IP Library Granted Patent US 9,158,009
Granted Patent B2
US 9,158,009 · App. 12/565,324 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Scintillator panel and radiation detector

Inventors: Atsuya Yoshida (Nasushiobara, JP); Hiroshi Horiuchi (Otawara, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES CO., LTD.
G01T1/202C09K11/613C09K11/7733G21K4/00G21K2201/06
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Patent No.
US 9,158,009
App. No.
12/565,324
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reflective resin sheet is bonded to one face of a supporting substrate transmitting a radiation ray and a resin sheet of the same material as that of the reflective resin sheet to the other face of the supporting substrate. A phosphor layer converting a radiation ray into visible light is formed additionally on the reflective resin sheet formed on one face of the supporting substrate. The phosphor layer is enclosed with an additional moisture-proof layer and the reflective resin sheet. It is possible to obtain a scintillator panel higher in sensitivity characteristics, stabilized in quality and more cost-effective by placing the reflective resin sheet between the supporting substrate and the phosphor layer.

Claims (15)

1. A scintillator panel comprising:

a supporting substrate which transmits a radiation ray;

a reflective resin sheet formed directly on top of one face of the supporting substrate, the reflective resin sheet having a single layer made from foamed resin; and

a phosphor layer which is formed directly on top of the reflective resin sheet disposed on the one face of the supporting substrate and converts the radiation ray into visible light.

2. A radiation detector comprising:

an image sensor having a plurality of photoreceptor elements arranged thereon; and

the scintillator panel according to claim 1 in combination of the image sensor.

3. A scintillator panel comprising:

a supporting substrate which transmits a radiation ray;

a reflective resin sheet formed on at least one face of the supporting substrate, the supporting substrate being made of carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) impregnated with thermosetting resin, the reflective resin sheet having a single layer, the single layer being an expanded resin layer or dispersed with a grain of heterogeneous substance different from the resin in the resin sheet; and

a phosphor layer which is formed on the reflective resin sheet on one face of the supporting substrate and converts the radiation ray into visible light,

wherein the reflective resin sheet is bonded by resin, which is originally impregnated in a base material of CFRP before heat curing, to the CFRP supporting substrate.

4. A radiation detector comprising:

an image sensor having a plurality of photoreceptor elements arranged thereon; and

the scintillator panel according to claim 3 in combination of the image sensor.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 11, 2018
From: TOSHIBA ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES CO., LTD.
To: CANON ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047788/0490 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038773/0680 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2009
From: YOSHIDA, ATSUYA; HORIUCHI, HIROSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA ELECTRON TUBES & DEVICES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023274/0257 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-080420 · Mar 27, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2008055696 · Mar 26, 2008
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