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Radiation detector for a computed tomography apparatus and method for manufacturing same

US6373061B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Seimens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventor

Thomas Deutscher · Lauf an der Pegnitz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 10, 1999
Grant date	Apr 16, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 10, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/2006
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In a method for manufacturing a radiation detector and a radiation detector of a computed tomography apparatus manufactured in accordance therewith, a grid-like structure is introduced into a luminophore layer. It is thus possible to simultaneously scan a number of slices during a computed tomography examination of a subject.

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