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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2010
Applicant:
Jürgen Leppert, Forchheim, DE;
Inventor:
Jürgen Leppert, Forchheim, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01T 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scintillator arrangement for detecting X-ray radiation includes a plurality of pixels separated from one another by reflectors and made of a scintillator ceramic, doped in particular by cerium, for converting the X-ray radiation into visible light. In at least one embodiment, the reflectors are designed for absorbing light with a wavelength range which corresponds to a selected emission band of the scintillator ceramic. Thus, the concentration of cerium in the scintillator ceramic can be reduced and this leads to an increased light yield.