Patent ID: 9151850
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
1. A radiation detector, comprising: a scintillator for generating electromagnetic radiation in response to an action of incident radiation, wherein the scintillator has two mutually opposite end faces and a lateral wall between the end faces; a conversion device arranged on the lateral wall of the scintillator and having a plurality of channels, wherein each channel has a photocathode section for generating electrons in response to an action of the electromagnetic radiation generated by the scintillator, which electrons are multipliable by impact processes in the channels, and wherein the plurality of channels of the conversion device run parallel to a longitudinal axis of the scintillator, the longitudinal axis extending between the end faces; and a detection device for detecting electrons multiplied in the channels of the conversion device, wherein the lateral wall of the scintillator has depressions through which the channels of the conversion device are formed.