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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
May. 03, 2007
Mathias Hörnig, Erlangen, DE;
Mathias Hörnig, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
To reduce quality losses in edge areas of an X-ray image, caused by temperature fluctuations, an X-ray detector () is arranged with a scintillator () for converting X radiation into light and with an active matrix () of pixel readout elements, arranged behind it in the direction of X radiation, in such a manner that the active matrix () is shielded in an optically opaque manner with respect to the scintillator () in at least one edge area () of the cross-over area of the scintillator () and the active matrix (); in particular, the optically opaque shielding is suitable for forming a dark reference zone () when the scintillator () is present.