Computed tomography device and method for operating a computed tomography device

US11602323B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Shameem Kabir Chaudhury · Erlangen, DE
• Thomas Hilderscheid · Altdorf, DE
• Thomas Hofmann · San Diego, US
• Bjoern Kreisler · Eschborn, DE
• Christian Schroeter · Bamberg, DE
• Stefan WOELFEL · Dormitz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 14, 2023
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/032
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A computed tomography device includes a holding frame and a ring mount, being movably mounted to the holding frame. The ring mount includes an x-ray detector, with a semiconductor material, operable in an equilibrium of statistical states of occupation. In an embodiment, the computed tomography device includes a first power supply, set up to supply power, in an operating state of the computed tomography device, to a first lot of components of the computed tomography device, the first lot of components being arranged on the ring mount for an image generation process; and a second power supply, separable from the first power supply in terms of circuitry, to supply power to a second lot of components of the computed tomography device in a resting state of the computed tomography device, the components of the second lot being set up to hold the semiconductor material in the equilibrium.