Patent ID: 6934354

Claim:
A CT system comprising: a rotatable gantry having a bore centrally disposed therein and configured to receive a subject to be scanned; a table movable fore and aft through the bore and configured to position the subject for data acquisition; a high frequency electromagnetic energy projection source positioned within the rotatable gantry and configured to emit high frequency electromagnetic energy toward the subject along a projection path; a CT detector array configured to receive high frequency electromagnetic energy impinged by the subject, the CT detector array including: a scintillator array configured to received high frequency electromagnetic energy and output light relative thereto; a plurality of collimating elements to filter high frequency electromagnetic energy scatter; a plurality of shielding elements secured to the scintillator array to at least shield scintillator edges from energy absorption; and a photodiode array configured to detect light output of the scintillator array and output a series of electrical signals; a DAS configured to received the electrical signals from the photodiode array; and an image reconstructor configured to reconstruct an image of the subject from the electrical signals received by the DAS.