IP Library Granted Patent US 9,186,121
Granted Patent B2
US 9,186,121 · App. 14/142,958 · Granted Nov 17, 2015

Detector module

Inventor: Xiaoqing Hu (Shenyang, CN)
Assignee: SHENYANG NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
A61B6/56A61B6/52G01N23/046G01T1/17G01T1/247
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Patent No.
US 9,186,121
App. No.
14/142,958
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detector module is provided, where a side of a signal adapter circuit board opposite to an X-ray source has an analog signal output terminal, at least one A/D chip is installed on an A/D conversion circuit board, and the signal adapter circuit board and the A/D conversion circuit board are connected through non-removable flexible connection with a data line. The data line is connected with the analog signal output terminal and an input terminal of the at least one A/D chip, and is adapted to transmit an analog signal. Therefore, the number of A/D conversion circuit boards in a direction of a channel of a scan chamber is increased, and a signal adapter circuit board along a direction of the channel of the scan chamber may be set to have a maximum width when detector modules are arranged closely, which is beneficial for reducing wiring density of signal wires.

Claims (15)

1. A detector module used in a computed tomography device, comprising:

a signal adapter circuit board, an A/D conversion circuit board and a data line,

wherein a side of the signal adapter circuit board which faces an X-ray source is connected with a detector array which is adapted to receive X-rays and another side of the signal adapter circuit board which is opposite to the X-ray source has an analog signal output terminal, the analog signal output terminal is adapted for outputting an analog signal which is obtained by converting the X-rays received by the detector array; at least one A/D chip, which is adapted to convert the analog signal output by the analog signal output terminal into a digital signal, is installed on the A/D conversion circuit board; the signal adapter circuit board and the A/D conversion circuit board are connected through non-removable flexible connection with a data line; and the data line is connected with the analog signal output terminal and an input terminal of the at least one A/D chip, and is adapted to transmit an analog signal.

2. The detector module according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the analog signal output terminal and a lateral edge of the signal adapter circuit board which the analog signal output terminal is towards, is within a predetermined distance range.

3. The detector module according to claim 1 , further comprising a metal fixing frame, adapted to fix the signal adapter circuit board and the A/D conversion circuit board, so that the A/D conversion circuit board is located on the side of the signal adapter circuit board opposite to the X-ray source and an angle between the A/D conversion circuit board and the side of the signal adapter circuit board opposite to the X-ray source is within a predetermined angle range.

4. The detector module according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one A/D chip is connected with the metal fixing frame through a thermally conductive material.

5. The detector module according to claim 1 , wherein the data line comprises a flexible cable.

6. The detector module according to claim 3 , wherein the data line comprises a flexible cable.

7. The detector module according to claim 1 , wherein the detector module comprises two A/D conversion circuit boards.

8. The detector module according to claim 3 , wherein the detector module comprises two A/D conversion circuit boards.

9. The detector module according to claim 1 , wherein a length of the data line is within a predetermined length range.

10. The detector module according to claim 1 , wherein the side of the signal adapter circuit board which faces the X-ray source being connected with the detector array which is adapted to receive X-rays comprises:

the side of the signal adapter circuit board which faces the X-ray source being connected with the detector array, wherein the detector array is adapted to receive X-rays and is installed on a plate through a connector.

11. The detector module according to claim 1 , further comprising a radiation shield layer which is located between the signal adapter circuit board and the A/D conversion circuit board and adapted to shield the X-rays, so as to enable the A/D conversion circuit board to be in an X-ray shield region of the radiation shield layer.

12. The detector module according to claim 11 , wherein the radiation shield layer comprises one or more of the group consisting of: tungsten, tungsten alloy, lead, lead alloy, lead oxide, bismuth trioxide, gold, platinum, tantalum, or any combination thereof.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 14, 2020
From: SHENYANG NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
To: NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052398/0489 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2013
From: HU, XIAOQING
To: SHENYANG NEUSOFT MEDICAL SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031872/0132 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0451458 · Sep 27, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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