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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2010
Applicants:
Nicholas Ryan Konkle, Waukesha, WI (US);
Habib Vafi, Brookfield, WI (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Ryan Konkle, Waukesha, WI (US);
Habib Vafi, Brookfield, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a portable X-ray detector assembly is provided comprising a detector array and a housing for the detector array. The housing is provided as a multi-layer structure in which at least one layer improves or increases the structural integrity of other layers of the housing. In certain embodiments, the structural integrity layer also acts to reduce or eliminate electromagnetic interference that might otherwise affect the detector or other electronics in the vicinity of the detector.