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  • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
  • G21K—HANDLING OF 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
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
  • G21K—HANDLING OF 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
  • G21K2004/02—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens characterised by the external panel structure
• • G—PHYSICS
  • G21—NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
  • G21K—HANDLING OF 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—HANDLING OF 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
  • G21K2004/08—Conversion screens for the conversion of the spatial distribution of X-rays or particle radiation into visible images, e.g. fluoroscopic screens with a binder in the phosphor layer

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• fluorescent screens with high spatial resolution are increasingly required for the use of direct image reading processes. Instead of conventional films or imaging plates, these are used as a system consisting of a fluorescent film and a large-area CCD or a photodiode array.
• the X-rays are converted into electromagnetic radiation, which is detectable for the CCD or the photodiode array.
• the incident X-rays are converted into electromagnetic radiation of a different wavelength by luminescence. The luminescent light generated is scattered in all directions. Due to the lateral spread of light, pixels are widened to illuminate surfaces. This effect leads to image blur.
• thick phosphor layers as a phosphor screen, as is necessary to optimize the X-ray absorption
• the lateral scatter of the electromagnetic radiation generated by luminescence must be suppressed. It is known to build up fluorescent screens from free-standing, upright fluorescent blocks.
• the phosphor blocks are in the direction of the detector used, for. B. the CCD or the photodiode array aligned.
• the extent of the phosphor blocks parallel to the entry surface of the electromagnetic radiation into the detector is adapted to the spatial resolution of the detector used. This will make the lateral scatter of the electromagnetic radiation generated by luminescence.
• Light scatter limited to the area that can be resolved by the detector It is known to arrange optical separating layers between adjacent fluorescent blocks, which suppress crosstalk of the electromagnetic radiation between adjacent fluorescent blocks. In addition, the optical separating layer causes diffusely scattered light to be scattered back into the same phosphor block in the respective phosphor block.
• EP 0 272581 A1 discloses methods for producing phosphor foils with spatial resolution.
• Perforated grid plates made of glass or tungsten sheets are filled with phosphors. This is done by pouring fluorescent paste or by melting fluorescent substances into the grid, which then forms the screen together with the fluorescent substance.
• the known methods include complex filling processes. Furthermore, a hole pattern is required for each fluorescent screen in the known methods.
• the perforated grid plates are complex and therefore expensive to manufacture.
• the invention is based on the problem of specifying a method for producing a fluorescent film which is easy to handle and reproducible.
• the problem is solved according to the invention by a method according to claim 1.
• the arrangement of the phosphor blocks with respect to one another is realized in the method according to the invention by using an appropriately shaped shape. After curing, the phosphor structure is lifted off the form.
• the shape can therefore be used for a large number of manufacturing processes. This makes production cheaper because the mold only has to be produced once. In addition, it is ensured that fluorescent films produced with the same shape are the same within the scatter. It is within the scope of the invention to first produce a shape to produce the shape. This formation has a structure which corresponds to the arrangement of the phosphor blocks on the supporting phosphor base. The formation is such. B. made by sawing or etching from metal, plastic, glass or ceramic. The mold is then produced by casting with a casting compound of the molding.
• Silicone rubber is preferably used as the casting compound.
• a paste of phosphor powder and epoxy resin or other curable transparent mass e.g. B. cyanoacrylates.
• the phosphor powder must be chosen so that it does not react with the epoxy resin. Fluorescent powders which have a high density and which consist of elements with a high atomic number are preferred for the use of X-ray diagnostics.
• Gd 2 O 2 S Tb
• Gd 2 O 2 S Eu or Y 2 O 3 : Eu.
• a paste of white pigments and epoxy resins is poured between the phosphor blocks. This paste hardens and forms an optical separation structure, via which the phosphor blocks are firmly connected.
• reflecting metal mirrors on the sides of the phosphor blocks (pixels) for optical separation. These can be achieved by vapor deposition of aluminum or by wetting the trenches with epoxy resin and then filling in aluminum flakes in a manner comparable to that of a metallic coating.
• the filling of lead paste into the mirrored trenches is advantageous.
• Fig. 1 shows a phosphor structure lifted from the shape.
• Fig. 3 shows a phosphor sheet.
• a structuring method for. B. by sawing or etching, a molding is made from a material.
• a material z. B. metal, plastic or ceramic.
• the shaping has the same structure that the phosphor blocks in a phosphor film to be produced should have.
• the shape and spacing of the structures are chosen in accordance with the requirements for the phosphor film. There are also limits to the free choice of structures due to the limits of the structuring method and the material used.
• a casting is made of the molding with casting compound.
• This cast is a negative of the desired arrangement in the phosphor film.
• the cast has recesses separated by webs.
• the cast is used as a mold in the following. In order to avoid air bubbles during the casting, this takes place in a vacuum at 0.05 to 10 hPa.
• a pressure in the range from 1 to 100 bar is then applied.
• the pressure is preferably applied by applying gas pressure.
• the casting compound is pressed into fine structures of the molding. Silicone rubber is preferably used as the casting compound. Finally the mold is lifted off the mold.
• a paste is made from phosphor powder and epoxy resin. Both phosphor powder and storage phosphor powder are suitable. However, the phosphor powder used must be chosen so that it does not match the epoxy resin reacted. It is preferred to use high density powders and those made from high atomic number elements. In particular, CaWO 4 , Gd 2 O 2 S: Tb, Gd 2 O 2 S: Eu or Y 2 O 3 : Eu are used.
• the volume fraction of the phosphor in the paste is 10 vol% to 70 vol%, preferably 40 vol% to 60 vol%
• the filling process is carried out in a vacuum as before.
• a fluorescent structure 1 is formed (see FIG. 1).
• the phosphor structure 1 comprises phosphor blocks 2 and a supporting phosphor base 3.
• the phosphor blocks 2 are z. B. cuboid and stand upright on the supporting fluorescent floor 3.
• the fluorescent blocks 2 are separated from each other.
• the phosphor blocks 2 are connected to one another only via the supporting phosphor base 3. Perpendicular to the
• Fluorescent blocks 2 are standing, the fluorescent blocks 2 have a greater extent than parallel to it.
• the geometry of the phosphor blocks 2 is determined depending on the desired spatial resolution and the required X-ray absorption.
• the spaces between adjacent fluorescent blocks are filled with a pas containing an optical release agent.
• the paste consists, for. B. from white pigments and epoxy resins.
• the white pigments contain e.g. B. TiO 2 .
• the paste containing optical release agents is then cured. This creates an optical separation structure 4 (see FIG. 2).
• the optical separating structure 4 essentially fills the spaces between the phosphor blocks 2.
• the phosphor blocks 2 are firmly connected to one another via the optical separating structure 4.
• the supporting fluorescent base 3 is removed mechanically (see FIG. 3). This completes the fluorescent film, which consists of the fluorescent blocks 2 and the optical separating structure 4.

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