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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2001
Takayuki Takemoto, Joyo, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
In a plane type radiation detector unit, a rotating shaft is provided on one end side of the detector unit and is attached to a fluoroscopic radiographing stand to hold the detector unit so that the detector unit can be rotated around the rotating shaft by 90° to widen a space in front of an object or patient to be tested. A plurality of slide electrodes is disposed on the rotating shaft to input or output signals to or from the detector unit, or to supply a power source. A detecting portion of the detector unit includes an X-ray converting layer, an active matrix board, a gate circuit portion and a reading circuit portion. The detecting portion is controlled by a control circuit portion to read pixel signals of the detecting portion to the reading circuit portion and send out data to an outside through the slide electrodes. Also, by providing a communication circuit portion for sending or receiving radio signals from the outside, data can be sent to the outside by radio signals through a non-contact I/O device. Thus, the plane type radiation detector unit can be miniaturized and made light in weight without using a connector and a cable, and moreover, a space in front of the object can be widened.