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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2009
Walter Ruetten, Linnich, DE;
Tiemen Poorter, Eindhoven, NL;
Rainer Kiewitt, Roetgen, DE;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
According to an embodiment of the invention, signals coming from a number of pixels or sub-pixels are compared and those signals from pixels or sub-pixels, which are substantially brighter than the other pixels in the comparison, are excluded from contributing to the output signal, to suppress direct detection events in X-ray detectors. For this an X-ray detector apparatus () can comprise: —an array () of pixel arrangements (), —each pixel arrangement () comprising at least one radiation collection device () for converting incident radiation into a collection device signal, —switching arrangements () for providing to respectively one output element () a signal derived from the collection device signals of a plurality of radiation collection devices () of at least one pixel arrangement ().