Patent ID: 7663112
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: A61B,G03B

Abstract:
1. A cassette comprising: a casing housing therein a radiation conversion panel for detecting a radiation emitted from a radiation source and having passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information; a tapered member disposed on said casing and progressively tapered toward an end thereof said tapered member being disposed on a side edge of said casing which does not face the subject and a bed on which the subject lies, when said casing is placed between said subject and said bed; a wireless communication mechanism for performing wireless communications with an external device, said wireless communication mechanism being disposed in said tapered member; and a radiation shield impermeable to said radiation, said radiation shield being housed in said tapered member, said wireless communication mechanism being disposed in said radiation shield, wherein said radiation shield is hollow and triangle-shaped in cross section formed along the shape of the cross section of said tapered member.