Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Heinz Van Der Broeck

Falko Busse

The invention relates to an X-ray examination apparatus in which the X-ray detector and the X-ray source are subject to keeping the temperature constant and to cooling by way of a common cooling circuit. To this end, a cooling medium of constant temperature is applied to the X-ray detector in order to make the X-ray detector operate at uniform ambient temperatures. The temperature of the cooling medium, thus increased a first time, still suffices to perform cooling of the X-ray source Consequently, the heated cooling medium, after application to the X-ray detector , is applied to the X-ray source where a second exchange of heat takes place, so that at the same time the X-ray source is cooled without utilizing an additional cooling circuit. This offers the advantage that relevant X-ray examination apparatus may have a simple construction, that the electronic components used in the construction have a correspondingly prolonged service life due to the constant low temperature, and that the apparatus can operate with a higher mean power as a result of the cooling.

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Zuelpich, Germany

Heinz Van Der Broeck