WO1997012549A1 - Appareil d'imagerie a rayons x - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an X-ray imaging apparatus having a built-in camera for extracting an electric image signal, and more particularly to an improvement in a camera unit having a function of rotating an image.
- An X-ray image pickup device is useful for examining the inside of a human body or an object, and after converting a transmission density distribution or an X-ray image of X-rays radiated on the human body or an object into a visible light image, furthermore, an electrical This is converted into an image signal, and for example, an X-ray transmission density distribution or an X-ray image is displayed on a monitor device in real time, or image information is stored in a storage device such as a computer and used.
- the X-ray image imaging device consists of an X-ray generator that generates X-rays, and an X-ray image intensifier tube that intensifies and converts the X-rays, that is, X-ray images from the X-ray generator that have passed through the object, into visible light images
- an X-ray image intensifier tube that intensifies and converts the X-rays, that is, X-ray images from the X-ray generator that have passed through the object, into visible light images
- It has a monitor device that enables real-time monitoring using a camera that captures an output image and outputs an electrical image signal.
- X-rays emitted from the X-ray generator pass through the object and enter the X-ray image intensifier tube as an X-ray image.
- the X-ray image is enhanced by the X-ray image intensifier, converted into a visible light image, and displayed on the output surface of the X-ray image intensifier as an output image.
- the output image of the output surface of the X-ray image intensifier is transmitted to the imaging surface of the imaging device of the camera via the lens.
- the image projected on the imaging surface of the imaging device is converted into an electric image signal by the imaging device and displayed on a monitor device.
- an image capturing apparatus including an X-ray generator, an X-ray image intensifier tube and a camera interposed therebetween is moved in an arbitrary direction and position around the subject.
- a method of rotating the camera includes fixing a substrate including a camera, a circuit for operating the camera, and a signal circuit for processing a video signal obtained from the camera to a disk-shaped flange, There is a method of rotating the camera with respect to the X-ray image intensifier by fixing the flange with a bearing to the support frame of the lens fixed to the X-ray image intensifier.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic view showing an example of an X-ray image capturing apparatus capable of rotating an image used today.
- the X-ray image capturing apparatus 101 converts an X-ray, that is, an X-ray image from an X-ray generator obtained by capturing an object to be photographed, into a visible light image and converts it.
- the X-ray image intensifier tube 111 fixed to the output surface 113 side of the X-ray image intensifier tube 111, captures the output image output on the output surface, converts it to an image signal, and shows it It has a camera 121 as an imaging device for outputting an image to a monitor device that does not.
- a support frame 123 a is fixed to the output side of the housing 111 containing the X-ray image intensifier tube 111.
- the camera 1 2 1 is formed into a disc-shaped lens 1 2 3 fixed at a predetermined interval with respect to the output image 1 1 4 of the X-ray image intensifier 1 1 CCD image sensor 1 2 7 positioned at the imaging position of the circuit board 1 2 5, motor 1 2 9 rotating the circuit board 1 2 5, and imaging output via the circuit board 1 2 5 It consists of a signal transmission 131, which guides the output signal of the element 127 to the outside and supplies power to the imaging element 127.
- the image sensor 1 27 is formed by a circuit board 125 that is rotatably held by a support frame 125 a fixed to the support frame 123 a and a visible light image that has passed through the lens 123. Can be rotated around the central axis A of.
- the signal transmission leakage 1 3 1 is a gear 1 3 3 that rotates the image sensor 1 2 7 and the circuit board 1 2 5 around the center of the visible light image passing through the lens 1 2 3, a support frame 1 2 5 a Concentrically with the auxiliary frame 125b inserted in the support frame 125a, it is rotatably mounted by the bearing 135, and the output signal output from the image sensor 127 is sent to the outside. It is fixed to the output electrode drum 1 3 7 and the auxiliary frame 1 2 5 b of the cylindrical support frame 1 2 5 a, and connects the multiple ring electrodes 1 3 6 of the drum 1 3 7 with the signal line and the power line. It has a plurality of brushes 1 39 that are electrically connected.
- the electrode drum 1337 is coaxially arranged with the center of rotation when the circuit board 125 and the gear 133 are rotated, that is, the center axis A of the visible light image passing through the lens 123.
- the output signal of the image pickup device 127 outputted through the circuit board 125 is output from the electrode drum of the signal transmission mechanism 131.
- the image is outputted from the image pickup device 127 to an external device (not shown) by the device 13 7 and the brush 13 9. According to this configuration, the limitation of the rotation angle of the image sensor 127 due to the influence of the signal line or the electric wire attached to the circuit board 125 is avoided.
- the length of the camera that is, the camera 122 in the rotation axis direction is increased by using the electrode drum 1337.
- the lens 123 and the imaging center of the output image 111 of the X-ray image intensifier tube 111 capture the image.
- the center and the center of the imaging surface of the image sensor 127 are rotated by the rotation of the image sensor 127. Power ⁇ Must be united.
- the image forming surface of the output image 114 by the lens 123 should be brought into contact with the imaging surface of the image sensor 127 without inclination.
- An object of the present invention is to provide an X-ray image capturing apparatus having a small-sized camera, which has a low component cost and a low cost, has no limitation on the rotation angle even when the object is rotated.
- the present invention has been made based on the above problems, and has an X-ray image intensifier tube for converting an X-ray image into a true circular output visible light image; and an optical lens structure for forming the output visible light image at a predetermined position.
- a solid-state imaging device disposed at an image forming position by the optical lens assembly; a signal processing circuit board for processing the output image signal of the solid-state imaging device; and a solid-state image sensor fixed to the X-ray image intensifier tube.
- the solid-state imaging device is rotated about the optical center axis with respect to the X-ray image intensifier tube, and the support frame on which the optical lens structure, the solid-state imaging device, and the signal processing circuit board are primarily supported.
- An X-ray image pickup apparatus comprising: a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the signal processing circuit board; the signal processing circuit board being disposed across the optical center axis; the solid-state imaging device being fixed to the signal processing circuit board;
- the structure is A rotation drive motor is fixed to the processing circuit board directly or mechanically via another member, and a rotation drive motor is fixed to the support frame, and the solid-state imaging device and the signal processing circuit board are fixed to the support frame by the motor.
- a structure in which the optical lens structure is integrally rotated.
- a plurality of slip rings are provided in the vicinity of the solid-state imaging device at the same position and rotatably together with the solid-state imaging device.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide an X-ray image pickup apparatus characterized in that a drive control power supply and an output image signal are fed to the solid-state image pickup device and the signal processing circuit board via a ring.
- the X-ray image capturing apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the slip ring is fixed to a signal processing circuit board or a rotatable flat plate which is disposed substantially perpendicularly to the optical center axis separately therefrom. I do.
- the X-ray image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes an anamorphic lens system in which the optical lens structure includes a cylindrical lens, the solid-state image pickup device has a ⁇ -shaped image receiving surface, and the output of the X-ray image intensifier tube is controlled by the anamorphic lens system. It is characterized in that one direction of the visible light image is compressed or expanded to form an elliptical image on the image receiving surface of the solid-state imaging device so that the major-axis directions match each other. Further, the X-ray image pickup apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the optical lens structure is located in a space inside the support frame, and the motor is arranged in a space around the optical lens structure.
- the X-ray image pickup apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the optical lens structure has a built-in electric diaphragm, and the CTi signal of the electric diaphragm is supplied via a slip ring.
- the X-ray image capturing apparatus is characterized in that the cylindrical lens forms an image so as to compress the image in the vertical direction of the solid-state image sensor.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an X-ray image capturing apparatus that captures an output image on an output surface of an X-ray image intensifier tube to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied;
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing directions of rotation of an imaging device and an X-ray image forming unit holding device in the X-ray image imaging device shown in FIG. 1,
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing the X-ray image intensifier tube and the imaging device of the X-ray image imaging device shown in FIG. 1 in detail,
- FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view illustrating in detail the imaging device fixed to the X-ray image intensifier tube as shown in FIG. 3,
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing respective states of an image sensor and a slip ring of the image pickup device shown in FIG. 4,
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the image receiving surface of the image sensor of the imaging device shown in FIG. 4 and the output image of the output surface of the X-ray image intensifier tube passing through the anamorphic lens;
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the shape of the imaging surface of the imaging device of the imaging device shown in FIG. 1 and the magnification of the lens,
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing the relationship between the image receiving surface of the image sensor of the imaging device shown in FIG. 4 and the aberration of the output image of the output surface of the X-ray image intensifier tube passing through the anamorphic lens;
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of fixing the camera and the lens of the imaging device shown in FIG. 4,
- FIG. 10 explains in more detail the method of fixing the camera and lens shown in FIG. Partially enlarged view
- FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing another embodiment of the imaging apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 12 is an output surface of an X-ray image intensifier tube to which another embodiment of the present invention is applied.
- FIGS. 13A, 13B, and 13C are schematic diagrams showing the positional adjustment relationship of a lens combined with the camera of the X-ray imaging apparatus shown in FIG. 12, respectively.
- Fig. 14 shows the assembly drawing of the X-ray image intensifier and camera, and
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing an example of an imaging device of a known X-ray image imaging device.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an example of an X-ray image pickup apparatus to which an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
- the X-ray image capturing apparatus 1 includes an X-ray generator 11 that generates X-rays, and X-rays, that is, X-rays, from the X-ray generator 11 that has passed through the ⁇ ⁇ body 0.
- an X-ray image intensifier tube 13 for converting an image into an image and converting it, and using a recording medium such as a film or a photograph to convert the output image converted to a visible light image through the X-ray image intensifier tube 13
- X-ray image intensifier tube 13 to display an output image converted to a visible light image by the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 on the monitor device 21 capable of monitoring without
- a camera 31 that captures the output image and outputs an electrical image signal.
- the output image of the output screen 17a of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 is formed on the rectangular imaging surface of the CCD image sensor 37 of the camera 35 by the anamorphic lens system 33 of the camera 31.
- the visible light image formed on the imaging surface of the image sensor 37 is converted into an image signal by the image sensor 37, subjected to predetermined image processing by the image processing device 39, and displayed on the monitor device 21. Is done.
- the X-ray imaging apparatus 1 has an X-ray generator 11, an X-ray image intensifier tube 13 arranged on the opposite side of the subject 0, and a camera 31 as shown in FIG.
- the X-ray generator 11 and the camera 31 are connected by a C-shaped C-arm 19.
- the X-ray generator 11 and the camera 31 can image the subject 0 from any direction by rotating the C-arm 19.
- the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 and the X-ray generation device are required to observe the state of the subject 0 from various directions.
- the C-arm 19, which holds the unit 11 integrally is rotated in the direction of the arrow ⁇
- the output image of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13, which is made to the image sensor 37 by the lens 33 is In order to make the monitor device 21 output 0 so that it is in an upright state, the image sensor 37, that is, the camera 31 is reversed in the direction of the arrow 8) according to the amount of rotation of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13. Rotate.
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an X-ray imaging unit 41 integrally assembled with the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 and the camera 31 of the X-ray imaging apparatus 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. It is a figure.
- the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 has an input screen 15 a formed inside an input window 15 made of, for example, aluminum at one end of the vacuum envelope 14.
- an output fluorescent screen 17 On the inner surface of the output glass substrate 17 at the other end of the vacuum envelope 14 facing the input screen 15a, there is an output fluorescent screen 17 that outputs a visible light image that can be captured by the camera 31. a is formed.
- the first to third focusing electrodes 18 a, 18 1) and 18 (;, and the anode 19 are arranged. .
- the X-rays emitted from the X-ray generator 11 pass through the subject 0 and are input as an X-ray image to the input screen 15a of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13.
- the X-ray image is converted into an electron image on the input screen 15a, and accelerated and focused by the first to third focusing electrodes 18a, 181 118 and 18c and the anode 19, and It is converted to a visible light image by the output screen 17a.
- the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 is attached to the housing 42, the insulator 42b and the plurality of columns 42c, for example, at the outer periphery near the input window 15 and the outer periphery near the output glass 17. It is more firmly fixed.
- the output-side end of the housing 42 is formed of a bottom plate 42 a having high mechanical strength and having an opening with a predetermined diameter at the center corresponding to the output glass 17.
- the camera 31 is attached to the back of the bottom plate 4 2 a.
- a camera flange 43 composed of a high strength L and a metal disk is fixed with six columns 49.
- a rotating flange 47 a part of which is a gear 47a, is rotatably held via a bearing 45.
- An anamorphic lens 33 is fixed to the front of the rotating flange 47, and a circuit board 55 to which a slip ring electrode substrate 57 and a CCD imaging element 37 are fixed is integrally fixed to the rear. ing.
- These are endlessly rotatable by a motor 51 fixed to the force flange 43.
- Power and signals between the circuit board 55 and an external device such as a monitor connected to the external cable 58 are transmitted through the plurality of slip rings of the electrode board 57 and the plurality of brushes 56 in contact therewith.
- the camera 31 is covered with a shield case 35.
- a high-voltage power cable 42 d is connected to the X-ray image intensifier tube through a part of the housing 42.
- the camera 31 has the lens 33 and the image sensor 37 arranged at the image forming position of the output image passing through the lens 33, and the visible light emitted from the output fluorescent screen 17a. Convert the image to an electrical signal.
- the lens 33 is fixed at a predetermined distance to the output screen 17a of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 by a bottom plate 4 2a.
- the rotatable rotating flange 47 is rotatably held about a central axis A passing through the output screen 17 a of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13.
- the aperture of the lens 33 can be adjusted by an aperture motor (not shown) by an external control signal.
- An electric zoom lens including an electric zoom mechanism 33 b capable of adjusting the magnification by changing the distance between the lenses via a zoom motor.
- the camera flange 43 can be brought into contact with a slip ring, which will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 5, and even if the rotating flange 47 shown below is rotated, the camera flange 43 is electrically connected to the slip ring.
- a plurality of contact brushes 56 are arranged so as to enable conduction and do not limit the amount of rotation of the rotating flange 47.
- each brush 56 is arranged at a predetermined position on a concentric circle defined with the rotation axis A as a center.
- Prop 4 9 Force ⁇ Inside the circle connecting the positions to be placed, rotate the motor 51 1 so that it engages with the gear 4 7a of the rotating flange 4 7 by rotating the rotating flange 4 7 and rotating flange 4 7 A gear 53 is connected to the lens 33 connected to the lens 33.
- the rotating flange 47 includes an image sensor 37, a circuit (not shown) for driving the image sensor 37, and a circuit unit 39 including an image processing circuit for processing a video signal photoelectrically converted by the image sensor 37.
- the mounted circuit board 55 is fixed.
- An electrode board 57 having a plurality of slip rings 57 a is arranged between the gear 47 a and the circuit board 55 on the cylindrical portion of the rotating flange 47.
- the circuit board 55 and the electrode board 57 are separated from each other by a predetermined interval on the rotating flange 47 by four insulating spacers 58a and the same number of screws 58 arranged between them. It is firmly fixed.
- the electrode substrate 57 has a plurality of concentric electrodes around the rotation axis A, that is, a slip ring 57a. These slip rings are connected to a signal line and a power line from the circuit board 55, a TO aperture 33a of the lens 33, a signal line of the electric zoom 3b, and the like.
- the circuit board 55 and the electrode board 57 to which the image sensor 37 is fixed at the center are assembled integrally with the rotary flange 47 as a support.
- the rotation of the motor 51 fixed to the camera flange 43 is transmitted to the meshed gears 53 and 47a, and the circuit board 55 and the electrode board 5 are moved in any direction and in any direction. Endlessly rotated to any angle.
- the power supplied to the circuit board 55 or the lens 33 and the video signal output from the image sensor 37 are transmitted to the rotating flange 47 by the slip ring 57 a and the brush 56 of the electrode board 57. It is reliably delivered without being limited by the rotation angle.
- the output fluorescent screen 17a of the X-ray image intensifier 13 has a substantially circular shape.
- the entire area of the output image to be output is incident on the imaging surface of the imaging element 37. In this case, there is no deviation between the axis passing through the lens 33, that is, the rotation axis A and the imaging surface of the imaging element 37.
- the circuit board 55 and the electrode board 57 have a relatively thin disk mounted perpendicular to the center axis A, and the lens 33 is fixed in front of the rotating flange 47. Therefore, the size of the X-ray image pickup device, that is, the length in the axial direction can be suppressed shorter than that of the conventional device shown in FIG.
- the high component processing accuracy required to match the rotation axis A when the camera 31 is rotated with the center axis of the lens 33, that is, the optical axis, is appropriately secured only for the rotating flange 47. By doing so, sufficient assembly accuracy can be obtained, and the cost is reduced.
- the size of the output screen 17a of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13a is, for example, 30 mm in diameter, and the size of the light receiving surface of the CCD image sensor 37 is large.
- the aspect ratio is 4: 3
- the distance from the output screen 17a to the front end of the lens 33 is E
- the distance between the rear end of the lens 33 and the imaging surface 37a of the CCD image sensor 37 is E.
- F is the distance between them, it is set to F-EZ2. Therefore, the depth of focus of the lens on the image sensor side is shallow, but the lens 33 and the image sensor 37 are both fixed to the rotating flange 47 and rotate together, so that the optical axis does not change and the focus is not out of focus. There is an advantage that it hardly occurs.
- the optical image P output from the output screen 17 a of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 is a cylindrical lens 33 of an anamorphic lens 33.
- the image is compressed in the vertical direction, and is projected as an elliptical optical image C on the horizontally long imaging surface 37 a of the solid-state imaging device 37.
- the anamorphic lens 33 shown in FIG. 1 includes one or a plurality of cylindrical lens systems 33c and a single lens system 33d. As shown in FIG. 7, the anamorphic lens 33 forms a substantially circular output image P of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 so as to be inscribed in the outer edge of the rectangular imaging surface 37 a of the imaging device 37. In order to project, the short side direction Q of the imaging surface of the imaging device 37 is reduced.
- One is to form a perfect circular image B so as to be in contact with the top and bottom of the imaging surface 37a when there is no operation of the cylindrical lens system, and enlarge the image in the horizontal direction by the operation of the cylindrical lens system.
- the other is a method in which a perfect circular image P is vertically oriented by a cylindrical lens system so as to be in contact with the left and right sides of the imaging surface 37a as in this embodiment. This is a method of compressing an image.
- an anamorphic lens having a cylindrical lens system a force that can realize both of these methods.
- an aberration is generated in a horizontal image for enlarging an image, and the horizontal resolution is deteriorated. Aberration occurs in the direction.
- the television system of the X-ray image capturing apparatus 1 is the NTSC system, and the number of scanning lines is standardized to 525. Of these, approximately 485 scanning lines appear on the effective screen, and accordingly, approximately 485 pixels are arranged in the vertical direction of the effective imaging surface of the corresponding solid-state imaging device.
- the number of pixels in the effective imaging plane in the horizontal direction is 768 in the so-called 400,000 pixel CCD solid-state imaging device often used in X-ray imaging devices, and all pixels in the horizontal direction are used at the center. Is done. Since the resolution of the solid-state imaging device camera is determined by this number of pixels, the vertical resolution is worse than the horizontal resolution.
- the deterioration of the vertical resolution due to the vertical aberration generated by the cylindrical lens can be tolerated up to 40% of the horizontal direction. From this, aberrations due to the cylindrical lens system according to the present invention are practically negligible. Therefore, this effect does not need to be corrected by adding multiple lenses, which means that the anamorphic lens system can be composed of a single cylindrical lens.
- the aberration of the image projected by the anamorphic lens is also generated by the single focus lens system, which is generated equally in all directions. Therefore, a single-focal lens system requires a small aberration, and it is easy to design a single-focal lens system with a small aberration composed of a plurality of spherical lenses. In addition, single focus lenses composed of spherical lenses are inexpensive.
- FIGS. 9 and 10 show a structure for easily fine-tuning this. That is, the lens body 61 containing the anamorphic lens 33 is fixed to the camera 31 via the mounting bracket 62.
- the lens body 61 can be rotated at an arbitrary angle with respect to the mounting bracket 62, and can be fixed by a fixing screw 63.
- the mounting bracket 62 is screwed into a corresponding female screw portion of the rotating flange 47 with a standardized screw 64 called a C-mount and mounted.
- the lens body 61 To attach the lens body 61 to the camera 32, attach the mounting bracket 62 to the lens body 61 in advance, and screw it into the lens mounting portion of the rotating flange 47. At this time, the angle of the anamorphic lens 33 with respect to the solid-state imaging device 37 is undefined. Next, the entire X-ray imaging apparatus 1 is configured and operated, and the lens body 61 is rotated to a position where a true circular image force is reproduced by observing an image on the television monitor, and fine adjustment is performed. Tighten the fixing screw 63 at the position where a true circular image is displayed correctly.
- the elliptical optical image has the major axis, that is, the horizontal axis that is four times three times the minor axis, that is, the vertical axis, and the imaging surface 3a. 7 a ⁇ a so that it contacts the top, bottom, left and right sides of the surface.
- the video signal distorted into an ellipse obtained from the camera 31 is subjected to compression processing only in the horizontal direction by the image processing device 39, and is output to the CRT television monitor 21 with the output optical image of the original X-ray image intensifier tube. It is displayed as the same perfect circular image.
- the image may be directly supplied to the CRT television monitor 21 having a deflection size of 1: 1 to display a true circular image. This can be realized simply by reducing the amplitude of the horizontal deflection of the CRT TV monitor 21.
- the force having a structure capable of rotating the entire anamorphic lens body with respect to the mounting bracket to the camera is not limited thereto.
- one or more pieces that act on the magnification in only one direction in the anamorphic lens system Similar results can be obtained by using a structure that can rotate only the lens composed of.
- connection between the lens body and the camera is not limited to the screw-in method.
- two orthogonal directions with different lens magnifications can be solid-state. It is possible to precisely match the horizontal and vertical directions of the image sensor. For this reason, it is not necessary to provide a special dedicated mounting at the mounting part of the solid-state imaging device camera and the lens. For example, by using a screw-in type mounting mechanism, the cost can be reduced.
- incorporation of the solid-state imaging device into a camera does not require any special precision in the rotation direction with respect to the lens mounting portion, and the camera can be easily manufactured.
- the mounting of the anamorphic lens system and the solid-state image sensor can be performed by using a standard screw system called C-mount, which is widely used for the lens and the lens.
- C-mount a standard screw system
- a relatively inexpensive X-ray imaging device can be configured by incorporating it into a solid-state image sensor ⁇ > o
- the cylindrical lens 33 of the anamorphic lens 33 is constituted by one cylindrical lens. It can also be composed of a cylindrical lens of ⁇ . Further, although the cylindrical lens 33c and all the constituent lenses of the single focus lens system 33d are arranged and integrated in one housing, they may be separated. By using a cylindrical lens for the anamorphic lens 33, an anamorphic optical device smaller and less expensive than an anamorphic lens system using an expensive prism lens can be configured.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing another embodiment of the camera shown in FIG. Note that the same components as those shown in FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description is omitted.
- the camera 31 shown in FIG. 11 includes a single substrate 55 on which a CCD imaging device 37, a circuit section 39, and a slip ring 57a are provided.
- the length of the camera in the axial direction can be reduced, and the X-ray imaging apparatus can be made more compact.
- FIGS. 12 to 14 show the same or the same CCD image pickup device in combination with a plurality of types of X-ray image intensifier tubes with different fluorescent screen diameters output by a single camera 31.
- An X-ray imaging device that can make almost the same image c
- There are many types of commonly used X-ray image intensifiers such as 15 mm, 20 mm, 25 mm, and 30 mm in diameter of the perfect circular output optical image.
- some solid-state imaging devices such as CCD imaging devices have imaging surfaces of many sizes, such as 2 Z 3 inch, 1 Z 2 inch, and 1/3 inch format size.
- anamorphic optical devices having different reduction ratios are required.
- one of the three lens systems needs to be replaced in order to change the reduction ratio.
- optical devices, solid-state imaging devices, and their signal processing circuit elements have been integrated into the housing of the X-ray image intensifier tube to make them compact and non-adjustable. It is not desirable to prepare many types and combine them in various ways.
- an object of the present invention is to provide an X-ray imaging apparatus capable of changing an image magnification without changing an anamorphic optical apparatus having a specific lens configuration.
- an anamorphic optical device is provided with a single focus lens system composed of a plurality of lenses and a cylindrical lens system composed of two or more lenses, and one or more lenses of the cylindrical lens system are used as other components.
- This is an X-ray imaging apparatus configured to be moved to an arbitrary position or a fixed position along the optical axis direction with respect to the lens.
- a cylindrical lens system 32 composed of two cylindrical lenses 32a and 32b is arranged on the X-ray image intensifier tube side, and a plurality of spherical lenses are arranged on the solid-state imaging device side. Become a single focus lens system 3 3d force ⁇ arranged.
- the one cylindrical lens 32a on the X-ray image intensifier tube side of the two cylindrical lenses has a structure that can move along the optical axis direction with respect to the other lenses. .
- the anamorphic lens 33 can change the lens action of the cylindrical lens system 32 independently of the single focus lens system 33 d by moving one lens in the cylindrical lens system 32. Therefore, it is possible to change the lens action only in the direction of receiving the lens action of the cylindrical lens system and the single focus lens system, and to adjust the image forming position to the position where the image is formed by the lens action of the single focus lens system only.
- Fig. 13 shows the relationship between each lens when using the anamorphic lens 33, the output images Pa, Pb, and Pc of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 and the position and image diameter of the imaging surface 37a of the solid-state imaging device 37. ing.
- (A) of the figure shows the case where the diameter of the output optical image Pa of the X-ray image intensifier tube 13 is 25 mm
- (b) of the figure shows the case where the Pb is 2 Omm
- (c) of the figure Shows the case where Pc is 15 mm.
- the size of the imaging surface 37a of the solid-state imaging device is the same.
- the distance between the output optical image of the X-ray image intensifier tube and the solid-state imaging device imaging surface is D1a, Dlb, D1c
- the distance between the solid-state imaging device imaging surface and the lens 33 is D2a.
- D2b, D2c the distance between the two cylindrical lenses 32a, 32b is D3a, D3b, D3c
- the distance between the X-ray image intensifier tube and the cylindrical lens 32a close to it is D4a, D4b, D As 4c, they can be changed.
- the positional relationship between the cylindrical lens 32b and the single focus lens system 33 on the solid-state imaging device side and the distance between them remain unchanged.
- an elliptical image C of the same size can be formed on the imaging surface 37a of the solid-state imaging device.
- the same size elliptical image C is formed on the imaging surface 18a of the solid-state image sensor. It is imaged.
- FIG. 14 shows a specific example of a combination state of an X-ray image intensifier, an anamorphic lens, and a solid-state imaging device, and a mechanism for changing each distance by the combination.
- the cylindrical lens 32a on the X-ray image intensifier tube side is supported by a support structure 71, which is movably supported along the housing 72 along the optical axis direction. Thereby, the distance D3 between the cylindrical lenses 32a and 32b can be adjusted.
- the structure for moving is omitted.
- the lenses constituting the cylindrical lens 32b and the single focus lens system 33d on the solid-state image sensor side are supported by the support structure 73; T together with the lens in the optical axis direction along the body 72. It is movably supported along.
- the connecting portion of the anamorphic lens 33 with the rotating flange of the housing 72 is provided with a male screw, and the connecting portion of the rotating flange 47 is connected with a female screw force.
- the distance D 2 between the imaging surface of the solid-state imaging device and the analytic lens 33 is roughly determined by inserting a ring spacer 74 between the body 72 and the rotating flange 47. Further, the distance can be precisely adjusted by moving the support structure 73 in the housing. Also, the distance between the output fluorescent screen 17a of the X-ray image intensifier tube and the imaging surface 37a of the solid-state imaging device 37 is set between the bottom plate 42a and the camera flange 43 to connect them. It can be adjusted by the length of the support 49.
- the cylindrical lens is moved and fixed only at several types of positions. Adjustment can be omitted by making it possible.
- this anamorphic lens 33 is an elliptical image of the same size at different magnifications by moving one lens of the cylindrical lens system along the optical axis direction with respect to the other lens. It is capable of forming an image on the imaging surface of a solid-state image sensor. Therefore, it is possible to cope with various X-ray image intensifier tube output image diameters with a single optical lens and image sensor configuration.
- a single optical lens system can be used for an X-ray image intensifier having a different output image diameter or a solid-state imaging device having a different imaging surface size. . Therefore, a low-cost X-ray imaging apparatus can be realized comprehensively without using a large number of anamorphic optical systems having different magnifications.
- a CCD sensor having a substantially square image receiving surface has been developed today, and in this case, an anamorphic lens may not be used.
- the X-ray image capturing apparatus includes a lens, an image sensor, a circuit for migrating the image sensor, and a substrate provided with a circuit for processing a video signal obtained from the image sensor.
- -It has a camera that is rotatable physically, and even if the X-ray image intensifier tube and the X-ray generator are rotated around the object, it can output the image output on the output surface. , Can be displayed on the monitor device as an upright image if necessary.
- an X-ray image capturing apparatus that hardly shifts the center of the X-ray image intensifier tube, the lens, and the image sensor, and does not cause the focus shift is provided at low cost.
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