Patent ID: 8031837

Claim:
An x-ray system for recording an x-ray image of a patient, comprising: an x-ray source; an x-ray detector positioned to receive radiation from the x-ray source; an x-ray generator configured to supply the x-ray source; and a wireless handheld control and monitoring unit, wherein the x-ray generator comprises an electronics assembly, the x-ray generator and the x-ray detector each comprising a transmit and receive unit for communicating wirelessly and bidirectionally with the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit, thereby enabling transmission of control commands, system data and imaging data, and wherein the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit comprises a display suitable for display of x-ray image data, configured to wirelessly and bidirectionally communicate with the x-ray generator and the x-ray detector to transmit system data and imaging data and to control and monitor the x-ray system, wherein the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit is configured (i) to effect a wireless data connection with a database separate from the system, which database contains picture data or an information system, to retrieve data from the database and (ii) to display the data on the display of the wireless handheld control and monitoring unit.