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Detector unit for a computer tomograph

US7372938B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Claus Pohan · Baiersdorf, DE
Gottfried TSCHOEPA · Rednitzhembach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 17, 2005
Grant date	May 13, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 16, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/1648
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A detector unit of a computer tomograph includes a base surface that faces a support ring of a gantry of the computer tomograph in a mounting position, and a detector surface that is angled away from the base surface in an approximately perpendicular fashion, faces an isocentric axis of the gantry in the mounting position, and along which there are fitted a number of detector elements for detecting x-radiation. The base surface has an air inlet fitted in such a way that a cooling airflow applied from outside to the base surface is guided onto the inner side of the detector surface. In the mounting position, the air inlet corresponds with an air channel guided in the support ring or between the rotary carriage and the support ring.

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