Abstract: Provided is a mobile X-ray apparatus including: an X-ray radiator configured to emit X-rays; a battery configured to supply power to the X-ray radiator; a charger configured to charge the battery; a battery management system (BMS) configured to receive power from the battery or the charger and output a first signal based on a state of the battery; and a first switch configured to be turned off according to the first signal to prevent power from being supplied to the BMS, wherein the first switch is further configured to be turned on by power supplied from the charger when the BMS is shut down.

Abstract: A mobile X-ray apparatus includes: an X-ray radiation device configured to emit X-rays; a controller configured to control the X-ray radiation device; a power supply configured to supply operating power to the X-ray radiation device and the controller from a lithium ion battery and control overcurrent that occurs during emission of the X-rays by the X-ray radiation device; and a charger configured to charge the power supply.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile X-ray apparatus configured to control an operation of a protection circuit for protecting the lithium ion battery during X-ray emission and a method of operating the mobile X-ray apparatus.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus capable of releasing a locked rotation of a wheel using a power supplied from an auxiliary battery of an X-ray detector when a body is discharged, and a control method thereof. The X-ray apparatus includes an X-ray detector provided with a detector battery mounted thereto and configured to detect X-rays using power supplied from the detector battery. A body includes a body battery and a detector accommodation unit, in which the X-ray detector is accommodated on the outside. A wheel in the body is rotatable by a power supplied from the body battery and a brake is configured to lock a rotation of the wheel when the body battery is incapable of supplying the power. A controller controls the brake so that a locked rotation of the wheel is released by the power supplied from the detector battery when a rotation of the wheel is locked.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an X-ray detector capable of detecting its storage position, an X-ray imaging apparatus having the same and a control method for the same. The X-ray imaging apparatus determines which X-ray detector is stored in which detector storage position and precisely provides charging information of the X-ray detector to a user. The X-ray detector comprises a detecting portion configured to collect storage position information of the X-ray detector and a communicator configured to transmit the storage position information to the X-ray imaging apparatus.

Abstract: A mobile X-ray apparatus includes: an X-ray radiation device; a controller configured to control the X-ray radiation device; a power supply configured to supply operating power to the X-ray radiation device and the controller via a lithium ion battery and control overcurrent occurring during X-ray emission by the X-ray radiation device; and a charger configured to charge the power supply. Each of the controller, the power supply, and the charger is embodied in a physically separate module, and each of the power supply and the charger is encased in a metal case.

Abstract: Provided is a mobile X-ray apparatus including: an X-ray radiator configured to emit X-rays; a battery configured to supply power to the X-ray radiator; a charger configured to charge the battery; a battery management system (BMS) configured to receive power from the battery or the charger and output a first signal based on a state of the battery; and a first switch configured to be turned off according to the first signal to prevent power from being supplied to the battery management system (BMS), wherein the first switch is further configured to be turned on by power supplied from the charger when the battery management system (BMS) is shut down.

Abstract: A mobile X-ray apparatus includes: an X-ray radiation device configured to emit X-rays; a controller configured to control the X-ray radiation device; a power supply configured to supply operating power to the X-ray radiation device and the controller from a lithium ion battery and control overcurrent that occurs during emission of the X-rays by the X-ray radiation device; and a charger configured to charge the power supply.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile X-ray apparatus for controlling a battery management system (BMS) and a method of operating the mobile X-ray apparatus. The mobile ? ray apparatus may include a power supply that includes a battery and a BMS configured to manage the battery, and a controller configured to control the BMS to shut down in response to detecting a malfunction in the BMS.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile X-ray apparatus and a method of operating the same. The mobile X-ray apparatus may include an X-ray emitter; a battery configured to supply operating power to the X-ray emitter; and a controller configured to calculate an internal resistance value of a battery based on an overcurrent generated when X-rays are emitted by an X-ray emitter, and determine a degradation state of the battery by using the calculated internal resistance value.

Abstract: Provided are a mobile X-ray apparatus configured to control an operation of a protection circuit for protecting the lithium ion battery during X-ray emission and a method of operating the mobile X-ray apparatus.

Abstract: Provided is a mobile X-ray apparatus including: an X-ray radiator configured to emit X-rays; a battery configured to supply power to the X-ray radiator; a charger configured to charge the battery; a battery management system (BMS) configured to receive power from the battery or the charger and output a first signal based on a state of the battery; and a first switch configured to be turned off according to the first signal to prevent power from being supplied to the BMS, wherein the first switch is further configured to be turned on by power supplied from the charger when the BMS is shut down.

Abstract: A mobile X-ray apparatus includes: an X-ray radiation device configured to emit X-rays; a controller configured to control the X-ray radiation device; a power supply configured to supply operating power to the X-ray radiation device and the controller from a lithium ion battery and control overcurrent that occurs during emission of the X-rays by the X-ray radiation device; and a charger configured to charge the power supply.

Abstract: An X-ray apparatus capable of releasing a locked rotation of a wheel using a power supplied from an auxiliary battery of an X-ray detector when a body is discharged, and a control method thereof. The X-ray apparatus includes an X-ray detector provided with a detector battery mounted thereto and configured to detect X-rays using power supplied from the detector battery. A body includes a body battery and a detector accommodation unit, in which the X-ray detector is accommodated on the outside. A wheel in the body is rotatable by a power supplied from the body battery and a brake is configured to lock a rotation of the wheel when the body battery is incapable of supplying the power. A controller controls the brake so that a locked rotation of the wheel is released by the power supplied from the detector battery when a rotation of the wheel is locked.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source to generate and irradiate X-rays; an X-ray detector installed in at least one module of one or more modules, to detect the irradiated X-rays; an Identification (ID) resistor included in the module; a port included in the X-ray detector; and a controller to determine a module in which the X-ray detector has been installed, using the ID resistor and the port. The controller may assign a static Information Provider (IP) address to the module, and determine a module in which the X-ray detector has been installed, based on the static IP address. According to the X-ray imaging apparatuses and a control method thereof, it is possible to determine an installation location of the X-ray detector, and to use the X-ray detector in various modules without having to provide separate X-ray detectors for different locations.

Abstract: A method and device for providing a travel route of a portable medical diagnosis apparatus include acquiring a travel image obtained by capturing a space to move of the medical diagnosis apparatus; predicting the travel route of the medical diagnosis apparatus on the basis of a steering angle of the medical diagnosis apparatus; and displaying information regarding the travel route on the travel image.

Abstract: An X-ray detector that is detachably mountable in a mounting unit, the detector comprises a storage unit configured to store identification (ID) information, which is assigned to the X-ray detector according to its usage, of the X-ray detector, a position detecting unit configured to detect a mounting position information of the X-ray detector and a communication unit configured to transmit the mounting position information of the X-ray detector and ID information of the X-ray detector to a workstation.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source to generate and irradiate X-rays; an X-ray detector installed in at least one module of one or more modules, to detect the irradiated X-rays; an Identification (ID) resistor included in the module; a port included in the X-ray detector; and a controller to determine a module in which the X-ray detector has been installed, using the ID resistor and the port. The controller may assign a static Information Provider (IP) address to the module, and determine a module in which the X-ray detector has been installed, based on the static IP address. According to the X-ray imaging apparatuses and a control method thereof, it is possible to determine an installation location of the X-ray detector, and to use the X-ray detector in various modules without having to provide separate X-ray detectors for different locations.

Abstract: The X-ray imaging apparatus may include at least one X-ray detector including a storage unit configured to store ID information and a mounting position detecting unit; at least one mounting unit in which the X-ray detector is mounted; and a control unit configured to determine which X-ray detector among the at least one X-ray detector is mounted in which mounting unit among the at least one mounting unit based on the ID information and an output value of the mounting position detecting unit.

Abstract: An X-ray imaging apparatus comprises an X-ray source for irradiating X-rays to a subject; a sensor mounted on the source; and a controller for obtaining a volume of the subject based on an output value of the sensor, determining a degree of obesity of the subject based on the volume, and controlling an irradiation level of the X-rays based on the degree of obesity of the subject, wherein the output value of the sensor comprises, if the sensor comprises multiple image sensors, tilting angles of the multiple image sensors while the X-ray source is being shifted. An X-ray imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same where characteristics, e.g., a degree of obesity, of a subject may be automatically detected. Based on the detected characteristics of the subject, an intensity of X-rays may be automatically controlled, thereby improving the quality of the X-ray image.