Background: Digital radiography devices are still the gold standard for diagnosis or therapy guidance in medicine. Despite the similarities between all direct digital x-ray systems, researchers and new companies face significant challenges during the development phase of innovative x-ray devices; each component is manufactured independently, guidance towards device integration from manufacturers is limited, global standards for device integration is lacking. Method: In scope of this study a plug-integrate-play (PIP) conceptual model for x-ray imaging system is introduced and implemented as an open hardware platform, SyncBox. The researchers are free to select each individual device component from different vendors based on their intended application and target performance are utilized in criteria. Result: As its first implementation, SyncBox and its platform a full body high resolution radiographic scanner that employs a novel TDI digital detector. Conclusion: We believe that SyncBox has a potential for introducing an open source hardware platform to x-ray equipment design.

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数字X射线设备统一开放硬件平台；其概念模型和首次实现


背景：数字放射成像设备仍然是医学诊断或治疗指导的金标准。尽管所有直接数字 X 射线系统之间都有相似之处，但研究人员和新公司在创新 X 射线设备的开发阶段面临着重大挑战；每个组件都是独立制造的，制造商对设备集成的指导有限，缺乏设备集成的全球标准。方法：在本研究范围内，引入了 X 射线成像系统的即插即用 (PIP) 概念模型，并将其实现为开放硬件平台 SyncBox。研究人员可以根据其预期应用和标准中使用的目标性能自由选择来自不同供应商的每个单独的设备组件。结果：作为其首次实施，SyncBox 及其平台是一款采用新型 TDI 数字探测器的全身高分辨率放射线扫描仪。结论：我们相信 SyncBox 有潜力为 X 射线设备设计引入开源硬件平台。