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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2006
Ashutosh Joshi, Waukesha, WI (US);
Joseph James Lacey, Cambridge, WI (US);
Ashutosh Joshi, Waukesha, WI (US);
Joseph James Lacey, Cambridge, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A heat management apparatus for disposition in a medical imaging system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a thermally conductive detector module, sensor components disposed upon the detector module, and signal processing electronics in thermal communication with the detector module, the signal processing electronics disposed proximate the sensor components. A main heat conductor is in thermal communication with a first defined portion of a length of the detector module, and a local heat conductor is in thermal communication with a second defined portion of the length of the detector module.