Detector bar or detector formed from a number of detector bars, and computed-tomography unit with such a detector
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBjoern Heismann
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Abstract
A detector bar, a detector formed from a number of detector bars, and a computed-tomography unit including such a detector is disclosed, each detector bar being formed from a number of individual modules. A detector bar has a module carrier for mechanically retaining the individual modules, and a printed circuit board, structurally separate from the module carrier, for making electric contact with the individual modules. The individual modules can thus be exchanged without disturbance, and simple aligning of the individual modules can thus be carried out while electric contact is simultaneously made.
Claims31
A detector bar, comprising:
- a number of individual modules;
- a module carrier for mechanically retaining the individual modules;
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- a printed circuit board, embodied separately from said module carrier, for making electric contact with the individual modules, the printed circuit board being arranged on a side of the detector bar averted from x-ray radiation.
A detector bar for use in a computed-tomography unit, comprising:
- a module carrier, including a plurality individual detector modules;
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- a printed circuit board, separate from said module carrier, for making electric contact with the individual modules, the printed circuit board being arranged on a side of the detector bar averted from x-ray radiation produced within the computed-tomography unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.