Patent ID: 6404852
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: A61B,G01T,H04N,H05G

Abstract:
In an x-ray system for reading data from a detector array comprising a predetermined number of detector elements arranged in rows and columns, said rows comprising a first plurality of rows including unneeded data and a second plurality of rows including data of interest, apparatus for coordinating the activation of the detector elements in relation to the exposure of a patient to x-rays to improve the efficiency with which the data of interest is read comprising:an x-ray tube generating x-rays; an exposure control arranged to activate the x-ray tube to expose the detector to x-rays during a predetermined first time period; a detector controller arranged to activate the first plurality of rows at least partially before or during the first time period and to activate the second plurality of rows after the first time period; and an image processor arranged to read the data in said second plurality of rows after the first time period.