Dual-energy detection device (110;430), comprising: a first
pixel detector arrangement (120) which, when the dual-energy detection device (110; 430) is used with a
radiation source (410), is arranged proximal to the
radiation source (410), wherein the first
pixel detector arrangement (120) is configured to detect
radiation source photons that have relatively low energy; and a second
pixel detector arrangement (170) distal to the radiation source (410), wherein the second pixel
detector arrangement (170) is configured to detect the radiation source photons, which have relatively
high energy, that have passed through the first pixel
detector arrangement (120); wherein the first pixel
detector arrangement (120) comprises a plurality of rows of first pixel detectors, each first pixel detector of the first pixel detectors comprising a first sensitive medium (220), a first photosensitive device (150), a first
plane of incidence (130) for the incidence of the radiation source (410) and a first window (140) coupled to the first photosensitive device (150), wherein the first
plane of incidence (130) faces the radiation source (410); the second pixel detector arrangement (170) comprises a
single row of second pixel detectors, each second pixel detector of the second pixel detectors comprising a second sensitive medium (320), a second photosensitive device (1100), a second
plane of incidence (190) for the incidence of the radiation source (410) and a second window (180) coupled to the second photosensitive device (1100); and a pixel area of every second pixel detector of the second pixel detectors is a multiple of a pixel area of one of the first pixel detectors, wherein the first pixel detector arrangement (120) and the second pixel detector arrangement (170) are configured to detect X-
ray photons at the megavolt level, characterized in that a
mass thickness of the first pixel detector is selected to be 4 mm, and that a
mass thickness of the second pixel detector is selected to be 30 mm.