EP1376616A3 - A binderless storage phosphor screen comprising a support including an amorphous (a-C) carbon layer - Google Patents

A binderless storage phosphor screen comprising a support including an amorphous (a-C) carbon layer Download PDF

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EP1376616A3
EP1376616A3 EP03101862A EP03101862A EP1376616A3 EP 1376616 A3 EP1376616 A3 EP 1376616A3 EP 03101862 A EP03101862 A EP 03101862A EP 03101862 A EP03101862 A EP 03101862A EP 1376616 A3 EP1376616 A3 EP 1376616A3
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amorphous
phosphor screen
storage phosphor
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Paul .Agfa Gevaert Leblans
Takabayashi c/0 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Toshio
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21K—TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
    • G21K4/00—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens
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    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21K—TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
    • G21K4/00—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens
    • G21K2004/04—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens with an intermediate layer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21K—TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
    • G21K4/00—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens
    • G21K2004/06—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens with a phosphor layer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21K—TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
    • G21K4/00—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens
    • G21K2004/10—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens with a protective film
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
    • G21K—TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; IRRADIATION DEVICES; GAMMA RAY OR X-RAY MICROSCOPES
    • G21K4/00—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens
    • G21K2004/12—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens with a support

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A binderless storage phosphor screen comprising a vacuum deposited phosphor layer on a support, wherein the support includes a layer of amorphous carbon and optionally one or more auxilliary layers.
EP20030101862 2002-06-28 2003-06-25 Method for producing X-ray images using a binderless storage phosphor screen comprising a support including an amorphous (a-C) carbon layer Expired - Fee Related EP1376616B1 (en)

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EP20030101862 EP1376616B1 (en) 2002-06-28 2003-06-25 Method for producing X-ray images using a binderless storage phosphor screen comprising a support including an amorphous (a-C) carbon layer

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Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US5466947A (en) * 1994-03-18 1995-11-14 Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Protective overlayer for phosphor imaging screen
EP0751200A1 (en) * 1995-06-30 1997-01-02 Agfa-Gevaert N.V. A radiation image storage screen comprising an alkali metal halide phosphor
US20010005017A1 (en) * 1998-06-18 2001-06-28 Hiroto Sato Scintillator panel, radiation image sensor, and methods of making the same
EP1113458A1 (en) * 1999-12-27 2001-07-04 Agfa-Gevaert A binderless storage phosphor screen with needle shaped crystals
EP1118878A1 (en) * 1998-06-18 2001-07-25 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Scintillator panel, radiation image sensor, and method for producing the same
DE10036209C1 (en) * 2000-07-25 2002-02-07 Siemens Ag X-ray image amplifier for providing high intensity visible image has aluminum (alloy) carrier provided with intermetallic compound coating layer and X-ray luminescent layer
EP1231483A2 (en) * 2001-02-07 2002-08-14 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Scintillator panel, radiation detection device, and method for manufactering the same
EP1318525A2 (en) * 2001-12-05 2003-06-11 Agfa-Gevaert Radiation image storage panel

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5466947A (en) * 1994-03-18 1995-11-14 Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Protective overlayer for phosphor imaging screen
EP0751200A1 (en) * 1995-06-30 1997-01-02 Agfa-Gevaert N.V. A radiation image storage screen comprising an alkali metal halide phosphor
US20010005017A1 (en) * 1998-06-18 2001-06-28 Hiroto Sato Scintillator panel, radiation image sensor, and methods of making the same
EP1118878A1 (en) * 1998-06-18 2001-07-25 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Scintillator panel, radiation image sensor, and method for producing the same
EP1113458A1 (en) * 1999-12-27 2001-07-04 Agfa-Gevaert A binderless storage phosphor screen with needle shaped crystals
DE10036209C1 (en) * 2000-07-25 2002-02-07 Siemens Ag X-ray image amplifier for providing high intensity visible image has aluminum (alloy) carrier provided with intermetallic compound coating layer and X-ray luminescent layer
EP1231483A2 (en) * 2001-02-07 2002-08-14 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Scintillator panel, radiation detection device, and method for manufactering the same
EP1318525A2 (en) * 2001-12-05 2003-06-11 Agfa-Gevaert Radiation image storage panel

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