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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Christoph Herrmann, Aachen, DE;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an x-ray device () for imaging an object (). A radiation detector () of the x-ray device includes detector elements () for detecting radiation, each detector element () comprising an adjustable sensitive volume, where an x-ray photon entering the sensitive volume produces an electric signal used for generating the image data. Further, the device comprises a control unit () configured to control the sensitive volume of at least one of the detector elements () in accordance with a geometric structure of the object () to be imaged in order to reduce a pile-up effect in the detector element. Moreover, the invention relates to a method for operating the device () and to a computer program for carrying out the method.