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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Jon Charles Omernick, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Manfred David Boehm, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gireesha C. Rao, Pewaukee, WI (US);
James Zhengshe Liu, Glenview, IL (US);
Chuande Liu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Kiran Shankaranarayana, Bangalore, IN;
Karla Angelica Arista, Waukesha, WI (US);
Jon Charles Omernick, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Manfred David Boehm, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gireesha C. Rao, Pewaukee, WI (US);
James Zhengshe Liu, Glenview, IL (US);
Chuande Liu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Kiran Shankaranarayana, Bangalore, IN;
Karla Angelica Arista, Waukesha, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method for coordinating operation of X-ray detectors in a wireless X-ray system includes detecting multiple wireless X-ray detectors within an operative range of an X-ray base station, the detected X-ray detectors each having one of multiple possible statuses, including an active status corresponding to a designation of the X-ray detector as a desired recipient of radiation during a current X-ray imaging sequence, an inactive status corresponding to a designation of the X-ray detector as not the desired recipient of radiation during a current X-ray imaging sequence, and an unenabled status corresponding to the X-ray detector not being configured to operate with the X-ray base station. The method also includes determining the current status of each detected X-ray detector and displaying on a user-viewable screen a visual indication of the status of each detected X-ray detector.