Abstract: A system and method for the prediction of a thermal load for a proposed imaging procedure in view of the current thermal state for an imaging system employs a suitable software program/algorithm which determines a predicted or likely set of individual steps for a proposed imaging procedure to be performed. The system receives parameters for the particular imaging procedure to be performed and compares these parameters with information stored concerning prior performed imaging procedures to locate prior performed imaging procedures that have similar parameters to that for the proposed imaging procedure. The system utilizes the similar prior performed procedures as models of a likely set of imaging steps for the proposed procedure and estimates the heat generation produced by the models. The software program/algorithm can then determine if the entire proposed imaging procedure represented by the models can be successfully performed under the current thermal state for the imaging system.

Abstract: A system and method for the prediction of a thermal load for a proposed imaging procedure in view of the current thermal state for an imaging system employs a suitable software program/algorithm which determines a predicted or likely set of individual steps for a proposed imaging procedure to be performed. The system receives parameters for the particular imaging procedure to be performed and compares these parameters with information stored concerning prior performed imaging procedures or cases to locate prior performed imaging procedures that have similar parameters to that for the proposed imaging procedure. The system utilizes the similar prior performed procedures as models of a likely set of imaging steps for the proposed procedure and estimates the heat generation produced by the models. The software program/algorithm can then determine if the entire proposed imaging procedure represented by the models can be successfully performed under the current thermal state for the imaging system.

Abstract: A method for conveying one or more predictive indicators of an imaging control parameter is provided. The method includes: obtaining an initial image acquisition via an imaging system based at least in part on an initial configuration of the imaging system; collecting data regarding the imaging control parameter during the initial image acquisition; and generating the one or more predictive indicators based at least in part on the collected data. Each of the one or more predictive indicators corresponds to a calculated value of the imaging control parameter associated with a potential configuration of the imaging system different from the initial configuration.

Abstract: A method for conveying one or more predictive indicators of an imaging control parameter is provided. The method includes: obtaining an initial image acquisition via an imaging system based at least in part on an initial configuration of the imaging system; collecting data regarding the imaging control parameter during the initial image acquisition; and generating the one or more predictive indicators based at least in part on the collected data. Each of the one or more predictive indicators corresponds to a calculated value of the imaging control parameter associated with a potential configuration of the imaging system different from the initial configuration.

Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring the radiation dose in a body to be imaged using an X-ray imaging device comprising an X-ray emitting source, a detector, a processing unit and a display. The method comprises exposing the body to be imaged to radiation doses to acquire initial 2D images; computing a 3D model of the body in relation to the initial 2D images using the processing unit; applying a model of the interactions between matter and radiation to the 3D model of the body using the processing unit; calculating, using the processing unit, a dose map of the distribution of the accumulated radiation dose in the 3D model for parameters that define the conditions of X-ray exposure; and displaying the 3D model of the body oriented according to the position of the emitting source with the dose map.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a radiation dose applied to a patient being exposed or having been exposed to radiation from a medical imaging system, the medical imaging system comprising an X-ray source, the X-ray source describing a trajectory in a coordinate system of reference of the medical imaging system having an origin, the method comprising determining the current coordinates, in the coordinate system of reference of the medical imaging system, of a current region being exposed or having been exposed to radiation from the X-ray source, of an envelope of a patient model, in relation to a current position of the X-ray source, determining, from the current coordinates, a current coordinate system of reference having as origin the current position of the X-ray source, the current coordinate system of reference being centered on the current region, and displaying a representation of the current region centered on the current coordinate system of reference.

Abstract: A method for controlling the emission of an X-ray imaging device configured to take images of a patient's body, into which a medical instrument has been inserted, is provided. The method comprises: processing at least one image of the patient's body taken by the X-ray imaging device to extract information representing the instrument, wherein the at least one image comprises the instrument; and adapting X-ray emission parameters of the X-ray imaging device, depending on the information extracted from the at least one image, to minimize the X-ray dose emitted towards the patient's body.

Abstract: A method for controlling the emission of an X-ray imaging device configured to take images of a patient's body, into which a medical instrument has been inserted, is provided. The method comprises: processing at least one image of the patient's body taken by the X-ray imaging device to extract information representing the instrument, wherein the at least one image comprises the instrument; and adapting X-ray emission parameters of the X-ray imaging device, depending on the information extracted from the at least one image, to minimize the X-ray dose emitted towards the patient's body.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a radiation dose applied to a patient being exposed or having been exposed to radiation from a medical imaging system, the medical imaging system comprising an X-ray source, the X-ray source describing a trajectory in a coordinate system of reference of the medical imaging system having an origin, the method comprising determining the current coordinates, in the coordinate system of reference of the medical imaging system, of a current region being exposed or having been exposed to radiation from the X-ray source, of an envelope of a patient model, in relation to a current position of the X-ray source, determining, from the current coordinates, a current coordinate system of reference having as origin the current position of the X-ray source, the current coordinate system of reference being centered on the current region, and displaying a representation of the current region centered on the current coordinate system of reference.

Abstract: A method for controlling the emission of an X-ray imaging device configured to take images of a patient's body, into which a medical instrument has been inserted, is provided. The method comprises: processing at least one image of the patient's body taken by the X-ray imaging device to extract information representing the instrument, wherein the at least one image comprises the instrument; and adapting X-ray emission parameters of the X-ray imaging device, depending on the information extracted from the at least one image, to minimize the X-ray dose emitted towards the patient's body.

Abstract: A method is provided for monitoring the radiation dose in a body to be imaged using an X-ray imaging device comprising an X-ray emitting source, a detector, a processing unit and a display. The method comprises exposing the body to be imaged to radiation doses to acquire initial 2D images; computing a 3D model of the body in relation to the initial 2D images using the processing unit; applying a model of the interactions between matter and radiation to the 3D model of the body using the processing unit; calculating, using the processing unit, a dose map of the distribution of the accumulated radiation dose in the 3D model for parameters that define the conditions of X-ray exposure; and displaying the 3D model of the body oriented according to the position of the emitting source with the dose map.

Abstract: The embodiments of the invention pertain to a method, a computer program, and an imaging system used to monitor the dose of radiation accumulated in a body or a part of a body being or having been subject to radiation exposure during an acquisition of at least one radiological image, comprising: processing the at least one radiological image to determine a 3D model of the body or of the part of a body; applying a theoretical model for the interactions between matter and radiation to the 3D model; storing in memory the parameters characteristic of the emission of radiation produced during the acquisition of the at least one radiological image; and calculating a distribution of an accumulated radiation dose in the body or the part of a body which has been the subject of the acquisition of the at least one radiological image.

Abstract: Collimation device of the type intended to direct an energy beam in a given direction and at a given solid angle, the collimation device being capable of being installed on output of an energy beam generating arrangement and of being connected to a control unit. The collimation device includes the ability for testing operation of the assembly formed by the energy beam generating arrangement, the collimation device and the control unit.

Abstract: Collimation device of the type intended to direct an energy beam in a given direction and at a given solid angle, the collimation device being capable of being installed on output of an energy beam generating arrangement and of being connected to a control unit. The collimation device includes the ability for testing operation of the assembly formed by the energy beam generating arrangement the collimation device and the control unit.

Abstract: Collimation device of the type intended to direct an energy beam in a given direction and at a given solid angle, the collimation device being capable of being installed on output of an energy beam generating means and of being connected to a control unit. The collimation device includes means for testing operation of the assembly formed by the energy beam generating means, the collimation device and the control unit.

Abstract: To make the settings for an X-ray installation, so that the images that it reveals have the greatest possible contrast, a measurement is made of a mean equivalent thickness of the body of a patient being examined from a test image. However, as a preliminary, the test image is rid of those pixels for which it is known, a priori, that their significance does not comprise any interesting gray levels. The dynamic range of the image can be set objectively by choosing the thickness threshold and the equivalent mean thickness as a given proportion of the dynamic range. Preferably, the computation and the setting are done on the fly, in real time after the acquisition of the test image.

Abstract: Collimation device of the type intended to direct an energy beam in a given direction and at a given solid angle, the collimation device being capable of being installed on output of an energy beam generating means and of being connected to a control unit. The collimation device includes means for testing operation of the assembly formed by the energy beam generating means, the collimation device 1 and the control unit.