X-ray apparatus having a cable-free portable radiation detector with a housing for the acceptance of a radiation transducer
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsUlrich Schulze-Ganzlin, Josef Ploetz
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Abstract
An x-ray apparatus has a portable radiation detector having a housing containing a radiation transducer formed of individual detector cells that convert incident radiation, particularly x-radiation, into electrical signals. The radiation detector is implemented cable-free. A wireless transceiver for the infeed of operating energy and for the outfeed of the signals is provided. An advantage of this radiation detector is the cable-free construction, and the simple manipulation and reusability resulting therefrom. Moreover, the radiation detector is better suited to hygienic demands.
Claims18
A radiation detector system for use in an x-ray apparatus having a source of operating energy, said radiation detector system comprising:
- a housing;
- a radiation transducer disposed in said housing composed of a plurality of detector cells which convert a shadow image formed by incident x-rays into electrical signals from which said shadow image is recreatable and which consumes operating energy;
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- cable-free means in said housing connected to said radiation transducer for infeeding operating energy to said radiation transducer from said operating energy source and for outfeeding said electrical signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.