Patent ID: 6907104

Claim:
A computer-controlled device for forming an X-ray image or a fluoroscopic image comprising: a computer; an X-ray source; a collimator; an examination table; a detector; an image processor; at least one monitor; a user interface; an archiving members; a printer; a database for the storage of settings of (1) the X-ray source and of the examination table, and (2) patient-specific data, and (3) examination-specific data; an examination program executed by the computer to (1) retrieve the patient-specific data and the examination-specific data from the database the and (2) from the patient-specific data and the examination-specific data determine settings for at least the x-ray source, the collimator, the examination table, the image processor, and the archiving member, the control member receiving the determined settings and controlling the x-ray source, the collimator, the examination table, the image processor, and the archiving member, in accordance with the determined settings.