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US 7,453,067 B2Granted
Detector with a scintillator, and imaging unit having such a detector
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFrank Berger, Michael Miess
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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.
Claims16
A detector, comprising:
- at least one scintillator;
- and
- at least one photodiode, connected to the at least one scintillator by a connecting medium, the scintillator including a defined depression on a side of the scintillator facing the photodiode, the defined depression for holding the connecting medium on the side facing the photodiode, the depression being formed such that a light exit surface of the scintillator has a concave shape.
A detector, comprising:
- at least one scintillator;
- and
- at least one photodiode, connected to the at least one scintillator by a connecting medium, the scintillator including means for holding the connecting medium on a side of the scintillator facing the photodiode, the means for holding being formed on the side of the scintillator facing the photodiode, and being formed such that a light exit surface of at least one scintillator has a concave shape.
A detector comprising:
- a scintillator array having a plurality of scintillator elements, each of the plurality of scintillator elements being connected to at least one photodiode by a connecting medium, each of the plurality of scintillating elements having a light exit surface oriented toward the at least one photodiode and including a defined depression facing the photodiode, the depression being designed to hold the connecting medium, and depression being formed such that the light exit surface of each scintillating element has a concave shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.