Patent ID: 7731424

Claim:
An x-ray system comprising: an x-ray source; a flat panel x-ray detector that detects x-rays emitted by said x-ray source; a detector mount for said flat panel x-ray detector, said detector mount comprising a mount body having a mechanical plug interface that releasably connects to and retains said flat panel x-ray detector; a data processing device configured to receive and process output signals from said flat panel x-ray detector produced by x-rays from said x-ray source that are incident on said flat panel x-ray detector; and a detection device that automatically identifies a type of said flat panel x-ray detector currently connected to and retained by said mechanical plug interface of said detector mount, said detector device emitting a detector device output designating said type and being in communication with said data processing device to supply said detector device output thereto for use by said data processing device in processing said output signals from said flat panel x-ray detector.