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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2007
Roger Steadman, Eindhoven, NL;
Guenter Zeitler, Eindhoven, NL;
Christoph Herrmann, Eindhoven, NL;
Christian Baeumer, Eindhoven, NL;
Roger Steadman, Eindhoven, NL;
Guenter Zeitler, Eindhoven, NL;
Christoph Herrmann, Eindhoven, NL;
Christian Baeumer, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention is directed at an apparatus (), an imaging device and a method for detecting X-ray photons, in particular photons () in a computer tomograph. Photons () are converted into an electrical pulse and compared against a threshold using a discriminator (). The electrical network () performing these functions comprises a switching element (), that can modify the electrical path () along which the process signals travel. The trigger signal (V) for actuating the switching element () is derived from an electrical state of the electrical path (). If a pulse associated to a photon () is detected, the switching element () is actuated in order to avoid that the processing of the charge pulse stemming from a first photon () is affected by a subsequent second photon ().