Digital image detector with removable battery
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJames Zhengshe Liu, Donald Langler, Gary V. McBroom
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Abstract
A digital detector of a digital imaging system is provided. In one embodiment, a digital detector includes a detector array disposed in a housing and configured to generate image data based on received radiation. The digital detector may also include a battery configured to be disposed within a receptacle of the housing and to supply operating power to the detector array. In one embodiment, the receptacle and the housing may be configured such that the receptacle is externally accessible to enable a user to selectively insert and remove the battery from the receptacle. Additional systems, methods, and devices are also disclosed.
Claims20
An imaging system comprising:
- a radiation source;
- a digital detector including a power connector having a receptacle that is configured to alternatively engage a removable battery and a tether each configured to supply operating power to the digital detector when the removable battery or the tether, respectively, is coupled to the power connector, wherein the receptacle is externally accessible to enable a user to selectively insert and remove each of the removable battery and the tether from the receptacle;
- and
- system control circuitry configured to control exposure of the digital detector by the radiation source and to acquire image data from the digital detector.
A digital X-ray detector comprising:
- a detector array configured to generate image data based on received x-ray radiation;
- a housing in which the detector array is disposed;
- and
- a battery configured to be disposed within a receptacle of the housing, the receptacle and the housing configured such that the receptacle is externally accessible to enable a user to selectively insert and remove the battery from the receptacle, wherein the battery and the receptacle are configured to cooperate to supply operating power to the detector array.
A method comprising:
- installing a battery into an externally accessible receptacle of a digital X-ray detector configured to facilitate wireless communication with an external device;
- receiving radiation at the digital X-ray detector;
- generating electronic image data based on the received radiation;
- storing the electronic image data in a storage device of the digital X-ray detector;
- removing the battery from the externally accessible receptacle of the digital X-ray detector;
- inserting a plug of a tether into the externally accessible receptacle to couple the tether to the digital X-ray detector;
- and
- communicating the electronic image data from the storage device to the external device via the tether coupled to the digital X-ray detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.