Flexible detector and imaging device including the same

1 . A detector, comprising:

a first part including a first housing and a detection panel, the first housing including an elastic material, the detection panel being disposed in the first housing;

a second part connected to the first part and including a second housing, the second housing including an inelastic material or a material having higher rigidity than the elastic material of the first housing; and

a reinforcement member disposed outside the detection panel and disposed in the first housing, the reinforcement member surrounding at least a part of the detection panel on a horizontal plane perpendicular to a thickness direction of the detection panel,

wherein the first housing comprises:

a panel accommodation portion configured to accommodate the detection panel; and

a reinforcement member accommodation portion defined outside the panel accommodation portion when viewed on the horizontal plane, the reinforcement member accommodation portion being configured to accommodate the reinforcement member,

wherein the reinforcement member comprises a first reinforcement portion disposed in a first accommodation region of the reinforcement member accommodation portion in a first direction, and

wherein the first reinforcement portion is configured to move in the reinforcement member accommodation portion in the first direction on the horizontal plane when the first part is bent.

2 . The detector of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member includes a connection portion coupled to one end of the second housing at which the first housing and the second housing are connected.

3 . The detector of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement member extends across the first housing and the second housing.

4 . The detector of claim 3 , wherein the reinforcement member includes a connection portion coupled to an inside of the second housing.

5 . The detector of claim 1 ,

wherein the reinforcement member further comprises:

a second reinforcement portion disposed in a second accommodation region of the reinforcement member accommodation portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and

wherein the second reinforcement portion is configured to move in the reinforcement member accommodation portion in the second direction on the horizontal plane when the first part is bent.

6 . The detector of claim 1 ,

wherein the first reinforcement portion includes a protruding portion protruding from one end of the first reinforcement portion in a vertical direction with respect to the horizontal plane or protruding from one end of the first reinforcement portion to have a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction,

wherein the first accommodation region includes a stopper portion configured to come into contact with the protruding portion in the first direction when the first reinforcement portion moves in the first direction on the horizontal plane, and

wherein the protruding portion and the stopper portion are configured to be in contact with each other in a state in which the first part is maximally bent in the first direction.

7 . The detector of claim 1 , wherein the first housing comprises:

a first plate disposed on one surface of the reinforcement member; and

a second plate disposed on another surface of the reinforcement member opposite to the one surface of the reinforcement member in a vertical direction with respect to the horizontal plane.

8 . The detector of claim 7 , further comprising:

a bending restriction part configured to restrict a degree to which the first part is maximally bendable,

wherein the bending restriction part is disposed in a bending restriction part guide portion defined in the reinforcement member in the first direction on the horizontal plane, and

wherein the bending restriction part is configured to move in the first direction on the horizontal plane along the bending restriction part guide portion when the first part is bent.

9 . The detector of claim 8 , wherein the bending restriction part guide portion comprises a pair of bending restriction part guide portions defined in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction with the detection panel interposed therebetween.

10 . The detector of claim 8 , wherein the bending restriction part includes a protruding portion protruding from one end of the bending restriction part in the vertical direction or protruding from one end of the bending restriction part to have a predetermined angle with respect to the vertical direction, and the reinforcement member includes a stopper portion configured to come into contact with the protruding portion in the first direction when the bending restriction part moves in the first direction on the horizontal plane.

11 . The detector of claim 1 , wherein a fixing part passage groove is defined at a lateral end of the second housing, and a fixing part configured to fix the detector to a test target passes through the fixing part passage groove.

12 . A detector, comprising:

a first part including a first housing and a detection panel, the first housing including an elastic material, the detection panel being disposed in the first housing;

a second part connected to the first part and including a second housing, the second housing including an inelastic material or a material having higher rigidity than the elastic material of the first housing; and

a reinforcement member disposed outside the detection panel and disposed in the first housing, the reinforcement member surrounding at least a part of the detection panel on a horizontal plane perpendicular to a thickness direction of the detection panel,

wherein the second part includes a first ring portion extending in a first direction, and a second ring portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and

wherein a fixing part configured to fix the detector to a test target is coupled to the first ring portion and the second ring portion.

13 . The detector of claim 12 , wherein the first ring portion is comprises a pair of first ring portions, the second ring portion is comprises a pair of second ring portions, and the pair of first ring portions and the pair of second ring portions are positioned at which the fixing part presses portions of the first housing disposed outside the detection panel.

14 . The detector of claim 12 , wherein a fixing block on which the first ring portion and the second ring portion are disposed is coupled to the second housing.

15 . The detector of claim 13 , wherein a fixing block on which the first ring portion and the second ring portion are disposed is coupled to the second housing.

16 . The detector of claim 12 , wherein a third ring portion is disposed at a side of the second housing opposite to the first part, and a branch portion, which branches off from the fixing part, is coupled to the third ring portion.

17 . An imaging device comprising:

a detector;

a fixing part configured to fix the detector such that the detector is tightly attached to a test target; and

a radioactive ray generation part configured to be disposed inside or outside the test target and configured to emit radiation to the detector,

wherein the detector comprises:

a first part including a first housing and a detection panel, the first housing including an elastic material, the detection panel being disposed in the first housing;

a second part connected to the first part and including a second housing, the second housing including an inelastic material or a material having higher rigidity than the elastic material of the first housing; and

a reinforcement member disposed outside the detection panel and disposed in the first housing, the reinforcement member surrounding at least a part of the detection panel on a horizontal plane perpendicular to a thickness direction of the detection panel.

18 . The imaging device of claim 17 , further comprising:

an auxiliary board configured to press the first part of the detector toward the test target.