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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Martin Spahn, Erlangen, DE;
Martin Spahn, Erlangen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Abstract
The embodiments relate to a counting digital x-ray detector for recording x-ray images of an object irradiated by x-ray radiation with at least one detector module, which includes a flat direct converter for converting x-ray radiation into an electrical signal and a matrix with a plurality of counting pixel elements, wherein each counting pixel element includes a charge or signal input, a conversion facility for converting the electrical signal into a count signal, a digital counter for detecting and storing the count signal and a control and readout unit, and wherein the x-ray image detector is embodied such that each pixel element of the x-ray image detector is connected to the corresponding electrodes of the detector material of the direct converter via contacts and in this way is embodied switchably.