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

US11025721B2 · 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: Dec 17, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 1, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 17, 2039

Classification

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

Abstract

A detector apparatus for use as part of a data network includes a plurality of x-ray detectors, each of the plurality of x-ray detectors including a network-capable network interface, and a switch or router, connected to each of the network-capable network interfaces of the plurality of x-ray detectors, each of the plurality of x-ray detectors including a distinct IP address such that the data network is adjustable to take a change in a number of the plurality of x-ray detectors into account. The plurality of x-ray detectors are configured to detect x-rays generated from a single x-ray source.