Radiation hard silicon detectors for x-ray imaging
US10191162B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 5, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01T1/24
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is a detector system for x-ray imaging. The detector system includes a detector having a plurality of edge-on detector modules. Each of the edge-on detector modules includes a first edge that is adapted to be oriented towards an x-ray source and a front-side running essentially parallel to the direction of incoming x-rays. The front-side includes at least one charge collecting electrode. At least a subset of the plurality of edge-on detector modules being pairwise arranged, front-side to front-side, whereby a front-side to front-side gap is defined between the front-sides of the pairwise arranged edge-on detector modules. The pairwise arranged edge-on detector modules are associated with an anti-scatter collimator arranged in the x-ray path between the x-ray source and the edge-on detector modules and overlapping the front-side to front-side gap.
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