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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Applicant:
Joe J. Lacey, Cambridge, WI (US);
Inventor:
Joe J. Lacey, Cambridge, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, a New York Corporation, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present application discloses an x-ray detector for use in a computed tomography (CT) imaging system. The x-ray detector assembly comprises an array of detector cells coupled between detector rails. The present invention provides a self regulating heating element having a body that, when current is passed therethrough, radiates heat until a specific reference temperature is reached, at which point the resistance of the PTC heater increases, thus reducing the current through the PTC heater, and, as a result, the radiative heating of the PTC heater.