Patent ID: 7197112

Claim:
A method of allocating a mobile X-ray detector alternately to a plurality of X-ray radiation units, each X-ray radiation unit comprising an active or passive operating status and each X-ray radiation unit comprising a detector holder for releasably holding the mobile X-ray detector unit, the method comprising: assigning the X-ray radiation unit as a function of the operating statuses of the X-ray radiation units such that the mobile X-ray detector unit is located in the detector holder of an active X-ray radiation unit; inserting the mobile X-ray detector in the detector holder of said active X-ray radiation unit; determining a location of the mobile X-ray detector unit via a localization unit in the mobile X-ray detector or in the detector holder of said active X-ray radiation units; and transmitting the location of the mobile X-ray detector to a parking unit comprising an additional detector holder.