Patent · US Expired

X-ray system with operating parameters that are automatically set dependent on the use of auxiliary equipment

US7178980B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

9Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Burkhard Groh · Chicago, US
Volker Heer · Gundelsheim, DE
Mathias Hörnig · Erlangen, DE
Bernhard Sandkamp · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 28, 2004
Grant date	Feb 20, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 8, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B6/502
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An x-ray system HAS adjustable operating parameters with a dependency existing between different auxiliary types of equipment selectable for an examination and a suitable setting of the parameter. A control system of the x-ray system has a data input device to detect the used auxiliary equipment, a data storage device with data concerning the relation between each type of auxiliary equipment and an optimal setting of the parameters therefor, and an adjustment device for automatically adjusting the parameter dependent on the selection of the auxiliary equipment.

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