Patent · US Expired

Detector with a scintillator, and imaging unit having such a detector

US7453067B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Frank Berger · Leutenbach, DE
Michael Miess · Baiersdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 3, 2006
Grant date	Nov 18, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T1/202
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A detector is disclosed, including at least one scintillator and at least one photodiode, connected to one another by a connecting medium. The scintillator has a defined depression for holding the connecting medium on its side facing the photodiode in such a way that the visible light produced by the scintillator is focused in the direction of the photodiode. The detector is provided for an imaging X-ray unit, for example a computed tomography unit.

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