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US 6,849,336 · App. 10/225,416 · Granted Feb 1, 2005

Scintillator panel and radiation image sensor

Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
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Patent No.
US 6,849,336
App. No.
10/225,416
Granted
Feb 1, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The surfaces of an amorphous carbon substrate 10 of a scintillator panel 1 have undergone sandblasting, and an Al film 12 serving as a reflecting film is formed on one surface. A columnar scintillator 14 for converting incident radiation into visible light is formed on the surface of the Al film 12.

Claims (14)

1. A radiation image sensor comprising:

a scintillator pane, wherein the scintillator panel comprises:

a radiation transmittable substrate;

a scintillator facing toward on a radiation emitting surface of said substrate; and

a protective film, which transmits light generated by said scintillator, substantially encapsulating said substrate and said scintillator, wherein said protective film is an organic film substantially continuously formed on upper and side surfaces of said scintillator and substrate as a single integral component; and

an image sensing element facing toward and optically coupled with said scintillator.

2. A radiation image sensor according to claim 1 , further comprising a reflecting film formed between said substrate and said scintillator.

3. A radiation image sensor according to claim 1 , wherein said scintillator is a columnar scintillator comprising multiple scintillator columns.

4. A scintillator panel comprising:

a radiation transmittable substrate;

a scintillator deposited on a radiation emitting surface of said substrate; and

a protective film, which transmits light generated by said scintillator, substantially encapsulating said substrate and said scintillator, wherein said protective film is an organic film substantially continuously formed on upper and side surfaces of said scintillator and substrate as a single integral component.

5. A scintillator panel according to claim 4 , further comprising a reflecting film formed between said substrate and said scintillator.

6. A scintillator panel according to claim 4 , wherein said scintillator is a columnar scintillator comprising multiple scintillator columns.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 10171190 · Jun 18, 1998 · national
JP 10171191 · Jun 18, 1998 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 0956091100 · Apr 28, 2000
Continuation In Part PCTJP990191100 · Apr 9, 1999
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