An imaging system includes a programmable detector framing node controlling generation
of radiation and controlling radioscopic image detection. Radioscopic image data
is acquired by the detector framing node and communicated to a host memory of a
host computer independently of a host computer operating system. Image data is
received from a flat panel detector and is selectively reordered according to parameters
of the selected flat panel detector before communication to the host memory. The
detector framing node includes an image detection interface to receive the image
data and a control unit to select a predetermined portion of the image data for
storage into a detector memory unit before communication to the host memory.
