US 11,808,717 B2
X-ray tube billing system
Fumihiko Ito, Kyoto (JP); Yuji Maeda, Kyoto (JP); and Taketo Kishi, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/421,873
Filed by Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 19, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/049825
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/166203, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-023865 (JP), filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0107278 A1, Apr. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 23/043 (2013.01) [A61B 6/487 (2013.01); G06Q 20/145 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An X-ray tube billing system for a fluoroscopic apparatus for non-destructive inspection configured to perform X-ray fluoroscopy on a subject using an X-ray tube, the X-ray tube billing system comprising:
a fluoroscopy time detector configured to detect a length of time during which the X-ray fluoroscopy, which is moving image capturing to continuously image the subject, has been performed using the X-ray tube; and
a billing amount calculator configured to calculate a billing amount related to use of the X-ray tube based on the length of time during which the X-ray fluoroscopy has been performed, which is detected by the fluoroscopy time detector.