Quantum-counting radiation detector

US9057791B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Thilo Hannemann · Erlangen, DE
• Silke Janssen · Heroldsbach, DE
• Steffen Kappler · Effeltrich, DE
• Edgar Kraft · Erlangen, DE
• Daniel Niederlöhner · Erlangen, DE
• Mario Reinwand · Breitbrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 16, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01T1/243
• WIPO field: Environmental technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A quantum-counting radiation detector in which signals of individual pixels and signals of combined pixels are evaluated in parallel processing branches and count results are combined in an appropriate manner, thereby reducing the influence of unwanted interference effects for the respective application.