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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Martin Spahn, Erlangen, DE;
Inventor:
Martin Spahn, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/29 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4241 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); G01T 1/2928 (2013.01); A61B 6/4042 (2013.01); A61B 6/4233 (2013.01); A61B 6/461 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for receiving energy selective image data relating to an examination object using a counting, digital X-ray detector, together with a counting, digital X-ray detector and an X-ray system are provided. The X-ray detector includes an X-ray converter for direct or indirect conversion of X-rays into an electrical signal, and a matrix including a plurality of counting pixel elements. For each pixel element of the plurality of counting pixel elements, at least one modifiable threshold value, above which an incoming signal is counted using a memory unit, is applicable.