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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Björn Heismann, Erlangen, DE;
Thomas Von Der Haar, Nürnberg, DE;
Björn Heismann, Erlangen, DE;
Thomas von der Haar, Nürnberg, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a computer tomograph comprising a detector unit () consisting of a plurality of detectors () for identifying X-ray radiation (). According to the invention, the individual detectors () of the detector unit () are configured to receive incident quanta of the X-ray radiation () and to record the received X-ray radiation (), both in terms of its intensity and in terms of the quantum energy of the individual X-ray quanta of the received X-ray radiation (). The invention also relates to a corresponding method for identifying X-ray radiation by means of a computer tomograph that comprises a detector unit () consisting of a plurality of detectors ().