Patent ID: 7766549
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A61B,H05G

Abstract:
1. A method for automated configuring of a high power X-ray source apparatus for activation to emit X-rays, the high power X-ray source apparatus being set up having a plurality of modules, each of said plurality of modules of the high power X-ray source apparatus comprises an identification unit, whereby identification and/or nominal parameters of the module are stored in the identification unit of a respective module, said method comprising: an acceptable set of different parameters for each of the plurality of modules is stored in a database of a configuration control unit; at least one identification and/or nominal parameter of each of the plurality of modules is transmitted from the identification unit of a respective module to the configuration control unit; the transmitted parameters of the plurality of modules are compared with the acceptable parameter set from the database of the configuration control unit and each module is authenticated if the transmitted parameters of the module match the acceptable parameter set of the database before activation of said high power X-ray source apparatus to emit X-rays; at least one operating parameter of at least one module is determined by the configuration control unit based on the transmitted parameters of the plurality of modules; and the high power X-ray source apparatus is automatically configured by setting to the at least one operating parameter that is determined by the configuration control unit of the module after each module is authenticated and then the high power X-ray source apparatus is activated to emit X-rays.