach irradiation control device 120.To sum up, when receive stop solicited message when, radiation imaging apparatus 101 is to photograph It penetrates control device 120 and sends the response message (response message) that stopping solicited message having been received in instruction, and irradiate control Device 120, which stops sending after receiving response message, stops solicited message.Stop this accomplishes normal.

Stop request message 203 may lose on a communication network, and therefore can radiation imaging apparatus 101 after Stop exposure while continuous shooting operation.Radiation imaging apparatus 101 is obtained in this case in the case where no irradiation The dark image generated.This is the shooting operation of subject to be irradiated without radioactive ray, therefore will not cause because of unnecessary exposure Injury.

Here using the description of the communication process of the message about the stopping to the beginning and shooting that controlling shooting as knot Beam.Next at the time of measurement at the time of description is for the synchronous measurement by timing control unit 106 and by timing control unit 122 Mechanism and communication process.It is instantiated in Fig. 7 through the communication on communication network and establishes the process of timing synchronization.In Fig. 7 In, the operation of timing control unit 122 is moment server (that is, the clock for serving as benchmark), and timing control unit 106 operates For moment client (that is, using moment server as the clock of N Reference Alignment).

Firstly, radiation imaging apparatus 101 is controlled via Landline communication unit 104 or wireless communication unit 103 to irradiation Request disappears at the time of device 120 sends (time information) at the time of request irradiation control device 120 sends timing control unit 122 Breath 207.Moment request message 207 includes the sending instant of the sending instant request message 207 in radiation imaging apparatus 101 (at the time of measurement by timing control unit 106).In the example in figure 7, moment value 10254 is included in moment request message In 207.

120 time of reception of control device request message 207 is irradiated, and to 101 sending instant message of radiation imaging apparatus 208 in response.Moment message 208 includes the sending instant of the sending instant message 208 in irradiation control device 120 (by counting When control unit 122 measure at the time of).In Fig. 7, moment value 10254 is included in moment message 208.When moment message 208 reach radiation imaging apparatus 101 when, radiation imaging apparatus 101 according to by timing control unit 106 measure at the time of and Obtain the time of reception of moment message 208.In Fig. 7, moment value 10260 is obtained.

Assuming that with the roughly equal time tranfer moment between radiation imaging apparatus 101 and irradiation control device 120 Request message and moment message 208.In this case, at the time of measurement according to timing control unit 106, control device is irradiated 120 sending instant message 208 in response at the time of be estimated as median between moment value 10254 and moment value 10260 ((10254+10260)/2=10257).

In moment message 208 include irradiation control device 120 at the time of value 10254, and consequently found that, radioactive ray at As the fast moment value 10254 of the clock on device 101 and it is estimated at the time of between at the time of difference, this moment difference counted Calculating is 10257-10254=3.By being calculated between timing control unit 106 and timing control unit 122 in the above described manner Moment difference can pass through correction at the time of measurement at the time of measurement by timing control unit 106 and by timing control unit 122 It is synchronized at the time of measurement by timing control unit 106.

Therefore radiation imaging apparatus 101 (is controlled single based on information at the time of irradiation referenced by control device 120 by timing At the time of member 122 measures) referenced by Lai Jiaozheng radiation imaging apparatus 101 at the time of information (measured by timing control unit 106 At the time of).In the first embodiment, radiation imaging apparatus 101 be based on irradiation control device 120 referenced by the time of information, The sending instant of sending instant solicited message and in response to moment solicited message and from irradiation 120 time of reception of control device The time of reception of information information at the time of correction referenced by radiation imaging apparatus 101.

Irradiation control device 120 can store moment difference, to be based on being measured and having been led to by timing control unit 122 Radiation source 109 and radiation imaging apparatus 101 are controlled at the time of crossing stored at the time of discrepancy adjustment.Radiate line imaging dress Setting 101 can store moment difference and is added to the moment difference at the time of measurement by timing control unit 106 to control in irradiation The specified operation timing of device 120 processed is operated.

In Fig. 7, correction is determined based on a transmission/reception session of moment request message 207 and moment message 208 Correcting value.But in practice, due to the possible fluctuation in message propagation time, correcting value may need to adjust.Therefore, Multiple transmissions/reception session of moment request message 207 and moment message 208 can be executed statistically to calculate correcting value.

For example, by from multiple transmissions/reception session correction based on moment request message 207 and moment message 208 The correcting value of given quantity is selected in amount by the ascending order of two-way time and calculates the average value of the correcting value of given quantity, it can Statistically to calculate correcting value.Two-way time in first embodiment is such period: the period to request to disappear constantly Breath 207 since radiation imaging apparatus 101 send and the connecing at radiation imaging apparatus 101 with moment message 208 Receipts terminate.Difference calculates correcting value at the time of can also be out of acceptable error, which is based on radiation Period of the period of line irradiation relative to savings state.

In the description being given above, correcting value is added up immediately.But the big correction carried out immediately can be damaged obviously The isotropism at the interval in the drive control of the picture receiver 107 of evil immediately after calibration, and this damage causes only The picture quality of one frame differs markedly from the phenomenon that its former frame and a later frame.It therefore, can greater than the correcting value of given threshold value With whithin a period of time several times in timing control unit 106 plus or minus.

Moment request message 207 may include the sending instant of Fig. 7, in the sending instant from radiation imaging apparatus 101 Sending instant request message 207, and moment message 208 may include the sending instant that is sent of moment request message 207 and The sending instant that moment message 208 is sent.Even if this makes radiation imaging system in which moment request message 207 and which The association and pairing of a moment message 208 are also able to carry out processing due to information drop-out and when becoming not knowing.

First embodiment describes minimum operation principle using the process of Fig. 7.However, timing synchronization processing is without being limited thereto, And when to allow the mode of complexity to execute the present invention, existing complicated timing synchronization agreement also can be used.Known association The example of view includes RFC 4330, SNTP and IEEE 1588PTP.

As described above, system according to first embodiment is executing communication process and use for shooting processing in combination It is run while the communication process of synchronization process, wherein the beginning and stopping that shooting in shooting processing are controlled, in synchronization It is synchronized at the time of measurement in processing by multiple timing control units.These communication process are not exclusive, and are not always needed It cooperates.

It is, can execute while carrying out shooting and periodically sending normal messages 202 for timing synchronization The communication process of processing.Difference is again when shooting time-consuming, at the time of between a hyposynchronous timing control unit 106 and 122 Increase, and the communication process for timing synchronization processing can periodically carry out during shooting.On the other hand, not always It needs the interval by normal messages 202 associated with the interval of moment request message 207, and sends the behaviour of normal messages 202 Make and the operation of sending instant request message 207 can execute at different intervals.But in the transmission that avoids message and The purpose and other purposes that synchronous precision is improved while time-interleaving between reception, can be by the interval phase of multiple message Association.

Correcting value is statistically calculated according to the communication process as described above for timing synchronization processing.In certain situations Under, the result of this statistical disposition may influence the control of beginning and stopping to shooting.When from multiple moment request messages 207 When the deviation of the multiple correcting values obtained is greater than given threshold value, it is difficult to obtain the correcting value really needed, and be less likely Timing synchronization is successfully established before correction.Therefore, when correcting value has lower degree of certainty (degree of certainty) When, it is believed that timing synchronization is not set up, and radiation imaging system can start with no photo or execute the control for interrupting shooting.

Therefore, when the statistical value of the variation of the correcting value about time information (deviation, standard deviation etc.) is more than given threshold value When, it irradiates control device 120 or radiation imaging apparatus 101 stops detecting related operation with radioactive ray irradiation or radioactive ray.

Specifically, performing control to prevents radiation imaging apparatus 101 from sending and shooting in response to shooting request message 200 Grant message 201.Also it can control radiation imaging apparatus 101, so that radiation imaging apparatus 101 stops just during shooting The transmission of normal message 202, and start to send unexpected message 204.Serve as the degree of certainty for forbidding or interrupting the synchronization of standard of shooting It can be can be changed according to the acquisition parameters of moving image.The variation (deviation, standard deviation etc.) of correcting value about time information Statistical value can be changed according to radioactive ray irradiation condition or radioactive ray testing conditions.

For example, radiation imaging system is configured such that can also hold even if when the degree of certainty of timing synchronization is low Row shooting because when frame per second be lower than given threshold value when, can will test radioactive ray slot setup obtain it is longer.

(second embodiment)

In the first embodiment, irradiate control device 120 in include timing control unit 122 serve as provide radioactive ray at As system presses its base reference of reference timing unit (master clock) operated.However, the invention is not limited thereto.Radiation imaging apparatus The timing control unit 106 for including in 101, which can serve as, provides the base reference of reference timing that radiation imaging system is operated by it Unit (master clock).In this case, believe at the time of irradiation control device 120 is based on referenced by radiation imaging apparatus 101 Breath (at the time of measurement by timing control unit 106) is come information at the time of correction referenced by irradiation control device 120 (by timing control At the time of unit 122 processed measures).

For example, as described above in the synchronization process of radiation imaging apparatus 101 like that, irradiating 120 base of control device The sending instant and time information that information, moment solicited message are sent at the time of referenced by the radiation imaging apparatus 101 The time of reception being received corrects information at the time of referenced by irradiation control device 120.In this case, moment request letter Breath is that request radiation imaging apparatus 101 is requested at the time of sending (time information) at the time of measurement by timing control unit 106 Message.In this case, time information is in response at the time of moment request message is sent from radiation imaging apparatus 101 Message.

Irradiation control device 120 is also based on the lock-out pulse of radiation generating apparatus 110 to correct irradiation control dress Information at the time of referenced by setting 120.It instantiates in fig. 8 and is being configured such that the generation of radiation generating apparatus 110 and shooting The system followed for timing control unit 122 of the corresponding pulse of frame per second at the time of simultaneously operating.Irradiate control device 120 Therefore information (lock-out pulse) irradiates control device 120 to correct at the time of can be based on referenced by radiation generating apparatus 110 Information at the time of referenced (at the time of measurement by timing control unit 122).

Radiation generating apparatus 110 periodically generates lock-out pulse according to the frame per second of shooting, and the lock-out pulse is sent out It send to irradiation control device 120.Although generating lock-out pulse, radiation generating apparatus 110 inhibits the execution of exposure, unless from Irradiation control device 120 receives exposure license.

Radiation generating apparatus 110 generates lock-out pulse according to the source oscillator for including in radiation generating apparatus 110, And lock-out pulse and by irradiation control device 120 timing control unit 122 measure at the time of before or after how far between Error cannot completely eliminate.When not setting up synchronous, the lock-out pulse and irradiation control device of radiation generating apparatus 110 Error between at the time of on 120 increases, and leads to following scenario described: calculating at the time of based on being measured by timing control unit 122 The pulse generation moment out does not generate lock-out pulse.

In order to solve this problem, when irradiation control device 120 generates the lock-out pulse for being supplied to irradiation control device 120 It carves and is compared at the time of measurement by timing control unit 122, and when detecting difference between the two, correct timing Control unit 122 is so that timing control unit 122 follows lock-out pulse.Radiation generating apparatus 110 and radiation line traffic control dress 120 are set directly to be electrically connected to each other without intermediate communication network.Therefore, the wave as caused by communication network in the estimated value of correcting value It moves small.It therefore, there is no need to the statistical disposition for calculating true corrected value, and the timing after detecting difference Difference is carved with regard to much of that.This enables timing control unit 122 accurately to follow lock-out pulse.

It is executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment at the time of making to be measured by timing control unit 122 and by timing control Synchronous operation at the time of unit 106 processed measures.When timing control unit 122 follows lock-out pulse, timing control unit 106 It is followed with small delay.Therefore, lock-out pulse and at the time of measured by timing control unit 106 between difference estimated be greater than first Difference in embodiment.However, as noted previously, as the operation that timing control unit 122 follows lock-out pulse is accurate, institute It is not had much affect generally with biggish difference in practice.

The operation executed when shooting and starting in second embodiment is instantiated in Fig. 9.When detecting exposure button When pressing, at the time of according to being measured by timing control unit 122, the irradiation prediction of control device 120 is after pressing exposure button At the time of generating lock-out pulse 400,401 and 402.When the determining and predetermined exposure since lock-out pulse 400,401 and 402 It carves corresponding and is predicted to be when allowing shooting operation ready lock-out pulse moment, the irradiation consideration of control device 120 is put Time needed for the shooting of ray imaging device 101 prepares operation etc..In Fig. 9, lock-out pulse 401 is used as predetermined exposure and opens Begin the moment.The subsequent exchange of message is executed by using process as in the first embodiment, therefore is omitted to the mistake The description of journey.

Irradiate control device 120 receive shooting grant message 201, and to radiation generating apparatus 110 notice shooting by License.Radiation generating apparatus 110 receives notice and generates put in time as radiation generating apparatus 110 generates lock-out pulse Ray.

(3rd embodiment)

The invention also includes following situations: the timing unit in addition to timing control unit 106 and 122 is present in communication network In network and it is used as master clock.Radiation imaging apparatus 101 is based on master clock (with reference to the time information) Lai Jiaozheng for serving as benchmark Information at the time of referenced by radiation imaging apparatus 101 (at the time of measurement by timing control unit 106).Irradiate control device 120 are similarly based on the master clock (reference instant information) for serving as benchmark come at the time of correction referenced by irradiation control device 120 Information (at the time of measurement by timing control unit 122).

As shown in Figure 10, radiation imaging system according to the third embodiment also wraps other than the system configuration of Fig. 1 Include server at the time of serving as master clock (reference instant information) in a communication network.Moment server executes and the in Fig. 7 The similar processing of the processing that the timing control unit 122 of one embodiment executes.Not with the timing control unit 122 of first embodiment Together, the operation of timing control unit 122 of 3rd embodiment is moment client.

Timing control unit 106 and timing control unit 122 are all kept and communication at the time of Figure 10 between server, and And correction by the time of the measurement of timing control unit 106 and by being serviced at the time of the measurement of timing control unit 122 with following constantly Device.

In the first embodiment, timing control unit 106 is moment client, therefore the statistical estimate for the amount of being corrected. In the third embodiment, timing control unit 122 is also moment client, and is therefore executed and timing control unit 106 Operate identical operation.When the timing control unit 122 for irradiating control device 120 executes the synchronization process with master clock, this Synchronous degree of certainty is reduced, produces the risk of synchronous error hence for timing control unit 122.

In the example described in the first embodiment, when correcting value has low degree of certainty, execution prevents radiation line imaging The control of the license shooting of device 101.In the third embodiment, when correcting value has low degree of certainty, execution prevents irradiation control Device 120 permits the control of radioactive ray irradiation.

Specifically, when degree of certainty is low, irradiation control device 120, which is ignored, presses exposure button, and executes for example Inhibit the operation for sending shooting request message 200 to radiation imaging apparatus 101.

(fourth embodiment)

In the first embodiment, it is assumed that as shown in Figure 7, in the communication process for timing synchronization, moment request disappears Breath and in response at the time of message be essentially equal on the propagation time.However, in some cases, sending out on a communication network The message the sent and received transmission of news time may be unequal on a communication network.Wireless LAN access point (AP) and In communication between radio station, the asymmetry in propagation time is especially prominent.

The communication process how executed in such communication network for timing synchronization is shown in FIG. 11.In It is 10259 at the time of being measured after executing synchronization process by timing control unit 122 in Figure 11, and timing control unit 106 It is 10257 at the time of indicated, it means that the asymmetry in propagation time still causes gap after calibration.Work as asymmetry Property is not temporary and when being consistent, and repeating for synchronization process not can solve the moment difference as caused by asymmetry.

In order to solve this problem, when radiation imaging system 100 is activated, Landline communication unit 104 and channel radio Letter unit 103 can be connected to communication network simultaneously, so that being executed by the two communication units to timing control unit 106 Timing synchronization process.After by temporarily executing timing synchronization using Landline communication unit 104 and wireless communication unit 103, It will be set as true at the time of performing synchronous using Landline communication unit 104, and assume utilizing wireless communication unit 103 include stable correction gap at the time of performing synchronous.So, the difference between previous moment and later moment in time is wireless The correction gap of synchronization process in communication unit.

As described above, although continuing to use wireless communication unit in subsequent synchronization process, it can be by using tricks The correction gap of calculating modifies correcting value to solve consistent correction gap.

Therefore radiation imaging apparatus 101 can pass through the first communication unit (wire communication) and the second communication unit (nothing Line communication) communication irradiation control device 120 between of the holding to propagate time information.

Radiation imaging apparatus 101 executes the first correction process, in first correction process, is communicated based on passing through first Information (at the time of measurement by timing control unit 122) is radiated at the time of unit is received from irradiation control device 120 to correct Information at the time of referenced by ray imaging device 101 (at the time of measurement by timing control unit 106).In addition, radiation line imaging dress 101 the second correction process of execution are set, in second correction process, are based on passing through the second communication unit from irradiation control device Referenced by 120 information at the time of receive (at the time of measurement as timing control unit 122) Lai Jiaozheng radiation imaging apparatus 101 At the time of information (by timing control unit 106 measure at the time of).

Radiation imaging apparatus 101 is used in the first correction process the correcting value that obtains to modify in the second correction process The correcting value of acquisition.In this case, in the first correction process error at the time of between information is less than the second correction process Error at the time of middle between information, therefore, using by will by the first correction process correct at the time of as the true moment come Modify the correcting value obtained in the second correction process.

In the fourth embodiment, when will execute synchronous synchronization point using Landline communication unit 104 as substantial synchronization It carves.However, the invention is not limited thereto.The substantial synchronization moment can use for example in the case where no intermediate communication network Synchronous direct synchronization unit is established to set.

(the 5th embodiment)

In the first embodiment, it is noted that the communication process of synchronization process can be continued on for, during shooting to prevent Difference increases at the time of between radiation imaging apparatus 101 and irradiation control device 120.By for radiation imaging apparatus 101 Timing control unit 106 source oscillator and irradiation control device 120 timing control unit 122 source oscillator assign such as Lower precision level, although the communication process interruption for synchronization process is also possible to prevent moment difference and increases rapidly: in the precision Level, in the case where no correction, the period of oscillator is very close to each other.

This can be used for during the execution of shooting or other times stop the communication process for being used for synchronization process.But It is different that the extended time out that synchronization process is stopped therebetween inevitably will increase time difference.It therefore, can be based on pause The length of time estimates the maximum moment difference as caused by time out, so that when the maximum moment difference of estimation is more than given Synchronization process is executed when threshold value again, specifically, alert operator and require operator from last time execute synchronization process It goes to execute synchronization process again when some time.

The example of timing synchronization is not limited to the communication process described in the first embodiment, and can be for not having Synchronous synchronous method is established in the case where intermediate communication network.For example, irradiation control device 120 and radiation imaging apparatus 101 are synchronized by being directly electrically connected, and directly electrical connection is then turned off to execute shooting operation, and ought autotomy open over certain When a time, shooting operation is interrupted automatically, and operator is required to execute synchronization process again.

According to first embodiment described above to the 5th embodiment, can make radiation generating apparatus and radioactive ray at It, can be by stopping radioactive ray irradiation as being shot while device is synchronous, and when speculating situation about can not synchronize To avoid unnecessary exposure.Furthermore it is possible to improve the synchronous precision of shooting by executing timing synchronization processing.

The embodiment of the present invention is described above, but the invention is not restricted to this, and can want in appended right It is changed and modified in the range of asking.

For example, irradiation control device 120 and radiation imaging apparatus 101 respectively include internal clocking (timing control unit 122 and 106), and radiation imaging apparatus 101 is based on its own internal clocking at the time of, executes shooting operation.Irradiation control At the time of device 120 processed is based on its own internal clocking and between irradiation control device 120 and radiation imaging apparatus 101 At the time of difference come control pulse type radioactive ray irradiation.

Radiation imaging system 100 includes at least the irradiation control device 120 of the timing of control pulse type radioactive ray irradiation And one or more radiation imaging apparatus 101, and irradiate control device 120 and one or more radiation imaging apparatus 101 are connected with each other by communication network lines.

It irradiates control device 120 and passes through each radiation imaging apparatus of the communication network lines into radiation imaging system 101 send the message at the time of pulse irradiation comprising to execute radioactive ray.Each radiation imaging apparatus 101 receives this and disappears Breath, and confirmation response is sent to irradiation control device 120.When from each radiation imaging apparatus for being sent to it message 101 receive confirmation response when, irradiate control device 120 with specific frame period continue pulse type radioactive ray irradiation.When giving When being not received by confirmation response in the commutator pulse of fixed number amount, irradiation control device 120 stops irradiation.

Irradiation control device 120 or radiation imaging apparatus 101 calculated based on the correcting value of time information correcting value with The variation of time, and correcting value is estimated based on changing with time.When the correcting value of estimation is more than given threshold value, irradiation control Device 120 processed executes the correction of information at the time of irradiation referenced by control device 120 and irradiates related operation with radioactive ray At least one of in stopping.When the correcting value of estimation is more than given threshold value, radiation imaging apparatus 101 executes radiation line imaging At the time of referenced by device 101 correction of information and detected with radioactive ray in the stopping of related operation at least one of.

For example, by as described above repeatedly corrected time information, calculate correcting value variable quantity per unit time and Make the average value of variable quantity multiplied by the past time, estimates correcting value according to changing with time.

(other embodiments)

The present invention can also be by will realize via network or recording medium the one or more functions of above-described embodiment Program is supplied to system or device and executes and read and executed by one or more processors in the computer of system or device The processing of the program is implemented.The present invention can also be implemented by realizing the circuit (for example, ASIC) of one or more functions.

This application claims the equity of the Japanese patent application No.2017-076303 submitted on April 6th, 2017, wholes Content is incorporated by reference into this.

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100 radiation imaging systems

101 radiation imaging apparatus (detection control unit)

102 photographing control units

103 wireless communication units

104 Landline communication units

105 drive control units

106,122 timing control unit

107 picture receivers (detection unit)

109 radiation sources

110 radiation generating apparatus (illumination unit)

115 exposure buttons

120 irradiation control devices (irradiation control unit)

121 Landline communication units

123 radiation pulses generation units