Radiographic detector readout
AssigneeCarestream Health, Inc.
InventorsTodd D. BOGUMIL, Ravi K. MRUTHYUNJAYA
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Abstract
A flexible digital radiographic detector assembly includes a flexible sleeve enclosing a photosensor array supported by a flexible substrate. Integrated circuit readout electronics are coupled to the photosensor array and to a circuit board having conductive contacts. The contacts engage a hand carried read out electronics box to initiate a read out of image data captured in the photosensor array and to display the image data on a screen in the read out electronics box.
Claims14
A flexible digital radiographic detector comprising:
- a flexible photosensor array;
- integrated circuit readout electronics coupled to the photosensor array;
- and
- a flexible sleeve enclosing the photosensor array,
- wherein the integrated circuit readout electronics is configured to engage a hand carried read out electronics box to initiate a readout out of image data captured in the photosensor array.
A method of operating a flexible digital radiographic detector having a photosensor array, the method comprising:
- adhering the flexible DR detector onto a curved structure;
- capturing a radiographic image of the curved surface in the photosensor array;
- inserting the flexible DR detector into a hand carried portable read out box, the read out box including a digital display;
- and
- reading out and displaying a radiographic image of the curved structure using the read out box.
- wherein the integrated circuit readout electronics is configured to engage a hand carried read out electronics box to initiate a readout out of image data captured in the photosensor array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.