Patent ID: 6403962
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
A device for detecting X-radiation comprising:a scintillator for converting X-radiation impinging thereon into light; a detecting device for detecting the light produced by the scintillator; a fibre optic system for conducting the light produced by the scintillator from an input end of the fibre optic system arranged at the scintillator to an output end of said fibre optic system, the detecting device being arranged in spaced relationship with the fibre optic system and an optical means being provided between the detecting device and the fibre optic system, said optical means directing the light emerging from the fibre optic system onto the detecting device; and a heating means used for heating the whole fibre optic system during the detection of X-radiation to a predetermined temperature with a homogeneous temperature distribution.