Patent ID: 6208708
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A61B,G01T

Abstract:
An X-ray mammography apparatus comprising:an X-ray tube which emits an X-ray beam;a subject table with a compression arrangement adapted for compressing an examination subject on said subject table in said X-ray beam;a radiation detector cassette insertable into said subject table, said radiation detector cassette having a large-area solid-state amorphous silicon radiation detector integrated therein, and said detector cassette having a first part of at least one transmission path, said transmission path being selected from the group of transmission paths comprising a transmission path for supplying operating voltage to said solid-state detector, a transmission path for supplying control signals to said solid-state detector for operating said solid-state detector, and a transmission path for reading out data from said solid-state detector; andsaid subject table having a second part of said transmission path which engages said first part of said transmission path when said detector cassette is inserted into said subject table.