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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2007
Applicants:
John Eric Tkaczyk, Delanson, NY (US);
Yanfeng Du, Rexford, NY (US);
Wen LI, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A CT detector includes a plurality of metallized anodes with each metallized anode separated from another metallized anode by a gap. A direct conversion material is electrically coupled to the plurality of metallized anodes and has a charge sharing region in which an electrical charge generated by an x-ray impinging the direct conversion material is shared between at least two of the plurality of metallized anodes. An x-ray attenuating material is positioned to attenuate x-rays directed toward the charge sharing region.