Data transfer between an X-ray detector and an arithmetic unit via a network protocol

US10547685B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Alfons Eismann · Pinzberg, DE
• Thorsten ERGLER · Erlangen, DE
• Taras Pryymak · Ergolding, DE
• Bodo REITZ · Forchheim, DE
• Alexander Graf · Karlsruhe, DE
• Edmund Goetz · Dachau, DE
• Stefan Hartmann · Eggolsheim, DE
• Thomas Hilderscheid · Altdorf, DE
• Shameem Kabir Chaudhury · Erlangen, DE
• Kurt Stadlthanner · Ergolding, DE
• Michael Hosemann · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 10, 2017
• Grant date: Jan 28, 2020
• Expiry date: Nov 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04J3/0667
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A detector apparatus includes at least one x-ray detector, including a network-capable network unit; and a switching unit connected to the network unit of the x-ray detector.