公开(公告)号：EP1032860A4

公开(公告)日：2005-03-09

申请号：EP98955879

申请日：1998-11-18

Applicant: OREX COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY LTD

Inventor： KOREN JACOB

IPC: G02B26/10 ,  G02B27/02 ,  H04N1/06 ,  G02B26/08

CPC classification number: G03B42/08 ,  G02B26/10 ,  G02B27/023 ,  H04N1/0607 ,  H04N1/0621 ,  H04N1/0635 ,  H04N1/0642

Abstract: A scanning apparatus is provided, which includes a fixed, hollow cylindrical segment (12) having a central longitudinal axis (16), the interior of which forms a concave surface for intimate contact with a medium for recording and/or readout, a support structure forming a transport for translational movement along the axis, a light source (18) mounted on the transport for movement therewith and for providing a beam capable of being directed along the axis, and a slanted mirror (26), angled 45 degrees with respect to the axis and mounted on the transport for translational movement therewith and for rotational spinning around the axis. The beam from the light source is reflected 90 degrees from along the axis along a radial to the medium and the rotation and translation cause the beam to scan the medium such that the rotating light beam is at all times perpendicular to the medium at the point of contact of the beam with the medium.

Abstract translation: 提供了一种扫描装置，其包括具有中心纵向轴线的固定的中空圆柱形段，其内部形成用于与用于记录和/或读出的介质紧密接触的凹面，形成用于平移的传送装置的支撑结构 沿着轴线的运动，安装在运输工具上用于与其一起运动并用于提供能够沿着轴线定向的梁的光源以及相对于轴成45度倾斜的倾斜镜，并安装在运输装置上用于平移运动 并绕轴旋转。 来自光源的光束沿着轴线沿径向反射90度至介质，并且旋转和平移使光束扫描介质，使得旋转光束始终垂直于介质的点处 光束与介质的接触。

公开(公告)号：EP1502152A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-02

申请号：EP03726685.5

申请日：2003-05-07

Applicant: Orex Computed Radiography

Inventor： BERGER, Amir ,  RAPOPORT, Boris ,  KOREN, Jacob

IPC: G03B42/04 ,  A61N5/10

CPC classification number: G03B42/045 ,  A61N5/1049

Abstract: Methods and apparatus that facilitate exposure and/or automatic transfer of an image recording medium from an apparatus adapted to handle the image recording medium, such as a cassette, to an image acquisition system, such as an image reader. In one exemplary implementation, a side-access cassette for handling an image recording medium is provided that facilitates the automatic transfer of the image recording medium from the cassette into an automatic loader and from the automatic loader into the cassette. The cassette may further include a radiation conversion window to attenuate radiation during high energy X-ray imaging such that the cassette and automatic loader may be employed in a variety of X-ray imaging processes and techniques. In one aspect, such a conversion window allows recording media such as phosphor plates to be exposed using source radiation incident to the cassette having energy levels on the order of MeV, which is significantly higher than that typically used to expose phosphor plates.

公开(公告)号：EP1820335A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-22

申请号：EP05784975.4

申请日：2005-08-12

Applicant: Orex Computed Radiography Ltd.

Inventor： KOREN, Jacob

IPC: H04N5/321

CPC classification number: G01T1/2014 ,  G03B42/08

Abstract: A radiation image read-out method and apparatus for a stimulable phosphor sheet, provided with a layer of stimulable phosphor, which has been exposed to radiation to carry information about an image, and the image is thereby stored on the stimulable phosphor sheet. The method includes the steps of : exposing the stimulable phosphor sheet to stimulating rays to emit light in proportion to the amount of energy stored thereon during its exposure to radiation ; sensing the emitted light to generate a detection signal ; amplifying the detection signal using a first amplifier or a second amplifier, dependent on the magnitude of the detection signal, to generate an amplified detection signal, the first amplifier differing from the second amplifier ; and converting the amplified detection signals into a degital signal to form a digital image. In a preferred embodiment, the first and second amplifiers are logarithmic and linear amplifiers.

公开(公告)号：EP1805532A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-11

申请号：EP05813943.7

申请日：2005-10-27

Applicant: Orex Computed Radiography Ltd.

Inventor： KOREN, Jacob

IPC: G01T1/29

CPC classification number: G03B42/08 ,  G01T1/2014

Abstract: A method of scanning a sample responsive to stimulating radiation by providing stimulated radiation to the sample along a scanning path that includes more than one pass over at least a portion of the sample. The method includes the steps of performing two read-outs at a particular intensity stimulating radiation. A first read-out of the sample is performed with a the intensity stimulating radiation to produce a first image signal having information representing a first exposure image. A second read-out of the sample is performed with the intensity stimulating radiation to produce a second image signal having information representing a second exposure image. The first and second image signals are then combined to form a third image signal representative of the image stored on the sample.

公开(公告)号：EP1007990B1

公开(公告)日：2003-08-20

申请号：EP98928513.5

申请日：1998-06-24

Applicant: Orex Computed Radiography Ltd.

Inventor： KOREN, Jacob

IPC: G01T1/29 ,  H04N1/029 ,  H04N1/06 ,  H04N1/191

CPC classification number: H04N1/0614 ,  G01T1/2012 ,  H04N1/0671 ,  H04N2201/0412

Abstract: For use with an optical scanning device, a reading head (40) comprising a housing (41, 83) having at least one bore (42, 84, 84') for accommodating therein a respective photo-multiplier tube (43, 81, 82) and a non-intersecting lateral bore (44, 85) for accommodating therein a stimulating light source (45, 86) for producing a stimulating beam having a first wavelength. A focusing lens (46, 91) is mounted in association with the stimulating light source for focusing the stimulating beam on a film (92) of the scanning device so as to produce stimulated fluorescent light having a second wavelength in the film at a point of contact by the stimulating beam. A window (50, 88) is provided within the housing for mounting therein a filter (51, 89, 90) for transmitting therethrough the stimulated fluorescent light whilst substantially blocking reflections of the stimulating beam. The housing is mounted in spaced relationship with the film so as to direct the stimulating light beam perpendicular to the film such that the distance from the film to an internal periphery of the lateral bore within the housing is equal to a focal length of the focusing lens, and the stimulating light source is fixed within the lateral bore so that the focusing lens is in precise registration with the internal periphery.

公开(公告)号：EP1502152B1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-04

申请号：EP03726685.5

申请日：2003-05-07

Applicant: Orex Computed Radiography

Inventor： BERGER, Amir ,  RAPOPORT, Boris ,  KOREN, Jacob

IPC: G03B42/04 ,  A61N5/10

CPC classification number: G03B42/045 ,  A61N5/1049

公开(公告)号：EP1812824A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-01

申请号：EP05812492.6

申请日：2005-10-14

Applicant: Orex Computed Radiography Ltd.

Inventor： KOREN, Jacob

IPC: G03B42/04

CPC classification number: G03B42/04 ,  G03B37/04

Abstract: A storage phosphor cassette for use in recording radiographic images of elongated objects. The cassette comprises a shell and a single storage phosphor plate. The shell includes first and second opposite open ends. The single storage phosphor plate is housed within the shell and is adapted to be at least partially removable from the shell through the first and second open ends. A radiation image of the elongate object can be read by extracting a first portion of the single plate through one of the two opposing ends of the cassette and scanning the first portion of the single storage phosphor plate to obtain a first partial image, extracting a second portion of the single plate through the other of the two opposing ends of the cassette and scanning the second portion of the single storage phosphor plate to obtain a second partial image.

公开(公告)号：EP1686896A2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-09

申请号：EP04812169.3

申请日：2004-11-24

Applicant: Orex Computed Radiography

Inventor： KOREN, Jacob

IPC: A61B6/00 ,  G01T1/29 ,  G03B42/04 ,  G02B27/02

CPC classification number: G03B42/04

Abstract: In one aspect, a mobile computed radiography (CR) unit (100) is provided. The mobile CR unit includes a CR scanner (150) adapted to acquire one or more images from an image recording medium, and a transport mechanism (110) coupled to the CR scanner, the transport mechanism adapted to facilitate transport of the mobile CR apparatus between locations. In another aspect, the mobile CR unit is constructed as a single free-standing integrated device having a frame that couples together the CR scanner, a display (120) adapted to view the one more images acquired by the CR scanner, and a plurality of wheels (110) that allow the mobile CR unit to be transported from one location to another.

公开(公告)号：EP1423682A1

公开(公告)日：2004-06-02

申请号：EP02755601.8

申请日：2002-08-01

Applicant: Orex Computed Radiography Ltd.

Inventor： KOREN, Jacob

IPC: G01N23/04

CPC classification number: G03B42/08 ,  G01T1/2964 ,  G02B26/10 ,  G02B27/023 ,  H04N1/0283 ,  H04N1/0607 ,  H04N1/0621 ,  H04N1/0635 ,  H04N1/0642 ,  H04N1/0671 ,  H04N1/0678

Abstract: A scanning apparatus is provided, which includes a medium (14) attached to a surface of a fixed, hollow cylindrical segment (12), the fixed, hollow cylindrical segment having a first longitudinal axis (16), a rotational radial laser beam rotating around the first longitudinal axis and arranged to scan said medium, and a light sensitive detector (20) having a light acceptance direction along a second axis coinciding with the first longitudinal axis of the cylindrical segment.

Abstract translation: 提供一种扫描设备，其包括附着到固定的中空圆柱形部分（12）的表面的介质（14），该固定的中空圆柱部分具有第一纵向轴线（16），旋转的径向激光束 所述第一纵向轴线并被布置为扫描所述介质;以及光敏检测器（20），所述光敏检测器具有沿着与所述圆柱形段的所述第一纵向轴线重合的第二轴线的光接收方向。