US 7,488,946 B2
Digital x-ray detectors
William Andrew Hennessy, Schenectady, N.Y. (US); Bruce Courtney Campbell Amm, Clifton Park, N.Y. (US); Donald Earl Castleberry, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US); Shashishekara Sitharamarao Talya, Houston, Tex. (US); Virendra Vilas Gaikwad, Bangalore (India); Shailendra Pramod Joshi, Maharashtra (India); Habib Vafi, Brookfield, Wis. (US); and Michael John Utschig, Wauwatosa, Wis. (US)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Niskayuna, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Oct. 03, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/542,430.
Prior Publication US 2008/0078939 A1, Apr. 03, 2008
Int. Cl. G01T 1/24 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 250—370.09 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An x-ray detector, comprising:
a detector subsystem configured to output electrical signals in response to reception of x-rays; and
a single-piece protective enclosure having at least one opening to receive the detector subsystem.