X-ray detector with heating layer on converter material
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorsThorsten ERGLER, Miguel LABAYEN DE INZA
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Abstract
A counting X-ray detector includes, in a stacked array, a converter material for converting X-ray radiation into electric charges and an electrode. In an embodiment, the electrode is electrically conductively connected to the converter material. The electrode is designed to be at least partly transparent. In an embodiment, the electrode includes: an electrically conductive contact layer, an electrically conductive first intermediate layer, an electrically conductive high voltage layer, a second intermediate layer and an electrically conductive heating layer.
Claims25
A counting X-ray detector comprising:
- a converter material to convert X-ray radiation into electric charges;
- and
- an electrode, the electrode being electrically conductively connected to the converter material and the electrode being designed to be at least partly transparent, the electrode including:
- an electrically conductive contact layer,
- an electrically conductive first intermediate layer,
- an electrically conductive high voltage layer,
- an second intermediate layer, and
- an electrically conductive heating layer.
A method for regulating temperature of a converter material of an X-ray detector, comprising:
- determining a first temperature;
- comparing the first temperature with a second temperature value;
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- adjusting a current passing through an electrically conductive heating layer to regulate the temperature of the converter material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.