Patent ID: 7834322
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: A61B,G03B,G16H

Abstract:
1. A radiation image capturing system comprising: a radiation source for outputting a radiation; a radiation detecting cassette housing therein a radiation conversion panel for detecting said radiation that has passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information; an RFID tag mounted on the subject and storing subject ID information for identifying the subject; an ID storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of subject ID information; an ID checker; a radiation dose storage unit for storing radiation doses corresponding to the subject ID information; and said radiation detecting cassette comprising a first wireless communication unit; wherein said first wireless communication unit receives the subject ID information from said RFID tag by way of wireless communications; wherein said ID checker checks the subject ID information received by said first wireless communication unit against the subject ID information stored in said ID storage unit, and if the subject ID information received by said first wireless communication unit matches one of the subject ID information stored in said ID storage unit, said ID checker associates the matching subject ID information with a radiation dose which is stored in said radiation dose storage unit and which corresponds to the matching subject ID information; further comprising a controller for controlling said image capturing apparatus and said radiation detecting cassette, said controller having a third wireless communication unit; wherein when said ID storage unit, said ID checker, and said radiation dose storage unit are disposed in said radiation detecting cassette, said first wireless communication unit transmits the associated subject ID information and the radiation dose to said third wireless communication unit by way of wireless communications; wherein said ID storage unit, said ID checker, and said radiation dose storage unit are disposed in said radiation detecting cassette, and a control ID storage unit for storing a plurality of pieces of subject ID information, a control ID checker, and a control radiation dose storage unit are disposed in said controller; wherein said control ID checker checks the subject ID information received by said third wireless communication unit against the subject ID information stored in said control ID storage unit, and if the subject ID information received by said third wireless communication unit matches one of the subject ID information stored in said control ID storage unit, said control ID checker stores the radiation dose received by said third wireless communication unit into said control radiation dose storage unit; and further comprising: an image capturing apparatus having a second wireless communication unit for performing wireless communications with said first wireless communication unit, said radiation source and a radiation source controller being disposed in said image capturing apparatus.