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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Keiji Tsuchiya, Tochigi, JP;
Keiji Tsuchiya, Tochigi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A radiography system comprising a detector for detecting radiation generated by a radiation generation device, and a detector controller for initializing the detector at a predetermined timing, and controlling the detector, and taking a radiation image on the basis of the radiation detected by the detector wherein the detector controller comprises storage for acquiring and storing a time period from when initialization of the detector starts until a radiation irradiation request signal is received and instructions for, when the radiation irradiation request signal is received during an initialization process of the detector, instructing to execute a wait process for the stored time period after the initialization process, and upon completion of the wait process, a radiography permission signal is sent to the radiation generation device.