Patent ID: 8649482
Filing Date: 2014-02-11
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An X-ray imaging apparatus that performs X-ray imaging while switching a plurality of wireless sensors according to an imaging condition of an object, comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire examination information indicating the imaging condition of the object; a management unit configured to manage, as sensor information, remaining battery levels of the plurality of wireless sensors that have been registered; a control unit configured to assign a priority order of wireless sensor candidates usable for performing the X-ray imaging according to the imaging condition indicated in the examination information acquired by said acquisition unit to the plurality of wireless sensors, in descending order of the remaining battery levels managed by said management unit; and an imaging unit configured to perform the X-ray imaging of the object using wireless sensors sequentially consisting of those in descending order of the priority order assigned by said control unit up to a wireless sensor having a preset order number, as determined according to the imaging condition.