Patent ID: 6931092

Claim:
A computed tomography system comprising: a gantry configured to rotate around a longitudinal axis; an X-ray radiation source secured to the gantry and configured to project a plurality of X-ray beams through an object; a detector array secured to the gantry and comprising a plurality of detector assemblies configured to produce a plurality of electrical signals corresponding to the X-ray beams; each detector assembly further comprising a detector subassembly and at least one circuit board assembly mechanically secured to the detector subassembly via a flexible connection, each circuit board assembly comprising a plurality of integrated circuits attached to at least one printed circuit board and a thermal management system in thermal communication with the integrated circuits to reduce variation in temperature in each of the detector assembly, each thermal management system including a heat sink assembly comprising a substantially rigid thermally conductive spreader plate disposed over two or more integrated circuits to uniformly distribute the thermal energy generated by the integrated circuits during operation; and a processor configured to process the electrical signals to generate a plurality of projection measurements, wherein the processor is configured to perform calculations on the projection measurements to construct an image of the object there from.