Suppression of direct detection events in X-ray detectors

According to an embodiment of the invention, signals coming from a number of pixels or sub-pixels are compared and those signals from pixels or sub-pixels, which are substantially brighter than the other pixels in the comparison, are excluded from contributing to the output signal, to suppress direc...

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Main Authors RUETTEN WALTER, KIEWITT RAINER, POORTER TIEMEN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.2015
Subjects
COLORIMETRY
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT
MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
MEASURING
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
RADIATION PYROMETRY
TESTING
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Summary:According to an embodiment of the invention, signals coming from a number of pixels or sub-pixels are compared and those signals from pixels or sub-pixels, which are substantially brighter than the other pixels in the comparison, are excluded from contributing to the output signal, to suppress direct detection events in X-ray detectors. For this an X-ray detector apparatus (101) can comprise: -an array (102) of pixel arrangements (303), -each pixel arrangement (303) comprising at least one radiation collection device (311) for converting incident radiation into a collection device signal, -switching arrangements (313, 324, 314, 142; 313, 315, 314, 352, 142; 313, 315, 314; 361) for providing to respectively one output element (141) a signal derived from the collection device signals of a plurality of radiation collection devices (311) of at least one pixel arrangement (303).
Bibliography:Application Number: US20090918096