Anti-scatter collimator and method for producing an anti-scatter collimator
AssigneeSiemens Healthcare GmbH
InventorsStefan WOELFEL, Michael TEUBER, Nick DINKEL, Barbara HINTZ
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Abstract
An anti-scatter collimator is for arrangement in a stacked construction with an X-ray detector. In an embodiment, the anti-scatter collimator includes collimator walls arranged adjacently at least along a first direction. The collimator walls are mutually spaced to provide a through-channel between each pair of adjacent collimator walls. The through-channels provided by the arrangement of the multiplicity of collimator walls are at least partially filled with a filler material.
Claims20
An anti-scatter collimator for arranging in a stacked construction with an X-ray detector, comprising:
- collimator walls arranged adjacently at least along a first direction, the collimator walls being mutually spaced to provide a plurality of through-channels, a through-channel of the plurality of through-channels being provided between each pair of adjacent collimator walls, and the plurality of through-channels being at least partially filled with a filler material.
A method for producing an anti-scatter collimator for arrangement in a stacked construction with an X-ray detector, the method comprising:
- providing an arrangement of collimator walls arranged adjacently along a first direction, to provide a plurality of through-channels, a through-channel of the plurality of through-channels being provided between each pair of adjacent collimator walls;
- at least partially filling the plurality of through-channels, provided by the arrangement of the multiplicity of collimator walls, with a filler material;
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- hardening the filler material in the plurality of through-channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.