X-ray detector having a light source on the carrier element

US10371833B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

• Stefan WOELFEL · Dormitz, DE
• Alfons Eismann · Pinzberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2019
• Expiry date: May 14, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01T1/247
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An X-ray detector includes a converter element and a carrier element in a stack arrangement. In an embodiment, the X-ray detector further includes a light source arranged on the carrier element, a light-directing unit formed outside a projection of a planar extension of the converter element in the stacking direction, and a light-directing unit arranged such that a quantity of light emitted from the light source is incident on a surface of the converter element, facing away from the carrier element via a light path.