Patent ID: 7807975

Claim:
An apparatus for detecting an image, comprising: an image source comprising a scintillator layer which is excitable by an X-radiation for emitting the radiation; a mirror arrangement for deflecting radiation which may be generated by the image source; and a detector for receiving radiation deflected by the mirror arrangement, the detector being arranged within a light path of the X-radiation, the mirror arrangement comprising: a first mirror arranged to reflect the radiation generated by the image source; a second mirror arranged to reflect radiation reflected by the first mirror, the first mirror and the second mirror being spaced apart from one another and being parallel to one another or forming an angle of less than 90° between them, and the mirror arrangement being configured to shield at least some X-radiation which penetrates the scintillator layer from the detector such that X-radiation which passes through the scintillator layer cannot arrive directly at the detector, but passes through the first mirror and the second mirror and is at least weakened in the process, such that the detector is protected from X-radiation by the mirror arrangement.