Patent ID: 8021043

Claim:
A digital radiographic detector comprising: a detector panel forming digital image data according to radiation exposure energy; an enclosure housing the detector panel, the enclosure formed from an electrically conductive material without a magnetic shielding capability and having a base with an inner base surface and an outer base surface and having, along its perimeter, one or more side walls that extend orthogonally from the inner base surface; a base magnetic shield that extends as a layer of nanocrystalline material across at least one of the inner base surface and the outer base surface of the enclosure; a cover formed from a non-conductive material and comprising a cover magnetic shield of a layer of a metallic alloy bonded to an inner surface of the cover, wherein the cover magnetic shield has a reduced thickness relative to the enclosure to pass more x-rays than the enclosure; and an additional magnetic shield that extends along one or more surfaces of the enclosure, wherein the additional magnetic shield is the nanocrystalline material and the metallic alloy provided at portions of the enclosure to protect selected components of the detector panel.