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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter Rütten, Linnich/Ederen, DE;
Matthias Simon, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to an X-ray detector for converting X-rays ( ) into electric charges, including a scintillator arrangement ( ) and a photosensor arrangement ( ) which is situated therebelow; the light that is incident in openings Z between the pixels P is reflected to the photosensor D by means of a reflector arrangement ( ) so that it contributes to an increased signal without degrading the spatial resolution of the X-ray detector.