디지털 x-ray 영상시스템을 위한 무선 트리거 발생기

Wireless Triggering Pulse Generation for Digital X-ray Imaging System

본 논문에서는 x-ray 영상시스템의 영상을 획득하기 위하여 x-ray 발생기와 영상획득시스템 사이의 동기를 맞추어 주는 트리거 발생기를 연구분석 하였다. 무선 트리거 발생기는 디지털영상 획득시스템으로부터 영상획득의 시작을 지시할 수 있는 ACQ_START 신호와 영상획득의 끝을 알리는 ACC_END 신호를 발생시킬 수 있도록 설계하였다. 디지털 영상의 획득은 ACQ_START 신호와 ACQ_END 신호 사이의 시간동안에만 정확하게 이루어지며 무선 원격 x-ray 신호의 검출을 통하여 유선통신 프로토콜 없이 정확한 x-ray 영상의 획득이 가능하고 20 mAs 의 x-ray 레벨에서 3.5 line pair /mm 분해능을 나타냄을 확인하였다.

In this paper, we propose a method of trigger pulse generation to capture the image on time by making a synchronization between the x-ray generator and digital x-ray image acquisition system. we designed a wireless trigger pulse generation circuit to make a synchronization between x-ray generator and digital image acquisition system and analysis its performance. When it starts to detect a certain level of x-ray radiation or above from the air, this method starts to generate a ACQ_START signal to indicate the timing for image acquisition starting from digital image acquisition system. Hence, when it starts to detect under certain level of x-ray signal from the air, this method starts to generate a ACC_END signal to indicate the timing for image acquisition stop from digital image acquisition system. Image acquisition is activated only this time between ACQ_START and ACQ_END signal. By doing this wireless detecting of x-ray signal from remote, we can get more accurate timing for capturing the x-ray image and any type of x-ray generator can be connected to digital image acquisition system, regards of wired protocol. This makes easy installation. We could get 3.5 line pair / mm resolution at 20 mAs of x-ray level with resolution chart. This is same or better image comparing to conventional wired result.