Patent ID: 7537385

Claim:
A radiographic apparatus for detecting radiation, comprising: a detection section having a rectangular detection surface and including photoelectric conversion elements that detect radiation; an analog electrical circuit section arranged along a side of the detection surface for reading an electrical signal from the detection section; a digital driving circuit section arranged along another side of the detection surface for driving the detection section; a power source for supplying power to the detection section, the electrical circuit section and the driving circuit section; and a housing that has a handle and contains the detection section, the electrical circuit section, the driving circuit section and the power source, wherein the driving circuit section, the power source and the handle are located along a longer side of the rectangular detection surface, wherein the electrical circuit section is arranged in two sections which are each arranged around a respective one of the two shorter sides of the detection surface, and each section of the electrical circuit section reads a partial detection area adjacent thereto, which area is defined by dividing the detection surface into two substantially equal parts in the longer side direction, and wherein the detection section is included on a position where a distance between an outline of a longer side of the detection surface and an outline of the housing is shorter than a distance between an outline of the other longer side of the detection surface and the outline of the housing, and a handle is disposed on the side of the other longer side of the detection surface.