Digital Mobile Radiography Systems and Methods

Abstract: a mobile radiography system of the present disclosure has an x-ray source assembly that activates a digital x-ray detector through x-rays striking the digital x-ray detector and a test plate in a stream of the x-rays configured to image a test pattern onto the digital x-ray detector. further, the mobile radiography system has a processor that receives data indicative of the test pattern and the anatomy of interest and generates a first image based upon the data indicative of the test pattern and the anatomy of interest. further, the processor analyzes the first image and determines if a focal spot of the x-ray source assembly is aligned with a focal axis of an anti-scatter grid and the digital x-ray detector. when the focal spot of the x-ray source assembly is misaligned with the focal axis of the anti-scatter grid and center of the digital x-ray detector, the processor further aligns the focal spot of the x-ray source assembly with the focal axis of the anti-scatter grid and the center of the digital x-ray detector or the instructs an operator for manually aligning the focal spot of the x-ray source assembly with the focal axis of the anti-scatter grid and the center of the digital x-ray detector.

Inventor(s): Gary T. Barnes

CPC Classification: A61B6/4405 ({the apparatus being movable or portable, e.g. handheld or mounted on a trolley})

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