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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kotatsu Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Joseph James Lacey, Waukesha, WI (US);
Richard Paul Vandeweghe, Waukesha, WI (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A radiation detecting apparatus is provided. The radiation detecting apparatus includes a plurality of detector modules arranged in a channel direction, each detector module including a plurality of detecting elements arranged in matrix form in the channel direction and a slice direction, and a heat radiating unit thermally coupled to the detecting elements and provided on an X-ray outgoing side of the detecting elements, a wind blowing unit configured to send wind to the heat radiating units of the detector modules in the slice direction, first wind shielding portions provided on a radiation outgoing side of the heat radiating units and configured to shield the wind in a radiation irradiating direction, and second wind shielding portions provided on a radiation incoming side of the heat radiating units and configured to shield the wind in the radiation irradiating direction.