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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2005
Sven Fritzler, Erlangen, DE;
Björn Heismann, Erlangen, DE;
Sven Fritzler, Erlangen, DE;
Björn Heismann, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
In a detector arrangement for a medical diagnosis apparatus as well as a medical imaging diagnostic method, radiation quanta striking a detector are detected and evaluated with spatial resolution. The use of collimators is thereby omitted, such that radiation quanta that strike at a non-perpendicular angle to the detector are also evaluated. For spatial resolution of the origin of the radiation quantum, the spatial distribution of sensor elements of the detector that emit a signal upon incidence of a radiation quantum is evaluated. A higher efficiency of the radiation evaluation is enabled and, particularly in nuclear medical diagnostic methods, the radiation exposure of the patient can be distinctly reduced.