Patent ID: 6069933
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: H05G

Abstract:
A method for operating a medical X-ray machine including a radiation source, a solid state radiation detector having a pixel matrix, and a computer, said method comprising:emitting X-ray radiation as at least two separate X-ray pulses from the radiation source and directing the X-ray pulses through an object being radiographed;receiving the emitted and directed X-ray pulses by means of the radiation detector and converting each of the received X-ray pulses into a respective group of component image information capable of being processed into an independent image; andprocessing the groups of component image information by means of the computer into display image information, the display image information being based on at least a portion of the received X-ray pulses and representing a composite image of at least a portion of the object being radiographed, wherein said processing step comprises:selecting at least one piece of the component image information;linking the respective groups of component image information in accordance with the selected piece of information; andcomposing the display image information in accordance with the linked groups of component image information.