US20180372888A1 - Radiation Sensing Thermoplastic Composite Panels - Google Patents

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US20180372888A1
US20180372888A1 US16/062,557 US201616062557A US2018372888A1 US 20180372888 A1 US20180372888 A1 US 20180372888A1 US 201616062557 A US201616062557 A US 201616062557A US 2018372888 A1 US2018372888 A1 US 2018372888A1
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Seshadri Jagannathan
Charles M. Rankin
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  • the invention relates generally to the field of inorganic storage phosphor materials. More specifically, the invention relates to melt extrudable and/or injection moldable and/or hot-melt pressable composites of inorganic storage phosphor materials and thermoplastic and/or thermoset polymers and methods for making and/or using the same.
  • a radiographic phosphor panel typically contains a layer of an inorganic phosphor that can absorb X-rays and emit light to expose the film.
  • the inorganic phosphor layer is generally a crystalline material that responds to X-rays in an image-wise fashion.
  • Radiographic phosphor panels can be classified, based on the type of phosphors used, as prompt emission panels and image storage panels.
  • Image storage panels typically contain a storage (“stimulable”) phosphor capable of absorbing X-rays and storing its energy until subsequently stimulated to emit light in an image-wise fashion as a function of the stored X-ray pattern.
  • a storage (“stimulable”) phosphor capable of absorbing X-rays and storing its energy until subsequently stimulated to emit light in an image-wise fashion as a function of the stored X-ray pattern.
  • a well-known use for storage phosphor panels is in computed or digital radiography. In these applications, the panel is first image-wise exposed to X-rays, which are absorbed by the inorganic phosphor particles, to create a latent image. While the phosphor particles may fluoresce to some degree, most of the absorbed X-rays are stored therein.
  • the storage phosphor panel is subjected to longer wave length radiation, such as visible or infrared light (e.g., stimulating light), resulting in the emission of the energy stored in the phosphor particles as stimulated luminescence (e.g., stimulated light) that is detected and converted into sequential electrical signals which are processed in order to render a visible image on recording materials, such as light-sensitive films or digital display devices (e.g., television or computer monitors).
  • wave length radiation such as visible or infrared light (e.g., stimulating light)
  • stimulated luminescence e.g., stimulated light
  • recording materials such as light-sensitive films or digital display devices (e.g., television or computer monitors).
  • a storage phosphor panel can be image-wise exposed to X-rays and subsequently stimulated by a laser having a red light or infrared beam, resulting in green or blue light emission that is detected and converted to electrical signals which are processed to render a visible image on a computer monitor.
  • the stimulating light may also be other sources other than a laser (such as LED lamps), that would permit stimulation of a larger area of the storage phosphor, and the detection may be done using a two dimensional detector, such as a CCD or a CMOS device.
  • images from storage phosphor panels can be “erased” by exposure to UV radiation, such as from fluorescent lamps.
  • storage phosphor panels are typically expected to store as much incident X-rays as possible while emitting stored energy in a negligible amount until after subsequent stimulation; only after being subjected to stimulating light should the stored energy be released. In this way, storage phosphor panels can be repeatedly used to store and transmit radiation images.
  • melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality that is comparable to the image quality of the traditional solvent coated screen of equivalent x-ray absorbance.
  • An aspect of this application is to advance the art of medical, dental and non-destructive imaging systems.
  • Another aspect of this application is to address in whole or in part, at least the foregoing and other deficiencies in the related art.
  • melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor panel embodiments including a melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, wherein the melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality that is comparable to or better than the image quality of the traditional solvent coated screen of equivalent x-ray absorbance.
  • exemplary inorganic storage phosphor detection system embodiments including a melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor panel comprising a melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor layer comprising a thermoplastic olefin and an inorganic storage phosphor material.
  • thermoplastic polymer comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material; and melt extruding or injection molding or hot pressing the thermoplastic polymer and the inorganic storage phosphor material to form a melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor layer.
  • an exemplary inorganic storage phosphor panel that can include an inorganic storage phosphor layer comprising at least one polymer, an inorganic storage phosphor material, and a blue dye, and has a barium exposed edge leaching rate that is 1 ⁇ 3 or less than that of a solvent coated panel.
  • an exemplary method that can include melt extruding, injection molding or hot pressing materials including at least one thermoplastic polyolefin, an inorganic storage phosphor material and a copper phthalocyanine blue dye to form a manufactured inorganic storage phosphor layer, and where the manufactured inorganic storage phosphor panel has a barium exposed edge leaching rate that is 1 ⁇ 3 or less than that of a solvent coated panel.
  • FIGS. 1A-1C depicts exemplary portions of scintillator panels in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • Exemplary embodiments herein provide storage phosphor panels including an extruded storage phosphor layer with a thermoplastic polymer and a storage phosphor material, and methods of preparing thereof. It should be noted that while the present description and examples are primarily directed to radiographic medical imaging of a human or other subject, embodiments of apparatus and methods of the present application can also be applied to other radiographic imaging applications. This includes applications such as non-destructive testing (NDT), for which radiographic images may be obtained and provided with different processing treatments in order to accentuate different features of the imaged subject.
  • NDT non-destructive testing
  • An important property of the screen is its x-ray absorbance.
  • the energy and the intensity of the radiation that is incident on the storage phosphor screen will be different.
  • the storage phosphor screen has to have sufficient x-ray absorbance, so as to produce a useful image. In practical terms, this requires that ⁇ 40-60% of the extruded storage phosphor screen (by volume) be the storage phosphor material (barium fluorobromoiodide or cesium bromide).
  • the storage phosphor screen Another requirement for the storage phosphor screen is that it be readable from either side of the screen, and in the transmission or the reflection mode, with respect to the direction of incidence of the stimulation radiation used for reading the information in the screen. And it would desirable that the screen can be handled under ambient lighting conditions or room light.
  • the physical characteristics required of the storage phosphor panel can be widely different.
  • the divergent physical properties may be defined by a few key properties of the storage phosphor screen, such as its bending resistance (http://www.taberindustries.com/stiffness-tester), tear resistance (http://jlwinstruments.com/index.php/products/test-solutions/tear-resistance-testing/) or folding resistance (https://www.testingmachines.com/product/31-23-mit-folding-endurance-tester).
  • the extruded storage phosphor screen be recyclable; i.e., it is necessary that the composition of the screen is such that they can re-used to make the storage phosphor screen, and/or the storage phosphor part of the screen can be reused to manufacture a new screen.
  • the stimulation wavelength and the emission wavelength of the storage phosphor panel are generally determined by the specific storage phosphor.
  • the peak stimulation wavelength for the commonly used storage phosphors, the stimulation wavelength is fairly broad, and is in the region of 550-700 nm.
  • the stimulated emission for the europium doped barium fluorobromoiodide storage phosphor has peak around 390 nm.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a portion of an exemplary storage phosphor panel 100 in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • “storage phosphor panel” is understood to have its ordinary meaning in the art unless otherwise specified, and refers to panels or screens that store the image upon exposure to X-radiation and emit light when stimulated by another (generally visible) radiation. As such, “panels” and “screens” are used interchangeably herein. It should be readily apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the storage phosphor panel 100 depicted in FIGS. 1A-1C represents a generalized schematic illustration and that other components can be added or existing components can be removed or modified.
  • the storage phosphor panel 100 may include a support 110 and a melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed storage phosphor layer 120 disposed over the support 110 .
  • a support 110 Any flexible or rigid material suitable for use in storage phosphor panels and does not interfere with the recyclability of storage phosphor screen can be used as the support 110 , such as glass, plastic films, ceramics, polymeric materials, carbon substrates, and the like.
  • the support 110 can be made of ceramic, (e.g., Al 2 O 3 ,) or metallic (e.g., Al) or polymeric (e.g., polypropylene) materials. Also as shown in FIG. 1A , in an aspect, the support 110 can be coextruded with the storage phosphor layer 120 .
  • the support may be transparent, translucent, opaque, or colored (e.g., containing a blue or a black dye). Alternatively, if desired, a support can be omitted in the storage phosphor panel.
  • an anticurl layer may be coextruded on either side of the support, if a support is used, or on side of the storage phosphor screen, to manage the dimensional stability of the storage phosphor screen.
  • the thickness of the support 110 can vary depending on the materials used so long as it is capable of supporting itself and layers disposed thereupon. Generally, the support can have a thickness ranging from about 50 ⁇ m to about 1,000 ⁇ m, for example from about 80 ⁇ m to about 1000 ⁇ m, such as from about 80 ⁇ m to about 500 ⁇ m.
  • the support 110 can have a smooth or rough surface, depending on the desired application.
  • the storage phosphor panel does not comprise a support.
  • the storage phosphor layer 120 can be disposed over the support 110 , if a support is included. Alternatively, the storage phosphor layer 120 can be melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed independently as shown in FIG. 1B , or melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed together with an opaque layer, and anticurl layer, and combinations thereof, e.g., shown as layer 150 , in FIG. 1A and FIG. 1C .
  • the storage phosphor layer 120 can include a thermoplastic polymer 130 and a storage phosphor material 140 .
  • the thermoplastic polymer 130 may be a polyolefin, such as polyethylene, a polypropylene, and combinations thereof, or a polyurethane, a polyester, a polycarbonate, a silicone, a siloxane, a polyvinyl chloride (PVC), a polyvinylidine chloride (PVdC).
  • the polyethylene can be high density poly low density polyethylene (LDPE), medium density polyethylene (MDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), very low density polyethylene (VLDPE), and the like.
  • the thermoplastic polymer 130 is low density polyethylene (LDPE).
  • the thermoplastic polymer 130 can be present in the storage phosphor layer 120 in an amount ranging from about 1% to about 50% by volume, for example from about 10% to about 30% by volume, relative to the total volume of the storage phosphor layer 120 .
  • “storage phosphor particles” and “stimulable phosphor particles” are used interchangeably and are understood to have the ordinary meaning as understood by those skilled in the art unless otherwise specified.
  • “Storage phosphor particles” or “stimulable phosphor particles” refer to phosphor crystals capable of absorbing and storing X-rays and emitting electromagnetic radiation (e.g., light) of a second wavelength when exposed to or stimulated by radiation of still another wavelength.
  • stimulable phosphor particles are turbid polycrystals having particle diameters of several micrometers to several hundreds of micrometers; however, fine phosphor particles of submicron to nano sizes have also been synthesized and can be useful.
  • the optimum mean particle size for a given application is a reflection of the balance between imaging speed and desired image sharpness.
  • Stimulable phosphor particles can be obtained by doping, for example, rare earth ions as an activator into a parent material such as oxides, nitrides, oxynitrides, sulfides, oxysulfides, silicates, halides, and the like, and combinations thereof.
  • rare earth refers to chemical elements having an atomic number of 39 or 57 through 71 (also known as “lanthanoids”).
  • Stimulable phosphor particles are capable of absorbing a wide range of electromagnetic radiation.
  • stimulable phosphor particles can absorb radiation having a wavelength of from about 0.01 to about 10 nm (e.g., X-rays) and from about 300 nm to about 1400 nm (e.g., UV, visible, and infrared light). When stimulated with stimulating light having a wavelength in the range of visible and infrared light, stimulable phosphor particles can emit stimulated light at a wavelength of from about 300 nm to about 650 nm.
  • radiation having a wavelength of from about 0.01 to about 10 nm e.g., X-rays
  • 300 nm to about 1400 nm e.g., UV, visible, and infrared light
  • Suitable exemplary stimulable phosphor particles for use herein include, but are not limited to, compounds having Formula (I):
  • M is selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, and combinations thereof;
  • X is selected from the group consisting Cl, Br, and combinations thereof;
  • M a is selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Rb, Cs, and combinations thereof;
  • X a is selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, and combinations thereof;
  • A is selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Sm, Th, Bi, and combinations thereof;
  • Q is selected from the group consisting of BeO, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, ZnO, Al 2 O 3 , La 2 O 3 , In 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , TiO 2 , ZrO 2 , GeO 2 , Nb 2 O 5 , Ta 2 O 5 , ThO 2 , and combinations thereof;
  • D is selected from the group consisting of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, and combinations thereof;
  • z is from about 0.0001 to about 1;
  • u is from about 0 to about 1;
  • y is from about 0.0001 to about 0.1;
  • e is from 0 to about 1;
  • t is from 0 to about 0.01.
  • M is Ba
  • X is Br
  • M a is selected from the group consisting of Na, K, and combinations thereof
  • X a is selected from the group consisting of F, Br, and combinations thereof
  • A is Eu
  • Q is selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , and combinations thereof
  • t is 0.
  • exemplary stimulable phosphor particles for use herein include, but are not limited to, compounds having Formula (II):
  • X, M a , X a , A, Q, D e, t, z, and y are as defined above for Formula (I); the sum of a, b, and c, is from 0 to about 0.4; and r is from about 10 ⁇ 6 to about 0.1.
  • X is Br
  • M a is selected from the group consisting of Na, K, and combinations thereof
  • X a is selected from the group consisting of F, Br, and combinations thereof
  • A is selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Bi, and combinations thereof
  • Q is selected from the group consisting of SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , and combinations thereof
  • t is 0.
  • stimulable phosphor particles for use herein include, but are not limited to, compounds having Formula (III):
  • M is selected from the group consisting of Li, na, K, Cs, Rb, and combinations thereof;
  • M 2+ is selected from the group consisting of Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn, Cd, Cu, Pb, Ni, and combinations thereof;
  • M 3+ is selected from the group consisting of Sc, Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy Ho, Er, Tm Yb, Lum Al, Bi, In, Ga, and combinations thereof;
  • Z is selected from the group consisting of Ga 1+ , Ge 2+ , Sn 2+ , Sb 3+ , As 3+ , and combinations thereof;
  • X, X′ and X′′ can be the same or different and each individually represents a halogen atom selected from the group consisting of F, Br, Cl, I;
  • Preferred stimulable phosphor particles represented by Formulas (I), (II), or (III) include europium activated barium fluorobromides (e.g., BaFBr:Eu and BaFBrI:Eu), cerium activated alkaline earth metal halides, cerium activated oxyhalides, divalent europium activated alkaline earth metal fluorohalides, (e.g., Ba(Sr)FBr:Eu 2+ ) divalent europium activated alkaline earth metal halides, rare earth element activated rare earth oxyhalides, bismuth activated alkaline metal halide phosphors, and combinations thereof.
  • europium activated barium fluorobromides e.g., BaFBr:Eu and BaFBrI:Eu
  • cerium activated alkaline earth metal halides cerium activated oxyhalides
  • divalent europium activated alkaline earth metal fluorohalides e.g., Ba(Sr)FBr
  • Eu doped BaFBrI type storage phosphor is, Eu doped CsBr storage phosphor.
  • This is generally used in the form a binderless storage phosphor screen, where the needle shaped Eu doped CsBr particles are generated by vapor deposition of the material on a substrate, which is then sealed water impermeable material.
  • Such needle shaped europium doped cesium bromide storage phosphor screen has an emission peak around 450 nm.
  • thermoplastic polymer and the inorganic storage phosphor material are melt compounded to form composite thermoplastic particles which are then melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed to form the inorganic storage phosphor layer.
  • the composite thermoplastic particles can be prepared by melt compounding the thermoplastic polymer with the inorganic storage phosphor material using a twin screw compounder.
  • the ratio of thermoplastic polymer to inorganic storage phosphor material can range from about 1:100 to about 1:0.01, by weight or volume, preferably from about 1:1 to about 1:0.1, by weight or volume.
  • the composition may include inorganic, organic and/or polymeric additives to manage image quality and/or the physical properties of the extruded storage phosphor screen.
  • the additives include, a blue dye (e.g., ultramarine blue, copper phthalocyanine, . . . ) for managing image quality, surfactants (e.g., sodium dodecyl sulfate) for managing the colloidal stability of the storage phosphor particles, polymers (e.g., ethylene vinylacetate) for managing the rheology of the composite.
  • a blue dye e.g., ultramarine blue, copper phthalocyanine, . . .
  • surfactants e.g., sodium dodecyl sulfate
  • polymers e.g., ethylene vinylacetate
  • the temperature of the heating zones can vary from ca.
  • the polymer can be heated for a time and temperature sufficient to melt the polymer and incorporate the inorganic storage phosphor material without decomposing the polymer.
  • the period of time in each zone can range from about 1 second to about 1 minute.
  • the composite thermoplastic material can enter a water bath to cool and harden into continuous strands.
  • the strands can be pelletized and dried at about 40° C.
  • the screw speed and feed rates for each of the thermoplastic polymer 130 and the inorganic storage phosphor material 140 can be adjusted as desired to control the amount of each in the composite thermoplastic material.
  • melt compounding include the creation of the composite mixture in an appropriate solvent where the polymer is dissolved or dispersed and inorganic storage phosphor particles are dispersed, followed by the evaporation of the solvent and the milling of the polymer/inorganic storage phosphor composite mixture is pelletized using grinders, cryo-grinder, densifiers, agglomerators, or any other suitable device.
  • the inorganic storage phosphor/thermoplastic polymer composite material can be melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed to form the inorganic storage phosphor layer in which the inorganic storage phosphor material is intercalated (“loaded”) within the thermoplastic polymer.
  • the inorganic storage phosphor/thermoplastic polymer composite layer can be formed by melt extruding or injection molding or hot pressing the composite thermoplastic material.
  • melt extrusion or injection molding or hot pressing increases the homogeneity of the inorganic storage phosphor layer, and eliminates the undesirable “evaporated space” generated when the solvent is evaporated in the traditional solvent-coated panels.
  • a melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor/thermoplastic composite panel according to the present disclosure can have comparable image quality, as compared to the traditional solvent coated panels, along with improved mechanical and environmental robustness.
  • the melt processing parameters can be adjusted to control the thickness for each of the inorganic storage phosphor/thermoplastic polymer composite layer and the support layer, individually.
  • the thickness of the inorganic storage phosphor/thermoplastic composite layer can range from about 10 ⁇ m to about 1000 ⁇ m, preferably from about 50 ⁇ m to about 750 ⁇ m, more preferably from about 100 ⁇ m to about 500 ⁇ m.
  • the melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor panel can include a protective overcoat disposed over the inorganic storage phosphor/thermoplastic composite layer, which provides enhanced mechanical strength and scratch and moisture resistance, if desired.
  • a scintillation detection system can include the disclosed storage phosphor panel 100 coupled, inserted or mounted to at least one storage phosphor panel reader/scanner 160 .
  • Choice of a particular storage phosphor reader will depend, in part, on the type of storage phosphor panel being fabricated and the intended use of the ultimate device used with the disclosed storage phosphor panel.
  • An important characteristic of the melt extruded or injection molded or hot pressed inorganic storage phosphor panel is that it has a lower barium leaching rate than traditional solvent coated storage phosphor panels.
  • the barium leaching rate from the panels was examined by submerging 0.67 gms of the panel in an extraction fluid, consisting of 1 gms of an aqueous solution of dilute nitric acid that was maintained at a pH of 2.8, at 25° C., for 72 hrs, and the concentration of barium ions in the solution was measured by ICP/MS.
  • a solvent coated intraoral computed radiography panels (CS7600) was used as a comparative example.
  • the panel consists of a BaFBrI phosphor coated on 7 mil PET support, and has a ⁇ 6 micron PVDF/PMMA overcoat, and the edges are sealed using the same overcoat material.
  • the total surface area of the two major surfaces of the panel in contact with the extraction fluid was 25.42 cm 2 , while the total surface are of the four edges (covered by the edge seal) of the panel in contact with the extraction fluid was 0.216 cm 2 .
  • a solvent coated intra oral computed radiography panels (CS7600) with the same construction as the one used in comparative example 1 was used, with the difference that the panel was chopped into three pieces.
  • the total surface area of the two major surfaces of the panel in contact with the extraction fluid was 25.42 cm 2
  • the total surface are of the twelve edges of the panel (some covered by the edge seal and some not covered by the edge seal) in contact with the extraction fluid was 0.402 cm 2 .
  • only four of the twelve edges are not covered by the edge seal.
  • the surface area of the exposed (without edge seal) edges is 0.186 cm 2
  • Inorganic storage phosphor/thermoplastic composite pellets according to the present disclosure were prepared comprising 86% wt. barium flurobromoiodide (BFBrI) and 14% wt low density polyethylene (LDPE EM811A, available from Westlake Longview Corp. of Houston, Tex.), contained copper phthalocyanine, a blue dye, at a level of approximately 90 ppm with respect to the phosphor.
  • BFBrI barium flurobromoiodide
  • LDPE EM811A low density polyethylene
  • the formulation involved blending and compounding of the EM811A polymer resin with the BFBrI powder using a Leistritz GL-400 twin screw compounder.
  • the screw speed was set at 300 RPM.
  • the die temperature was set to 220° C. and 10 heating zones within the compounder were set to the temperatures shown in Table 3 below:
  • the inorganic storage phosphor/thermoplastic composite pellets comprising LDPE loaded with BFBrI, entered a 25° C. water bath to cool and hardened into continuous strands. The strands were then fed into a pelletizer and dried at 40° C.
  • the pelletized composite thermoplastic materials were loaded into a single screw Killion extruder. Within the extruder, heating zones were set to the temperatures shown in Table 2:
  • the terms “a” or “an” are used, as is common in patent documents, to include one or more than one, independent of any other instances or usages of “at least one” or “one or more.”
  • the term “or” is used to refer to a nonexclusive or, such that “A or B” includes “A but not B,” “B but not A,” and “A and B,” unless otherwise indicated.
  • Certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments according to the application can provide reduced phosphor leaching for inorganic storage phosphor panels.
  • Exemplary embodiments according to the application can include various features described herein (individually or in combination).

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