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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Michael C. Lalena, Webster, NY (US);
Joseph E. Stagnitto, Rochester, NY (US);
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A radiography system for obtaining a radiographic image of a subject has a radiation source energizable to direct radiant energy along a radiation path and an imaging receiver sensitive to the radiant energy for forming the radiographic image. A sensor apparatus is disposed to provide one or more output signals that are indicative at least of centering of the radiation path with respect to the receiver, of an angle of the receiver relative to the radiation path, and of a source-to-image distance along the radiation path. A display apparatus generates, in response to the one or more output signals, a display that indicates the centering of the radiation path with respect to the receiver and that provides one or more values indicative of at least the source-to-image distance and the angle of the receiver relative to the radiation path.