Patent ID: 8548119

Claim:
A CT system comprising: a rotatable gantry having an opening to receive an object to be scanned; an x-ray projection source positioned on the rotatable gantry that projects a cone beam of x-rays from a focal spot of the x-ray projection source toward the object; and a plurality of detector modules positioned on the rotatable gantry and configured to receive x-rays attenuated by the object, each of the plurality of detector modules comprising: a module frame having a top surface thereon; a plurality of tileable sub-modules positioned on the top surface of the module frame and aligned along a Z-axis thereof so as to receive the x-rays attenuated by the object and convert the x-rays to digital signals; and an electronics board connected to the plurality of sub-modules to receive the digital signals therefrom; and wherein each of the plurality of sub-modules comprises: an array of detector elements configured to receive x-rays attenuated through the object and convert the x-rays into analog electrical signals; an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) electronics package electrically and mechanically coupled to the array of detector elements to receive the analog electrical signals and convert the analog electrical signals to digital signals; and a flex circuit connected to the ASIC electronics package to receive the digital signals therefrom and transfer the digital signals to the electronics board of the detector module.