| US 7,572,057 B2 | ||
| Radiography control apparatus and radiography control method | ||
| Koji Takekoshi, Yokohama (Japan); Tsukasa Sako, Yokohama (Japan); and Toshio Kameshima, Kumagaya (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 20, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/143,058. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-163352 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2007; and application No. 2007-163353 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0317215 A1, Dec. 25, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 6/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 378—205 | 11 Claims |

| 1. A control device which controls a radiography apparatus including a radiation generating unit that emits radiation and
a radiation detecting unit that detects the radiation emitted from the radiation generating unit, the control device comprising:
a positional-relationship detecting unit that detects a positional relationship between the radiation generating unit and
the radiation detecting unit when the radiography apparatus performs a radiographic operation; and
a control unit that controls the radiographic operation of the radiography apparatus based on the result of the detection
performed by the positional-relationship detecting unit.
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