Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Paul Marhoff

Joerg Haendle

Manfred Pfeiler

Horst Aichinger

Udo Heinze

Arthur Gall

Manfred Ritter

Ernst Ammann

A radiography apparatus with which x-ray shadowgraphs are produced has a detector array in the form of a line or strip, and an x-ray radiator which is moved in a direction perpendicular to the line direction of the detector array for scanning a measuring field from different directions. The detector array accordingly receives x-radiation proceeding through the measuring field from different directions. A screen or slotted diaphragm having diaphragm shafts directed onto the detector array is disposed between the x-ray radiator and the measuring field, and blanks out x-radiation which is not useful for generating the shadowgraph image.

Radiography apparatus for producing X-ray shadowgraphs

A video processing system, of the type used for portraying x-ray images, has a filter circuit with a spatial-frequency high-pass filter characteristic, the filter circuit including an amplitude-dependent separating filter having outputs to which respective spatial-frequency high-pass filters having different limit frequencies and/or having different kernel sizes are connected. The spatial-frequency high-pass filters are connected to the output of the overall filter circuit through an addition unit, so that the respective outputs of the spatial-frequency high-pass filters can be combined in different amounts to form the output of the overall filter circuit.

Video processing system having a filter circuit with a spatial-frequency

An x-ray diagnostics installation has an x-ray tube and an image processing and display system which includes a video camera connected to the x-ray image intensifier, an image memory, a spatial frequency filter and a monitor. A motion detector is connected to the image memory and to the video camera and controls operation of the spatial frequency filter to vary the filter effect so that the filter effect is greater in transillumination image regions having little motion than in regions having a higher amount of motion.

X-ray diagnostics installation with spatial frequency filtering

An x-ray diagnostics installation for radiographs has a secondary radiation grid disposed in front of a holder for x-ray film. The secondary radiation grid is moveable during an exposure. Control circuitry controls the speed of movement of the secondary radiation grid dependent on the anticipated exposure time, such that imaging of the lamellae of the secondary radiation grid on the x-ray film is reliably prevented for all exposure times.

X-ray diagnostics installation for radiographs

An x-ray diagnostic system has a control loop with a first regulating stage connected to a first radiation detector disposed after the x-ray image intensifier, the first regulating stage controlling at least one radiographic exposure value in dependence upon the output signal of the detector, and a second radiation detector which is disposed proximate the x-ray tube for supplying an output signal to a second regulating stage in the control loop, the second regulating stage having a memory for storing a signal which is dependent upon the dose rate for the last image. The memory signal is utilized as a reference signal for the second regulating stage. If the operator of the x-ray system determines that the contrast in the diagnostically relevant image region is becoming too great, the operator can switch from control of the system by the first regulating stage to control by the second regulating stage.

X-ray diagnostic system with automatic control of radiation exposure

The invention relates to a diagnostic radiology setup with means for suppressing stray radiation and with an image intensifier television chain with image storing means. There is provided a perforated diaphragm of radiation-absorbing material near the tube, which diaphragm can be introduced into the ray path selectively. Two image memories for an X-ray picture with a diaphragm and an X-ray picture without a diaphragm and an image processing system serve for comparing the image information of the two X-ray pictures to determine and eliminate the stray radiation component.

Diagnostic radiology setup with means for suppressing stray radiation

In a device that photographs a television screen a plurality of lenses are adjacently arranged on exchangeable lens supports. In order to achieve a higher image frequency and in order to avoid operating errors during the positioning of the lenses, the disclosure provides that the lens supports carrying the lenses are positioned in the image recording apparatus in a waiting position, and are selectively shifted by means of individual drives into the active position; a television monitor is moved into the correct distance relative to the selected lens support via an additional positioning drive.

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Erlangen, Germany

Paul Marhoff