X-ray detector and detector module

US7626173B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Peter Hackenschmied · Nuremberg, DE
• Gottfried Tschöpa · Rednitzhembach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 1, 2009
• Expiry date: May 30, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01T7/00
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An X-ray detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the X-ray detector includes a detector housing including a plurality of detector modules that extend into an interior space of the detector housing, the detector housing being designed to feed a coolant into the interior space. In order to cool the detector modules, in at least one embodiment the latter are respectively arranged on a hollow module carrier forming a cooling channel, it being possible for coolant to flow through the cooling channel during operation.