X-ray detector and method for production of x-ray images with spectral resolution

US7435965B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Fuchs · Nuremberg, DE
• Detlef Mattern · Erlangen, DE
• Peter Schardt · Simmerath, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 7, 2004
• Grant date: Oct 14, 2008
• Expiry date: Mar 9, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01T1/202
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention concerns an x-ray detector with a plurality of layers arranged one top of one another in the incident direction of the x-rays, whereby each of the layers comprises at least one photodiode and a luminophore layer applied thereon.