X-ray detector with anatomically adapted recess

US6181769A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Martin Hoheisel · Erlangen, DE
• Hartmut Sklebitz · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 22, 1998
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2001
• Expiry date: Sep 22, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B6/4233
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An x-ray detector for acquiring an x-ray image is in the form of a matrix with at least one of the sides of the amorphous silicon x-ray detector matrix having a cutout or recess with a curved contour that is adapted to the anatomy of the body part to be examined for an average patient.