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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Photon-counting x-ray detectors () suffer from a degradation of their performance due to polarization. In order to correct the effects of polarization to the generated x-ray images, the invention suggests (i) exposing the radiation detector () to a first radiation pulse emitted by a further radiation source () and obtaining a first electric pulse signal generated by the radiation detector () in response thereto, (ii) later exposing the 5 radiation detector () to a second radiation pulse emitted by the further radiation source () during the acquisition of the image and obtaining a second electric pulse signal generated by the radiation detector () in response thereto, and (iii) comparing amplitudes of the first and second electric pulse signals and generating the x-ray image based on a result of the comparison. The invention provides a corresponding x-ray device and a corresponding method.