Detecting apparatus and method for detecting an object by means of a projection through the object by means of x-rays, and a contrast—and noise-optimized quantum counting detector

A method for detecting an object by way of a projection through the object onto a detection plane, the method comprising:

• transmitting at least one quantum through the object;
• generating, from the received quantum, a reception signal representing the object;
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• generating a quantum signal representing the quantum energy of the reception signal, wherein generating the quantum signal includes generating the quantum signal in accordance with a predetermined assignment rule and by fuzzy discrimination as a function of fuzzy input parameters using a weighting discriminator included in a detecting apparatus, the fuzzy input parameters including detector signals.

A detecting apparatus for detecting an object by way of a projection through the object onto a detection plane, comprising:

• a transmitter to emit quanta;
• at least one detector, arranged in a detection plane to receive the emitted quanta, to generate at least one detector signal representing at least partially the object in a projection, as a function of the quanta received through the object;
• means for generating, as a function of the generated detector signal for a detected quantum, a quantum signal that represents the quantum energy of one detected quantum;
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• wherein the detecting apparatus includes at least one weighting discrimination means, at least indirectly connected to the detector, the weighting discrimination means being configured to generate the quantum signal in accordance with a predetermined assignment rule and further configured to generate the quantum signal by fuzzy discrimination as a function of fuzzy input parameters, the fuzzy input parameters including detector signals.