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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1995
Rainer Beierlein, Spardorf, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An x-ray diagnostic installation has an x-ray source for generating an x-ray beam, an x-ray image converter for acquiring an x-ray image that includes a scintillator layer and a detector with photoelements arranged matrix-like, and a playback system connected thereto for the playback of the x-ray image. The x-ray image converter also includes an array of a number of optical elements arranged between the scintillator layer and the image converter. This array can be composed of micro-lenses or micro-objectives lens elements. A respective micro-lens is allocated to each photoelement of the detector or a respective micro-objective lens elements is allocated to a group of photoelements of the detector.