IP Library Granted Patent US 10,539,685
Granted Patent B2
US 10,539,685 · App. 16/034,925 · Granted Jan 21, 2020

Scintillator

Inventors: Naoyuki Sawamoto (Hachioji, JP); Takehiko Shoji (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
G01T1/2002A61B6/484G01T1/2012G01T1/2018
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Patent No.
US 10,539,685
App. No.
16/034,925
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scintillator panel includes at least one light emitting layer and at least one non-light emitting layer laminated, wherein the light emitting layer contains phosphor particles, and when the thickness of the light emitting layer is represented by A, a relationship among a cumulative 50% particle diameter D 50 of the phosphor particles based on volume average, a cumulative 90% particle diameter D 90 of the phosphor particles based on volume average, and the thickness A satisfies, D 50 <A and D 90 <2 A.

Claims (10)

1. A scintillator panel comprising at least one light emitting layer and at least one non-light emitting layer laminated, wherein the light emitting layer contains phosphor particles, and with a thickness of the light emitting layer represented by A, a relationship among a cumulative 50% particle diameter D 50 of the phosphor particles based on volume average, a cumulative 90% particle diameter D 90 of the phosphor particles based on volume average, and the thickness A satisfies, D 50 <A and A<D 90 <2A, wherein D 50 and D 90 are calculated starting at the smallest particle diameter until 50% and 90%, respectively, of the particles are included.

2. The scintillator panel according to claim 1 , wherein a relationship between Dso and the thickness A satisfies 0.01<(D 50 /A)<1.

3. The scintillator panel according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness A of the light emitting layer is 30 μm or less.

4. The scintillator panel according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the non-light emitting layer is 30 μm or less.

5. The scintillator panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting layer and the non-light emitting layer are disposed and laminated in a direction parallel to an incident direction of radiation.

6. The scintillator panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting layer and the non-light emitting layer are disposed in a direction perpendicular to an incident direction of radiation, and at least two kinds of light emitting layers are laminated on a surface of the non-light emitting layer.

7. The scintillator panel according to claim 6 , wherein a phase contrast image is imaged.

8. A Talbot-Lau imaging device comprising an X-ray source that emits an X-ray and the scintillator panel according to claim 7 .

9. The scintillator panel according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphor particles are formed of a rare earth phosphor.

10. The scintillator panel according to claim 9 , wherein the rare earth phosphor contains any one of Gd 2 O 2 S, Lu 2 O 2 S, and Lu 2 O 3 as a main component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2018
From: SAWAMOTO, NAOYUKI; SHOJI, TAKEHIKO
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 046345/0652 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-142631 · Jul 24, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190025442A1 · Jan 24, 2019