Heimann Systems Gmbh

George Geus

Martin Hartick

Patricia Schall

A method for detecting X-rays which are separated into individual energy ranges after penetrating an object, as well as to an arrangement for implementing this method. It is known to detect X-rays (FX) by using detection devices (,), consisting of several identically configured detector pairs. The detector pairs in that case consist of a low-energy detector (,) and a high-energy detector (,). As a result, the weakened X-ray beam (FX&prime;) is separated into individual energy ranges following the X-raying of an object (,). This separation is necessary to determine the types of material in the X-rayed object (,). The disadvantage of known detection devices (,) is that an overlapping of the individual energy ranges occurs in the low-energy detector (,), thereby making it impossible to detect the material type with certainty. This problem is avoided by providing for computing out the high-energy shares absorbed in the low-energy detector (,) with the aid of an additional signal. For this purpose, a second low-energy detector (,) is arranged between the first low-energy detector (,) and the high-energy detector (,). An energy spectrum (FX,) that is absorbed in the second low-energy detector (,) is used to obtain the signal to be subtracted.

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