Abstract:
When a cassette transceiver starts to transmit radiation image information to a console transceiver, the cassette transceiver transmits a test radio wave, and the console transceiver calculates a minimum transmission radio-field intensity of said cassette transceiver which is required to receive the radiation image information from a received intensity of said test radio wave, and transmits a command radio wave representing the calculated minimum transmission radio-field intensity as a command to said cassette transceiver. The cassette transceiver is thus capable of transmitting the radiation image information at the commanded minimum transmission radio-field intensity. The consumption of electric power for transmitting the radiation image information from the cassette transceiver to the console transceiver is thus minimized.
Abstract:
A radiation detecting cassette includes an IC card detector which detects insertion of an IC card in a slot, outputs a detection signal representing that the IC card is inserted in the slot, and reads ID information stored in the IC card. An ID checker of the radiation detecting cassette checks the ID information against ID information stored in a card ID memory. A battery controller controls a battery to start supplying electric power to a radiation detector based on a checking result from the ID checker.
Abstract:
A radiation imaging system is equipped with a radiation imaging apparatus and a control apparatus. The radiation imaging apparatus reads out image signals from a radiation detecting section that detects radiation which has passed through a subject, and outputs the read out image signals as wireless signals. The control apparatus outputs predetermined control signals to the radiation imaging apparatus as wireless signals. A second wireless communicating section of the control apparatus decreases the signal strength of communications to be lower during readout of the image signals than at times other than during readout of image signals.
Abstract:
A lightweight cassette system comprises a cassette for detecting radiation image and a control unit for communicating with a console, the control unit being connected to the cassette. The control unit, which includes electronic components such as an interface circuit, a cassette controller, and a communication unit, is separably connected to the cassette which includes a radiation detector by connectors and a cable.
Abstract:
A radiation detecting cassette includes an IC card detector which detects insertion of an IC card in a slot, outputs a detection signal representing that the IC card is inserted in the slot, and reads ID information stored in the IC card. An ID checker of the radiation detecting cassette checks the ID information against ID information stored in a card ID memory. A battery controller controls a battery to start supplying electric power to a radiation detector based on a checking result from the ID checker.
Abstract:
A signal detector detects signals transmitted from signal generators disposed in a radiation detecting cassette, and a distance calculator calculates the distance between a radiation source and a radiation detector based on the signals detected by the signal detector. A determining unit determines whether the detected distance matches a predetermined distance from the radiation source to the radiation detector when a radiation image is captured. If the detected distance does not match the predetermined distance, the determining unit outputs, to a warning unit, a warning signal indicating that the detected distance does not match the predetermined distance, and also outputs a control signal for equalizing the detected distance with the predetermined distance, to a radiation source movement controller.
Abstract:
A radiation image capturing method, a radiation image capturing system, and a radiation information system are provided. In the present invention, a console checks a cassette ID (specified cassette ID) sent from an RIS server as the cassette ID of a radiation detecting cassette that is planned to be used to capture a radiation image, and a cassette ID (actual cassette ID) that is read by the console from a radiation detecting cassette which is placed in an operating room or an image capturing room and which is to be actually used to capture a radiation image, with each other. Based on the result of the cassette ID check, the console determines whether to permit a radiation image to be captured or not.
Abstract:
On a paper path in a photo printer, a skew corrector is provided to correct skew of recording sheets simultaneously in two lines. The skew corrector consists of a first conveyer roller pair, a second conveyer roller pair and a strike guide. The recording sheets are conveyed by the first conveyer roller pair after their leading edges strike on the strike guide, to bend the recording sheets flexibly between the first conveyer roller pair and the strike guide, thereby to correct skew of each recording sheet. A necessary transport amount for correcting the skew of the recording sheet is calculated on each line based on detection signals from photo sensors, which are disposed between the first and second conveyer roller pairs, and a width of the recording sheet. The recording sheets of the respective lines are conveyed by the largest necessary transport amount among the calculated ones.
Abstract:
A blue laser light source is a semiconductor laser having a sapphire substrate that is transparent to a wavelength of a blue laser beam emitted from an active layer. A condenser lens converges the blue laser beam at a focal point where a modulator is placed. A slit plate limits the light flux on the exit side of the condenser lens. A slit of the slit plate is located at a depth position (Z) on an optical axis of the condenser lens, and the depth position satisfies the following conditions: Z≧Z0 (Z0
Abstract translation:蓝色激光光源是具有对从有源层发射的蓝色激光束的波长透明的蓝宝石衬底的半导体激光器。 聚光透镜将蓝色激光束会聚在调制器放置的焦点处。 狭缝板限制聚光透镜出射侧的光通量。 狭缝板的狭缝位于聚光透镜的光轴上的深度位置(Z),深度位置满足以下条件:Z> = Z 0(Z 0 <0)和P p(Z 0) = P 1,其中Z被假定为在来自焦点的蓝色激光束的前侧上具有正值,P p(Z)是通过将蓝色激光束在平行方向上的宽度与 在深度位置Z处的活动表面在所述深度位置处的平行方向上的外来光的宽度,并且P 1是无限远(Z->∞)处的Pp(Z)的收敛值。
Abstract:
A semiconductor laser driving circuit for driving a semiconductor laser as an exposure light source is used in an image recording apparatus for recording an image using a light beam from the laser. The light beam emitted from the laser is subjected to pulse modulation in correspondence with a command signal. The circuit includes an error amplifier for amplifying a difference between the command signal and a signal fed back from the laser to output an output signal, a diode and a resistor connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal of the error amplifier and a driver for driving the laser based on the output signal.