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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2004
Gereon Vogtmeier, Aachen, DE;
Roger Steadman, Aachen, DE;
Klaus Jurgen Engel, Aachen, DE;
Herfried Wieczorek, Aachen, DE;
Wolfgang Eckenbach, Aachen, DE;
Gereon Vogtmeier, Aachen, DE;
Roger Steadman, Aachen, DE;
Klaus Jurgen Engel, Aachen, DE;
Herfried Wieczorek, Aachen, DE;
Wolfgang Eckenbach, Aachen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to an X-ray detector with detector elements () arranged in a layer. The detector elements () contain a scintillator element () for the conversion of X-rays (X) into photons (v), a photodiode () for detection of the photons (v), and a processing circuit () for the processing of electric signals generated by the photodiode (). In order to protect the electronics () from X-rays a shielding () of variable effective thickness (d, d) is disposed in front of the electronics (). This shielding () can in particular be L-shaped. By reduction of the effective thickness of the shielding () to a necessary minimum the volume of the scintillator unit () can be maximized.