Portable radiation imaging system

摘要

A portable radiation imaging system (10) includes a radiation source (11), a radiation detector (7), a remote trigger unit (17) that activates the radiation source (11) and the radiation detector (7) to initiate an imaging operation, a computing device (13) that receives and processes image data generated by the radiation detector (7), and a universal power box (UPB) (1) operatively connected to the radiation source, the radiation detector, the trigger unit and the computing device. A first wireless link (50) is established between the UPB (1) and the computing device (13), and a second wireless link (60) is established between the trigger unit (17) and the UPB (1). Under the control of the UPB (1), the trigger unit uses the second wireless link (50) to send a control signal to the radiation source (11) to initiate the radiation operation, and the computing device (13) uses the first wireless link (50) to receive image data from the radiation detector (7). The trigger unit (17) can remotely initiate the radiation operation.

主权项

1. A portable x-ray imaging system, comprising:
a x-ray source configured to irradiate an object with x-ray radiation; a x-ray detector configured to detect the x-ray radiation passing through the object and to generate image data based on detected x-ray radiation; a computing device configured to receive and process the image data-generated by the x-ray detector to produce an x-ray image; a radio frequency (RF) trigger unit configured to emit a trigger signal to remotely initiate a x-ray imaging operation; and a universal power box having a housing enclosure and configured to receive electric power from an alternate current (AC) power source and/or a direct current (DC) power source and configured to generate DC voltage to power at least one of a first power board, a second power board and a logical interface board disposed as floating boards within the housing enclosure, wherein the logical interface board includes logical circuitry configured to (a) receive the trigger signal from the RF trigger unit via RF wireless communication, (b) transfer the trigger signal to the x-ray source and to the x-ray detector via wired or wireless communication, (c) receive the image data from the x-ray detector via wired or wireless communication, and (d) transfer the image data received from the x-ray detector to the computing device via digital wireless communication, wherein, in response to receiving the trigger signal from the RF trigger unit, the logical data interface routes the trigger signal to the x-ray source and to the x-ray detector to initiate the imaging operation, and wherein the x-ray source, the x-ray detector, the computing device, the universal power box, and the RF trigger unit are configured to be removably housed in a portable housing having the shape of a suitcase.