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Radiation detector with an intermediate layer

US10598798B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Healthcare Limited · DE

Inventors

Thorsten ERGLER · Erlangen, DE
Harald Geyer · Bubenreuth, DE
Michael Hosemann · Erlangen, DE
Stefan Wirth · Erlangen, DE
Jan Wrege · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 31, 2017
Grant date	Mar 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 31, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/361
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A radiation detector includes an intermediate layer, which is arranged between a detection layer with a number of detection elements and a number of readout units. In an example embodiment of this arrangement, the intermediate layer has a plurality of electrically-conductive connections between the detection elements and the readout units. An example embodiment further specifies a medical imaging system, as well as a method of using the heating apparatus.

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