IP Library Granted Patent US 10,705,227
Granted Patent B2
US 10,705,227 · App. 16/386,720 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Scintillator panel

Inventors: Hiromichi Shindou (Hachioji, JP); Kiyoshi Hagiwara (Hino, JP)
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
G01T1/2002A61B6/4208G01T1/2018
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Patent No.
US 10,705,227
App. No.
16/386,720
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

[Problem] Provided is a layered structure in which a non-scintillator layer is utilized as a light transmission path to a sensor so as to transmit light in a vertical direction through the non-scintillator layer without allowing the light to re-enter a scintillator layer. [Means for Solution] Provided is a scintillator panel having a structure in which a scintillator layer and a non-scintillator layer are repeatedly arranged in a direction substantially parallel to a radiation incident direction. In this scintillator panel, the scintillator layer contains at least a phosphor, a binder resin, and voids; the non-scintillator layer is radiolucent; the scintillator layer and the non-scintillator layer have an irregular structure at their interface; and an arithmetic surface roughness Ra attributed to irregularities is 1/400 to 1/10 of the width of the non-scintillator layer.

Claims (11)

1. A scintillator panel having a structure in which a scintillator layer and a non-scintillator layer are repeatedly arranged in a direction substantially parallel to a radiation incident direction, wherein

the scintillator layer comprises at least a phosphor, a binder resin, and voids,

the non-scintillator layer is radiolucent,

the scintillator layer and the non-scintillator layer have an irregular structure at their interface, and

an arithmetic surface roughness Ra attributed to irregularities is 1/400 to 1/10 of the width of the non-scintillator layer.

2. The scintillator panel according to claim 1 , wherein an average refractive index n1 of the binder resin and the voids of the scintillator layer and a refractive index n2 of the non-scintillator layer satisfy a relationship of n1<n2.

3. The scintillator panel according to claim 1 , capturing a phase contrast image.

4. A scintillator panel having a structure in which a scintillator layer and a non-scintillator layer are repeatedly arranged in a direction substantially parallel to a radiation incident direction, wherein

the scintillator layer comprises at least a phosphor, a binder resin, and voids,

the non-scintillator layer is radiolucent and comprises transparent fine particles, and

the translucent fine particles exist such that their average gap is 1/10 to four times of the width of the non-scintillator layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2019
From: SHINDOU, HIROMICHI; HAGIWARA, KIYOSHI
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 048918/0806 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-080586 · Apr 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190324158A1 · Oct 24, 2019