Carestream Health, Inc.

Scott T MacLaughlin

Robert J Langley

Timothy John Wojcik

A power consumption rate of a battery is monitored according to time of day and is recorded as a battery power consumption profile associated with a plurality of daily time periods for that battery. Electric circuits connected to the battery are activated during high battery power consumption rate time periods and deactivated during low battery power consumption rate time periods. A stored control program is executable by a processor to control the automatic power downs and power ups.

Learning system and method for mobile radiography power management

A long length radiographic imaging system uses a plurality of overlapped radiographic detectors each comprising a housing having stepped housing edges at opposite sides of each detector. The stepped housing edges mate with each other to easily form overlapped aligned detectors for simultaneously capturing a long length radiographic image of a subject in a single exposure of the x-ray source.

Overlapping stepped standard DR detector for long length imaging

A digital radiography detector has a two dimensional array of photosensors, with control electronics electrically connected to the photosensors. A substantially rigid housing encloses the photosensors and the control electronics. A surface of the housing includes antimicrobial material to inhibit growth of pathogens.

Antimicrobial housing for digital detector

A mobile radiography system has a moveable transport frame configured to travel across a floor. An adjustable support structure is coupled to the moveable transport frame and an x-ray source is coupled to the adjustable support structure. A power transmitter emits wireless power signals to a digital detector to charge a battery therein. Power signal receiving circuitry in the detector receives the wireless power signals to generate recharging current for the battery.

Method and apparatus for automatic touchless wireless charging of mobile x-ray cart detectors and accessories

A curved radiographic detector has electromagnetic radiation sensitive elements disposed in a two-dimensional array. A curved housing encloses the two-dimensional array of radiation sensitive elements and includes a layer of aligned carbon nanotubes on a surface thereof.

Aligned carbon nanotubes for improved X-ray detector performance

A digital x-ray detector has a non-metallic housing. A two dimensional array of photosensors enclosed by the housing is in electrical communication with an electrical circuit formed on an interior surface of the housing.

Wireless digital detector housing with inscribed circuitry

A digital radiography detector has a substrate that is enclosed by a housing and that has, formed on a first surface, photosensitive circuitry that provides image data of a subject in response to ionizing radiation passed through the subject, wherein a second surface on the exterior of the detector has a multilayer flexible cover sheet configured to absorb impact force against the detector.

Impact protection for wireless digital detector glass panel

An x-ray head support boom has a number of tube segments coupled together in series. Each segment may be formed from a flexible membrane and encloses a jammable medium that transitions between a fluidic state and a rigid state in response to an applied force. Each segment is coupled to an actuator for application of the force. At least one cable is coupled to one or more tube segments to apply a tensile force to bend the series of tube segments.

Articulated x-ray support boom using jammable material

A planar radiographic imaging device has electromagnetic radiation sensitive elements disposed in a two-dimensional array. A housing encloses the two-dimensional array of radiation sensitive elements and includes a layer of aligned carbon nanotubes on a surface thereof.

Use of vertically aligned carbon nanotube arrays for improved x-ray imaging detector performance

A digital radiography detector has a glass panel that is encased within a housing and that has, formed on a first surface, circuitry that provides image data of a subject in response to ionizing radiation passed through the subject, wherein at least a second glass panel surface on the exterior of the detector has a flexible cover sheet that is configured to absorb impact force against the detector.

A radiographic imaging detector has photoimaging pixels disposed in an array, control electronics for controlling operation of the array to capture radiographic images, and a voltage source for powering the array of photoimaging pixels and the control electronics. A housing with multiple parts encloses at least the array and the control electronics and provides a seating for the voltage source. A first part has a first mating surface, a second part has a second mating surface. The first and second mating surfaces are disposed adjacent to each other and define a gap therebetween with a hydrophobic material deposited along at least one of the first and second mating surfaces.

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Pittsford, NY, United States of America

Scott T MacLaughlin