Abstract: In a device and associated method for monitoring solid-state detectors, image segments of a test image (such as, for example, a dark current image) from solid-state detectors are evaluated and further usability of the solid-state detector is indicated using assessment criteria.

Abstract: According to at least one embodiment of the invention, the measurement of an image dose is performed in the flat X-ray detector itself. The flat X-ray detector, in at least one embodiment, has a scintillator that converts the incident X-rays into light. The actual image signals are then generated in a light converting layer. A portion of the light generated by the scintillator is branched off, with the use of fiber optic elements, to at least one photocounter. The fraction of the branched off light is fixed, that is to say a measured value determined by the photocounter is proportional to the image dose. It is thereby possible to determine the image dose provisionally during image recording, and to intervene for control purposes by, if appropriate, changing the image recording period (beam time on X-ray tube) and the operating voltage of an X-ray tube during the image recording.

Abstract: Disclosed is a patient table for an x-ray system with a table top, the length of which can be optionally varied. The table top can be of a modular design, or can comprise a plurality of table segments or slats depending on the type of x-ray device used.

Abstract: A flat panel detector for x-ray radiation has at least one radiation sensor and at least one temperature sensor. The radiation sensor is composed of a number of radiation sensor elements. The temperature sensor is of laminar design, and its surface is approximately equal in size to the surface of the radiation sensor. The temperature sensor can be formed by a number of temperature sensor elements. The current temperature of each pixel of the radiation sensor thus can be determined.

Abstract: For the purpose of noise correction for an x-ray flat-panel detector (2) it is firstly provided that in the dark image—without radiation impinging on the detector panel (4)—the noise is recorded for the subareas of an active area (8) and from this, subarea-specific correction factors are determined by means of which the respective signal value of the respective subarea is corrected in imaging operation. A dark area correction factor (DF1, DF2) is also determined in each case from the noise of two dark areas (6) that are spaced apart with respect to each other. In order to determine subarea-specific signal correction factors (SK), each of the DA correction factors (DF1, DF2) is weighted with a subarea-specific weighting factor (g1, g2), in particular a distance factor (a). By means of said measure improved noise correction is achieved.

Abstract: In flat-panel X-ray detectors which have a multiplicity of detector elements which are in each case associated with one pixel of an X-ray image, the individual detectors generate offset signals. These offset signals are detected by recording offset images in which there is no X-ray irradiation (dark images). The offset images are recorded after the X-ray images to be corrected in time. If for each X-ray image record, an associated offset image record is generated by using a single offset image or of two, the offset images can be recorded closely in time. Ghosting effects are then not disturbing because the offset images are only used for correcting the X-ray images which cause the ghosting.

Abstract: An X-ray appliance is disclosed including an X-ray emitter, arranged such that it cannot rotate, and a flat detector mounted such that it can rotate. The appliance further includes an upgraded calibration device, by which calibration images are recorded for different rotations of the detector relative to the X-ray emitter, with a complete calibration data record with a gain image and pixel defect map being created for each rotation position of the flat detector.

Abstract: During tomosynthesis a plurality of x-ray images is acquired. The angular position of the x-ray tube is changed from x-ray image to x-ray image. Absorption in the imaged object (patient) and also in the patient table changes as a function of the angle. To compensate for this, backlight is applied while the x-ray images are being acquired. The intensity of the back light is selected as a function of the angle of the x-ray tube to the normal of the flat x-ray detector. Backlight can also be directed during reading, with only the areas already read in each instance being irradiated.

Abstract: In order to determine the quality of a butting during the manufacture of a flat X-ray detector, it is sufficient for the mounting plate of the detector to be produced with detector plates which are connected by butting, and for a backlight board to be provided in order to illuminate the pleats through the mounting substrate. At least one backlight image is recorded with the aid of the backlight board and the detector plates, and is evaluated automatically in order to determine whether, in the zone of the image of the butting structure, it has areas which are illuminated more than averagely strongly or weakly, based on a predetermined assessment criterion. This may result in the determination of artifacts, which are characterized by the so-called light-and-shadow effect. It is thus possible to determine during manufacture whether the butting is sufficiently good to continue the detector manufacturing process, or not.

Abstract: To comply with radiation protection provisions that differ from one another for different operating functions without operational restrictions, a radiation protection system is provided in the case of a multifunctional x-ray system for a solid state detector assigned to the x-ray system. The radiation protection system includes a device for restricting the current outer contours of an x-radiation field to bounding outer contours dependent on the selected operating function of the x-ray system.

Abstract: In a device and associated method for monitoring solid-state detectors, image segments of a test image (such as, for example, a dark current image) from solid-state detectors are evaluated and further usability of the solid-state detector is indicated using assessment criteria.

Abstract: In a method to create a gain-corrected x-ray image with the aid of a flat-panel x-ray detector a number of gain images are determined on calibration and this is done for different measurement situations which correspond to different settings of specific x-ray imaging variables such as the angle of the flat-panel x-ray detector to an x-ray tube, the energy of the x-radiation used etc. Instead of the usual gain image for each element of the detector, a gain value is then used in the gain correction which is produced from an interpolation of the corresponding values from the number of gain images.

Abstract: In order to increase the useful surface of an X-ray detector, in particular a flat image detector, a method is provided for gain calibration of an X-ray imaging system with a digital X-ray detector including an active matrix having pixel readout units. Pixels are read out from the pixel readout units, and a brightness drop below a defined threshold is determined for the read out pixels by an image processing unit. The pixel readout units having a brightness drop below the defined threshold are specified with regard to a cause of the brightness drop. Further, as a function of the specification, it is defined for which image raw values, subsequently read out from the affected pixel readout units, a gain correction is to be undertaken.

Abstract: A plurality of plates is bonded together by butting in order to manufacture a flat-plate x-ray detector. The butting determines artifacts in x-ray images taken with the flat-plate x-ray detector. According to the invention the butting structure is first measured in the flat-plate x-ray detector and a pixel quantity parameter is determined for an interpolation, whereby said parameter can be small for a narrow butting structure and large for a wide butting structure. Accordingly an interpolation of pixel data in x-ray images which have been taken is performed on the basis of the pixel quantity parameter, preferably by row or by column.

Abstract: A compression device has a compression plate that applies a pressure to a subject on a support plate. The compression plate has a number of elastically-deformable compression plate elements that are substantially transparent for an examination field used with the compression device. In a method for compressing a subject, at least one pressure sensor measures the pressure applied by a compression device to a subject, and wirelessly supplies a signal representing the detected pressure to a control unit, wherein the detected pressure is compared to a stored compression pressure value. The control device adjusts the pressure applied to the subject by the compression device so that the pressure detected by the sensor is equal to the stored compression pressure value.

Abstract: A rotary piston x-ray tube has a piston formed by a case wall and support such that it can rotate around a rotational axis. The piston contains a cathode and an anode. To improve cooling, the anode of the rotary piston x-ray tube forms a radially-rotating section of the shell wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a diaphragm unit 4 or a diaphragm unit 4 and an associated x-ray emitter 1 with adjustment option for displaying an asymmetrical area under examination, with the diaphragm unit 4 being able to be tilted in accordance with the invention relative to the x-ray emitter 1, preferably by moving it on a rail system 12 attached isocentrically to the tube focus 9 on the tube housing 2 and/or the unit 1;4 made up of diaphragm unit 4 and x-ray emitter 1 being able to be tilted isocentrically to the tube focus 9 of the x-ray tube 2.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for operating a flat detector in different dose ranges and at different amplifier levels. A previously measured detector sensitivity is respectively used for the calibration. The detector sensitivity is determined for each amplifier level at a multiplicity of different points in the overall gain-specific dose range. Further, a calibration value of the previously measured neighboring values is used in order to calibrate a measurement image for a predetermined dose.

Abstract: X-ray device with a detector and an adjustable diaphragm for fading-in an examination area, whereby the detector (6) can be controlled and read-out asymmetrically and the diaphragm (8) can be moved asymmetrically.

Abstract: An x-ray system HAS adjustable operating parameters with a dependency existing between different auxiliary types of equipment selectable for an examination and a suitable setting of the parameter. A control system of the x-ray system has a data input device to detect the used auxiliary equipment, a data storage device with data concerning the relation between each type of auxiliary equipment and an optimal setting of the parameters therefor, and an adjustment device for automatically adjusting the parameter dependent on the selection of the auxiliary equipment.