IP Library Granted Patent US 7,223,991
Granted Patent B2
US 7,223,991 · App. 11/374,211 · Granted May 29, 2007

Radiation image storage panel

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Patent No.
US 7,223,991
App. No.
11/374,211
Granted
May 29, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A radiation image storage panel has a phosphor layer composed of a phosphor matrix compound and an activator in combination, a subbing layer composed of the phosphor matrix compound, and a support, in which both of the subbing layer and phosphor layer have been formed by a gas phase-accumulation method and in which the subbing layer has a relative density of 60% to 98%, and a surface of the support in contact with the subbing layer shows a contact angle of less than 50° to water.

Claims (13)

1. A radiation image storage panel comprising a phosphor layer composed of a phosphor matrix compound and an activator in combination, a subbing layer composed of the phosphor matrix compound, and a support in order, the subbing layer and phosphor layer having been formed by a gas phase-accumulation method, wherein the subbing layer has a relative density of 60% to 98%, and a surface of the support facing the subbing layer shows a contact angle of less than 50° to water.

2. The radiation image storage panel of claim 1 , wherein the relative density of the subbing layer is lower than a relative density of the phosphor layer.

3. The radiation image storage panel of claim 1 , wherein the subbing layer has a relative density of lower than 96%.

4. The radiation image storage panel of claim 1 , wherein the subbing layer has a relative density of lower than 80%.

5. The radiation image storage panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the phosphor layer and the subbing layer has a thickness satisfying the condition of: 0.01<(thickness of subbing layer/thickness of phosphor layer)<0.5.

6. The radiation image storage panel of claim 1 , wherein the surface of the support shows a contact angle of less than 20° to water.

7. The radiation image storage panel of claim 1 , wherein the support is an aluminum sheet.

8. The radiation image storage panel of claim 7 , wherein the aluminum sheet has been treated with plasma discharge.

9. The radiation image storage panel of claim 1 , wherein the phosphor is an energy-storing phosphor.

10. The radiation image storage panel of claim 9 , wherein the energy-storing phosphor is an alkali metal halide stimulable phosphor represented by the following formula (I):

M I X·aM II X′ 2 ·bM III X″ 3 :zA

in which M I is at least one alkali metal selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Rb and Cs; M II is at least one alkaline earth metal or divalent metal selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cd; M III is at least one rare earth element or trivalent metal selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Al, Ga and In; each of X, X′ and X″ is independently at least one halogen selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br and I; A is at least one rare earth element or metal selected from the group consisting of Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Mg, Cu and Bi; and a, b and z are numbers satisfying the conditions of 0≦a<0.5, 0≦b<0.5 and 0<z<1.0, respectively.

11. The radiation image storage panel of claim 10 , wherein M I , X, A and z in the formula (I) are Cs, Br, Eu and a number satisfying the condition of 1×10 −4 ≦z≦0.1, respectively.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2007
From: FUJIFILM HOLDINGS CORPORATION (FORMERLY FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.)
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2006
From: ISODA, YUJI; MATSUMOTO, HIROSHI
To: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017929/0013 →