Patent · US Expired

Detector unit, X-ray computer tomographic photographing device, X-ray detector, and X-ray detector manufacturing method

US6587538B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 2001
Grant dateJul 1, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B6/4291
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A detector unit for detecting X rays passed through a collimator having a plurality of collimator single plates, includes a substrate attached to a collimator support for supporting the collimator, a photodetecting device array including photodetecting devices mounted on the substrate, a scintillator block arranged corresponding to the photodetecting device array and provided on the photodetecting device array to convert the X rays into light, and an engaging component having an engaging portion provided on the collimator single plate side of the substrate, and engaged with the collimator single plate to regulate a position of the photodetecting device array or the scintillator block in a channel direction with respect to the collimator single plate.

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