US 12,011,307 B2
X-ray imaging device
Tomoharu Okuno, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to SHIMADZU CORPORATION, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/287,053
Filed by Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2018, PCT No. PCT/JP2018/040383
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/090012, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378613 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 6/00 (2024.01); A61B 6/46 (2024.01)
CPC A61B 6/46 (2013.01) [A61B 6/54 (2013.01); A61B 6/48 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An X-ray imaging apparatus comprising:
an imaging unit configured to capture an X-ray image of a subject, the imaging unit being provided with an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector;
a voice guidance unit configured to output voice guidance to the subject;
an operation unit configured to receive a first operation for causing the imaging unit to start preparation of the X-ray tube for capturing the X-ray image; and
a control unit configured to:
recognize that the first operation has been performed on the operation unit;
cause the voice guidance unit to start the voice guidance in response to recognizing that the first operation has been performed on the operation unit; and
cause the X-ray tube to start the preparation of the X-ray tube for capturing the X-ray image after a time t1 elapses from recognizing that the first operation has been performed on the operation unit.