Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for surview scans are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: collecting an image for a subject on a scan bed of a computed tomography system when the scan bed is stationary; determining a scan beginning position for a surview scan in the image, where graduation patterns are marked on the scan bed, and a relative position between the graduation patterns and the scan bed remains unchanged; obtaining a first distance between the scan beginning position and a surview collection plane perpendicular to the scanning bed according to the graduation patterns in the image; controlling the scan bed to move toward the surview collection plane; and in response to determining that a scan bed moving distance reaches the first distance, starting the surview scan to obtain a surview image.

Abstract: Detector modules, detectors and medical imaging devices are provided. One of the detector modules includes: a support and a plurality of detector sub-modules arranged on the support along an extension direction in which the support extends. Each of the detector sub-modules has a first area and a second area in the extension direction. A detecting device is disposed in the first area, and a functional module is disposed in the second area. The functional module is electrically connected to the detecting device for receiving an electrical signal from the detecting device. The plurality of detector sub-modules includes a first detector sub-module and a second detector sub-module that are arranged adjacent to each other in the extension direction, and the first area of the first detector sub-module at least partially overlaps with the second area of the second detector sub-module.

Abstract: High voltage assemblies and detectors are provided. In one aspect, a high voltage assembly includes a high voltage base board and a plurality of sub-detectors. Each sub-detector includes a crystal substrate, a crystal, a high voltage transfer board, and a high voltage cathode board. One of the high voltage transfer board and the high voltage base board includes first and second connection members, and the other one includes first and second contact members. The first connection member is configured to shift relative to the first contact member in response to a first force, and the second connection member is configured to shift relative to the second contact member in response to a second force. A high voltage is applied at both ends of the crystal through electrically contacting the first connection member with the first contact member and electrically contacting the second connection member with the second contact member.

Abstract: Detector modules, detectors and medical imaging devices are provided. One of the detector modules includes: a support and a plurality of detector sub-modules arranged on the support along an extension direction in which the support extends. Each of the detector sub-modules has a first area and a second area in the extension direction. A detecting device is disposed in the first area, and a functional module is disposed in the second area. The functional module is electrically connected to the detecting device for receiving an electrical signal from the detecting device. The plurality of detector sub-modules includes a first detector sub-module and a second detector sub-module that are arranged adjacent to each other in the extension direction, and the first area of the first detector sub-module at least partially overlaps with the second area of the second detector sub-module.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for surview scans are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: collecting a static image for a subject on a scan bed when it is stationary; determining a scan beginning position and a reference position in the static image; obtaining a first distance between the scan beginning position and the reference position; during a movement of the scan bed, obtaining a video image of the subject in real time; identifying a corresponding reference position in the video image; marking, according to the corresponding reference position and the first distance, a corresponding scan beginning position in the video image; detecting a second distance between the corresponding scan beginning position and a positioning line in the video image; and in response to detecting that the second distance is equal to or less than a predetermined first threshold, starting the surview scan to obtain a surview image.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems for surview scans are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: collecting an image for a subject on a scan bed of a computed tomography system when the scan bed is stationary; determining a scan beginning position for a surview scan in the image, where graduation patterns are marked on the scan bed, and a relative position between the graduation patterns and the scan bed remains unchanged; obtaining a first distance between the scan beginning position and a surview collection plane perpendicular to the scanning bed according to the graduation patterns in the image; controlling the scan bed to move toward the surview collection plane; and in response to determining that a scan bed moving distance reaches the first distance, starting the surview scan to obtain a surview image.

Abstract: Devices and methods of testing leaking rays are provided. In one aspect, a device includes a first rotary arm configured to rotate around a first rotary axis, a second rotary arm rotatably connected with the first rotary arm and configured to rotate around a second rotary axis, a probe mounted on a rotating end of the second rotary arm and configured to measure a numerical value of leaking rays at each position at which the probe stays, a mounting base rotatably connected with the second rotary arm and configured to mount a ray source component, a first driving unit configured to drive the first rotary arm to rotate around the first rotary axis, and a second driving unit configured to drive the second rotary arm to rotate around the second rotary axis, the first rotary axis being perpendicular to the second rotary axis.

Abstract: High voltage assemblies and detectors are provided. In one aspect, a high voltage assembly includes a high voltage base board and a plurality of sub-detectors. Each sub-detector includes a crystal substrate, a crystal, a high voltage transfer board, and a high voltage cathode board. One of the high voltage transfer board and the high voltage base board includes first and second connection members, and the other one includes first and second contact members. The first connection member is configured to shift relative to the first contact member in response to a first force, and the second connection member is configured to shift relative to the second contact member in response to a second force. A high voltage is applied at both ends of the crystal through electrically contacting the first connection member with the first contact member and electrically contacting the second connection member with the second contact member.

Abstract: Detector modules, detectors and medical imaging devices are provided. One of the detector modules includes: a support and a plurality of detector sub-modules arranged on the support along an extension direction in which the support extends. Each of the detector sub-modules has a first area and a second area in the extension direction. A detecting device is disposed in the first area, and a functional module is disposed in the second area. The functional module is electrically connected to the detecting device for receiving an electrical signal from the detecting device. The plurality of detector sub-modules includes a first detector sub-module and a second detector sub-module that are arranged adjacent to each other in the extension direction, and the first area of the first detector sub-module at least partially overlaps with the second area of the second detector sub-module.

Abstract: Methods, devices, systems and apparatus for arranging detector sub-modules in a medical device are provided. In one aspect, a detector includes a housing and a plurality of detector modules arranged in parallel along a direction on the housing and configured to detect rays emitted from a radiation source and attenuated by a subject. Each of the plurality of detector modules includes a support extending in the direction and a plurality of detector sub-modules arranged on the support along the direction. A top surface of each of the plurality of detector sub-modules is tangent to a respective spherical surface of a corresponding target sphere of at least two target spheres having different radiuses, and a respective sphere center of each of the at least two target spheres is substantially overlapped with a focal spot of the radiation source.

Abstract: Methods, devices and apparatus for CT imaging in a CT system are provided. The CT system includes a CT console, a CT scanner and an image reconstruction computer. In one aspect, a method includes detecting, by the CT console, whether a parameter adjustment instruction is received from a user during a scanning process in which a preview image is generated and displayed to the user. If the parameter adjustment instruction is received, the CT console sends adjusted scan parameters to at least one of the CT scanner or the image reconstruction computer such that the CT scanner and the image reconstruction computer generate a new preview image based on the adjusted scan parameters that are determined according to the preview image. If the parameter adjustment instruction is not received, the CT console displays to the user a CT image generated by the image reconstruction computer after finishing the scanning process.

Abstract: Methods, devices, systems and apparatus for arranging detector sub-modules in a medical device are provided. In one aspect, a detector includes a housing and a plurality of detector modules arranged in parallel along a direction on the housing and configured to detect rays emitted from a radiation source and attenuated by a subject. Each of the plurality of detector modules includes a support extending in the direction and a plurality of detector sub-modules arranged on the support along the direction. A top surface of each of the plurality of detector sub-modules is tangent to a respective spherical surface of a corresponding target sphere of at least two target spheres having different radiuses, and a respective sphere center of each of the at least two target spheres is substantially overlapped with a focal spot of the radiation source.

Abstract: Devices and methods of testing leaking rays are provided. In one aspect, a device includes a first rotary arm configured to rotate around a first rotary axis, a second rotary arm rotatably connected with the first rotary arm and configured to rotate around a second rotary axis, a probe mounted on a rotating end of the second rotary arm and configured to measure a numerical value of leaking rays at each position at which the probe stays, a mounting base rotatably connected with the second rotary arm and configured to mount a ray source component, a first driving unit configured to drive the first rotary arm to rotate around the first rotary axis, and a second driving unit configured to drive the second rotary arm to rotate around the second rotary axis, the first rotary axis being perpendicular to the second rotary axis.

Abstract: Devices and methods of testing leaking rays are provided. In one aspect, a device includes a first rotary arm configured to rotate around a first rotary axis, a second rotary arm rotatably connected with the first rotary arm and configured to rotate around a second rotary axis, a probe mounted on a rotating end of the second rotary arm and configured to measure a numerical value of leaking rays at each position at which the probe stays, a mounting base rotatably connected with the second rotary arm and configured to mount a ray source component, a first driving unit configured to drive the first rotary arm to rotate around the first rotary axis, and a second driving unit configured to drive the second rotary arm to rotate around the second rotary axis, the first rotary axis being perpendicular to the second rotary axis.

Abstract: An identification device for a part of a medical imaging apparatus includes: an identifier carrier fixed to a shell of the part and storing information of an identifier of the part, a housing configured to cover the identifier carrier, an image capturing component provided on the housing, and a processor configured to control the image capturing component to capture an image and acquire the identifier of the part based on a captured image. The processor is configured to perform deviation check on a current image captured by the image capturing apparatus currently and an initial image captured by the image capturing component previously and determine whether the identifier of the part has been tampered with or replaced based on a result of the deviation check.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sampling method and sampling apparatus of a scanning device. In at least one example, the sampling method comprises acquiring a ray attenuation variation at each of a plurality of scanning angles of the scanning device, determining a corrected sampling interval at each of the scanning angles of the scanning device by adjusting an initial sampling interval at each of the scanning angles of the scanning device according to the ray attenuation variation at each of scanning angles, and performing actual sampling according to the corrected sampling interval at each of the scanning angles of the scanning device.

Abstract: Methods and devices for reconstructing dual-energy CT images are provided. In one aspect, CT scan is performed with a high energy and a low energy periodically and alternatively changed on a scanning target, reconstruction data for a high-energy image of a current reconstruction position is obtained based on whether a circle of high-energy scan closest to the current reconstruction position of the scanning target is a full circle of scan, the high-energy image of the current reconstruction position is reconstructed according to the reconstruction data of the high-energy image; reconstruction data for a low-energy image of the current reconstruction position is obtained based on whether a circle of high-energy scan closest to the current reconstruction position of the scanning target is the full circle of scan, the low-energy image of the current reconstruction position is reconstructed according to the reconstruction data of the low-energy image.

Abstract: Methods, devices, systems and apparatus for arranging detector sub-modules in a medical device are provided. In one aspect, a detector includes a housing and a plurality of detector modules arranged in parallel along a direction on the housing and configured to detect rays emitted from a radiation source and attenuated by a subject. Each of the plurality of detector modules includes a support extending in the direction and a plurality of detector sub-modules arranged on the support along the direction. A top surface of each of the plurality of detector sub-modules is tangent to a respective spherical surface of a corresponding target sphere of at least two target spheres having different radiuses, and a respective sphere center of each of the at least two target spheres is substantially overlapped with a focal spot of the radiation source.

Abstract: A heat dissipating device for a medical imaging apparatus is provided, comprising an air director fixedly provided on a detector of the medical imaging apparatus and a housing in communication with an air source, wherein the air director comprises an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air duct communicating the air inlet with the air outlet. The air outlet is in communication with an air supply unit provided on the detector. The housing comprises at least one inlet in communication with the air source, an air chamber in communication with the inlet, and an outlet in communication with the air chamber. In addition, the outlet provided in the housing is in communication with the air outlet of the air director.

Abstract: Methods, devices and apparatus for CT imaging in a CT system are provided. The CT system includes a CT console, a CT scanner and an image reconstruction computer. In one aspect, a method includes detecting, by the CT console, whether a parameter adjustment instruction is received from a user during a scanning process in which a preview image is generated and displayed to the user. If the parameter adjustment instruction is received, the CT console sends adjusted scan parameters to at least one of the CT scanner or the image reconstruction computer such that the CT scanner and the image reconstruction computer generate a new preview image based on the adjusted scan parameters that are determined according to the preview image. If the parameter adjustment instruction is not received, the CT console displays to the user a CT image generated by the image reconstruction computer after finishing the scanning process.