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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a flat panel detector for X-ray imaging, and more particularly to a flat panel detector that has a small non-image area of a scintillator panel and is miniaturized.
- radiographic images such as X-ray images have been widely used for diagnosis of medical conditions in the medical field.
- radiographic images using intensifying screens and film systems have been developed as an imaging system that combines high reliability and excellent cost performance as a result of high sensitivity and high image quality in a long history. Used in the medical field.
- these pieces of image information are so-called analog image information, and free image processing and instantaneous electric transmission cannot be performed like the digital image information that has been developed in recent years.
- a scintillator panel made of an X-ray phosphor having a characteristic of emitting light by radiation is used.
- luminous efficiency is used. It is necessary to use a high scintillator panel.
- the light emission efficiency of a scintillator panel is determined by the thickness of the phosphor layer and the X-ray absorption coefficient of the phosphor. The thicker the phosphor layer, the more scattered the emitted light in the phosphor layer. Occurs and sharpness decreases. Therefore, when the sharpness necessary for the image quality is determined, the film thickness is determined.
- CsI cesium iodide
- NaI sodium iodide
- CsI cesium iodide
- TlI thallium iodide
- the film thickness of the scintillator layer is set to 500 ⁇ m or more and the filling rate of columnar crystals in the scintillator layer is set to 70 to 85%, so that the image resolution can be improved without impairing the X-ray transmittance.
- a technique for example, see Patent Document 1) that improves and achieves high image quality has been disclosed, but it has not been sufficient.
- the first object of the present invention is to provide a flat panel detector with higher luminous efficiency and higher image quality than the above background art.
- a second object of the present invention is to provide a flat panel detector that is less prone to image defects due to impact.
- a flat panel detector formed by coupling a scintillator panel, in which a phosphor layer made of columnar crystals and a protective layer are sequentially formed on a support, and a light receiving surface of a planar light receiving element in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged
- a flat panel detector wherein a difference obtained by subtracting an average porosity at an end portion from an average porosity at a base portion of the phosphor layer is 5% or more and 25% or less, and the porosity decreases from the base portion to the end portion.
- the porosity is uniform from the base to the end, increasing the porosity to increase the sharpness will result in the columnar phosphor becoming thinner or reducing the number of phosphors per unit area. It becomes easy to destroy the phosphor.
- the porosity is reduced in order to make it stronger against impact, the sharpness decreases.
- the present invention reduces the thickness of the base of the phosphor compared to the thickness of the end, so that even when the porosity of the entire phosphor layer is the same in order to maintain sharpness, It is considered that the strength of the end portion of the phosphor layer to which a large force is applied can be increased to make it difficult to break.
- the X-rays hitting the voids are not irradiated to the phosphors, but leave the voids. It is presumed that the X-ray utilization efficiency is high and the luminance is high because the rate of irradiation of the phosphor crystal is high because the porosity is small.
- the spacing between the columnar crystals is widened on the support side, so that the diffusion of light through the support can be reduced. It is presumed that the X-ray utilization efficiency is further increased and the luminance is increased by reducing the void ratio at the end.
- planar light receiving element is a flat plate light receiving element having a thin film transistor (TFT) formed on a glass support.
- TFT thin film transistor
- planar light receiving element is a CCD or a CMOS.
- a radiation flat panel detector having a phosphor layer capable of achieving both physical resistance such as impact, sharpness and luminous efficiency could be produced.
- (A) It is a schematic cross section which shows the example of a structure of a flat panel detector.
- (B) It is a schematic cross section of the example of a scintillator panel. It is a schematic cross section of an example of a cutting device used in a cutting process.
- (A) It is a schematic perspective view of the other example of the cutting apparatus used at a cutting process.
- (B) It is a top view showing the several scintillator panel cut out by cutting.
- the scintillator panel of the present invention is a scintillator panel in which a phosphor layer made of columnar crystals is provided on a support, and an embodiment having an undercoat layer between the support and the phosphor layer is preferable.
- a reflective layer may be provided on the support, and the reflective layer, the undercoat layer, and the phosphor layer may be configured.
- the phosphor layer according to the present invention is a phosphor layer composed of phosphor columnar crystals. Further, it is cut into a predetermined size after vapor deposition, and the entire support is a phosphor layer forming region.
- CsI cesium iodide
- CsI alone has low luminous efficiency
- various activators are added.
- a mixture of CsI and sodium iodide (NaI) in an arbitrary molar ratio can be mentioned.
- CsI as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-59899 is deposited, and thallium (Tl), europium (Eu), indium (In), lithium (Li), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb) ), CsI containing an activating substance such as sodium (Na) is preferred.
- thallium (Tl) and europium (Eu) are particularly preferable.
- thallium (Tl) is preferred.
- thallium activated cesium iodide (CsI: Tl) is preferable because it has a wide emission wavelength from 400 nm to 750 nm.
- thallium compound as an additive containing one or more types of thallium compounds according to the present invention, various thallium compounds (compounds having oxidation numbers of + I and + III) can be used.
- a preferred thallium compound is thallium bromide (TlBr), thallium chloride (TlCl), thallium fluoride (TlF, TlF 3 ), or the like.
- the melting point of the thallium compound according to the present invention is preferably in the range of 400 to 700 ° C. If the temperature exceeds 700 ° C., the additives in the columnar crystals exist non-uniformly, resulting in a decrease in luminous efficiency.
- the melting point is a melting point at normal temperature and pressure.
- the content of the thallium compound is preferably an optimum amount according to the target performance or the like, but 0.001 mol% to 50 mol% with respect to the content of cesium iodide, The content is preferably 0.1 to 10.0 mol%.
- the thallium compound when the thallium compound is 0.001 mol% or more with respect to cesium iodide, the emission luminance obtained by using cesium iodide alone is improved, which is preferable in obtaining the target emission luminance. Moreover, it is preferable that it is 50 mol% or less because the properties and functions of cesium iodide can be maintained.
- the thickness of the scintillator layer is preferably 50 to 600 ⁇ m, and when a resin is used as the support, it is preferably 50 to 500 ⁇ m from the viewpoint of damage during cutting. Further, from the balance of luminance and sharpness characteristics, it is more preferably 120 to 400 ⁇ m for medical use.
- the phosphor layer is formed on the support by vapor deposition of the phosphor (scintillator) raw material and then cut into a predetermined size.
- the use of a resin as the support reduces the thickness of the scintillator panel, which is preferable for use in intraoral detectors and cassette-sized flat panel detectors.
- the use of a flexible resin support is preferable because the contact between the scintillator panel and the planar light receiving element surface is uniform over the entire surface, and the image characteristics are uniform within the surface.
- Vapor deposition is performed at the maximum size that can be created by the vapor deposition apparatus, and if necessary, it is cut into a desired size, which is highly advantageous in terms of production efficiency and delivery time.
- the columnar crystals of the phosphor layer extend perpendicular to the support, and there are gaps between adjacent columnar crystals.
- the light guide effect is exhibited when light is reflected at the interface between the columnar crystal and the gap.
- the porosity refers to the ratio of the void area to the sum of the cross-sectional area of the columnar crystal and the void area in the cross section obtained by cutting the phosphor layer in parallel with the support.
- the present invention is characterized in that the difference obtained by subtracting the average porosity of the end portion from the average porosity of the base portion of the phosphor layer is 5% or more and 25% or less, and the porosity decreases from the base portion to the end portion. .
- the porosity is inclined in the thickness direction of the phosphor layer, it is possible to improve impact resistance and luminance while maintaining sharpness.
- the porosity change of the base part of the said fluorescent substance layer is 10% or more and 25% or less. This is because the impact resistance is high when the change in the porosity of the base is 25% or less, and the sharpness and brightness are higher when the porosity of the base is 10% or more. (See below for changes in porosity of the base.)
- the base of the phosphor layer is a region up to 30% in the thickness direction from the end surface on the support side of the phosphor layer, and the end of the phosphor is in the thickness direction from the end surface on the support side of the phosphor layer. The region is 60% to 100%. Further, a region of 30% to 60% in the thickness direction from the end surface on the support side of the phosphor layer is referred to as an intermediate portion.
- the average porosity of the base portion is an average of the porosity of five locations obtained from a cross section when five locations are cut at equal intervals from the end face of the fluorescent layer on the support side to a position of 30% in the thickness direction.
- the average porosity of the end portion is an average of the porosity of five locations obtained from a cross section when the end portion of the phosphor is cut at five locations at equal intervals in the thickness direction.
- Change in porosity of base portion (porosity at a position of 5% of the phosphor layer in the thickness direction from the end surface of the phosphor layer on the support side) ⁇ (phosphor layer in the thickness direction from the end surface of the phosphor layer on the support side) (Porosity at 30% position)
- the change in the porosity of the base is preferably 10% to 25% in terms of sharpness and brightness.
- the average of the entire porosity of the phosphor layer from the base to the end is preferably 10 to 25% from the viewpoint of impact resistance, sharpness, relative luminance, and the like.
- the porosity is obtained by cutting out the phosphor layer of the scintillator panel in parallel with the support, and binarizing the cross-sectional scanning electron micrograph of the phosphor portion and the void portion using image processing software. Can be sought.
- the phosphor layer according to the present invention it is possible to change and control the porosity in the thickness direction by changing the concentration of the activator as the columnar crystal grows.
- the porosity increases, and when the concentration is high, the porosity decreases.
- a boat containing cesium iodide and a boat containing activator and cesium iodide are installed in the vacuum vessel of the vapor deposition system, and the heating temperature of the latter boat is controlled according to the stage of columnar crystal growth. The method of adjusting the density
- concentration of an activator by doing is mentioned.
- the porosity increases by lowering the substrate temperature during vapor deposition.
- the column diameter of the phosphor at the base of the phosphor layer is preferably smaller than the column diameter of the phosphor at the end, and the phosphor is preferably continuous from the base to the end of the phosphor layer.
- the reflective layer is preferably formed of a material containing any element selected from the element group consisting of Al, Ag, Cr, Cu, Ni, Ti, Mg, Rh, Pt, and Au.
- a metal thin film made of the above elements for example, an Ag film, an Al film, or the like. Two or more such metal thin films may be formed.
- the thickness of the reflective layer is preferably 0.005 to 0.3 ⁇ m, more preferably 0.01 to 0.2 ⁇ m, from the viewpoint of emission light extraction efficiency.
- the undercoat layer includes a method of forming a polyparaxylylene film by a CVD method (vapor phase chemical growth method) and a method using a polymer binder (binder). From the viewpoint of attaching a film, a polymer binder ( A method using a binder is more preferable.
- the thickness of the undercoat layer is preferably 0.5 to 4 ⁇ m. By setting the thickness to 4 ⁇ m or less, it is preferable because light scattering in the undercoat layer is increased and sharpness can be prevented from deteriorating.
- the thickness of the undercoat layer is 0.5 ⁇ m or more because it is possible to prevent the occurrence of columnar crystallinity disturbance due to heat generated during blade dicing.
- components of the undercoat layer will be described.
- the undercoat layer is preferably formed by applying and drying a polymer binder (hereinafter also referred to as “binder”) dissolved or dispersed in a solvent.
- a polymer binder hereinafter also referred to as “binder”
- the polymer binder include polyurethane, vinyl chloride copolymer, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, vinyl chloride-vinylidene chloride copolymer, vinyl chloride-acrylonitrile copolymer, butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymer.
- Polymer polyamide resin, polyvinyl butyral, polyester, cellulose derivative (nitrocellulose, etc.), styrene-butadiene copolymer, various synthetic rubber resins, phenol resin, epoxy resin, urea resin, melamine resin, phenoxy resin, silicone resin , Acrylic resins, urea formamide resins, and the like.
- polyurethane, polyester, vinyl chloride copolymer, polyvinyl butyral, and nitrocellulose are preferably used.
- polyurethane polyurethane, polyester, vinyl chloride copolymer, polyvinyl butyral, nitrocellulose and the like are particularly preferable in terms of adhesion to the phosphor layer.
- a polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 30 to 100 ° C. is preferable from the viewpoint of attaching a film between the deposited crystal and the support. From this viewpoint, a polyester resin is particularly preferable.
- Solvents that can be used to prepare the undercoat layer include lower alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, and n-butanol, hydrocarbons containing chlorine atoms such as methylene chloride and ethylene chloride, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and methyl isobutyl ketone.
- ketones such as ketones, toluene, benzene, cyclohexane, cyclohexanone, xylene and other aromatic compounds, methyl acetate, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate and other lower fatty acid and lower alcohol esters, dioxane, ethylene glycol monoethyl ester, ethylene glycol monomethyl ester And ethers thereof and mixtures thereof.
- the undercoat layer according to the present invention may contain a pigment or a dye in order to prevent scattering of light emitted from the phosphor (scintillator) and improve sharpness.
- the protective layer according to the present invention prevents phosphor crystal cracking at the cutting portion during blade dicing, provides moisture protection during the period until it is set in the detector housing, and is provided on the side of the planar light receiving element due to contact between the scintillator and the planar light receiving element.
- the main purpose is to prevent corrosion. That is, if it is assumed that the period until the coupling between the scintillator panel and the planar light receiving element is controlled in a low humidity environment, the protective layer may be present on the contact surface portion with the planar light receiving element. It is not necessary to cover the cut side. However, it is preferable that the housing of the flat panel detector has less moisture permeability than the protective layer.
- the protective layer can be formed using various materials.
- a polyparaxylylene film is formed by a CVD method. That is, a polyparaxylylene film can be formed on the entire surface of the phosphor (scintillator) and the support to form a protective layer.
- the polyparaxylylene film thickness is preferably 2 ⁇ m or more and 10 ⁇ m or less, and the thickness of the adhesive layer when adhering to a planar light receiving element is preferably 10 ⁇ m or more and 18 ⁇ m or less. That is, the thickness of the adhesive layer is preferably 10 ⁇ m or more from the viewpoint of securing the adhesive force.
- the total thickness of the polyparaxylylene film and the adhesive layer is 20 ⁇ m or less, the gap between the planar light receiving element and the scintillator panel can be reduced. Therefore, it is preferable in that the diffusion of light emitted from the scintillator is increased and the sharpness as a flat panel detector can be prevented from being lowered.
- a hot melt resin can be used on the phosphor layer.
- the hot melt resin can also serve as an adhesion between the scintillator panel and the planar light receiving element surface.
- the hot-melt resin is preferably a polyolefin-based, polyester-based or polyamide-based resin as a main component, but is not limited thereto.
- the thickness of the hot melt resin is preferably 20 ⁇ m or less.
- a protective layer such as polyparaxylylene or hot melt resin is formed on the surface of the phosphor layer so that it does not break the crystal. And found that blade dicing is possible.
- the blade dicing in the present invention is cutting using a blade generally used for dicing such as a silicon wafer.
- laser dicing can also be used.
- High moisture resistance can be obtained by covering the upper and side surfaces of the scintillator layer (corresponding to the phosphor layer of the present invention) and the outer periphery of the scintillator layer of the support with polyparaxylylene.
- the hot-melt resin can serve not only for moisture resistance but also for adhesion between the scintillator panel and the planar light receiving element surface.
- a polymer protective film can be provided on the phosphor layer.
- the thickness of the polymer protective film is preferably 12 ⁇ m or more and 60 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 20 ⁇ m in consideration of the formation of voids, scintillator (phosphor) layer protection, sharpness, moisture resistance, workability, and the like. As mentioned above, 40 micrometers or less are preferable.
- the haze ratio is preferably 3% or more and 40% or less, more preferably 3% or more and 10% or less in consideration of sharpness, radiation image unevenness, manufacturing stability, workability, and the like. A haze rate shows the value measured by Nippon Denshoku Industries Co., Ltd. NDH 5000W. The required haze ratio is appropriately selected from commercially available polymer films and can be easily obtained.
- the light transmittance of the protective film is preferably 70% or more at 550 nm in consideration of photoelectric conversion efficiency, scintillator emission wavelength, etc., but a film having a light transmittance of 99% or more is difficult to obtain industrially. Substantially 99 to 70% is preferable.
- the moisture permeability of the protective film is preferably 50 g / m 2 ⁇ day (40 ° C., 90% RH) (measured according to JIS Z0208) or less, more preferably 10 g / m 2 taking into account the protective properties and deliquescence of the phosphor layer.
- m 2 ⁇ day (40 ° C./90% RH) (measured in accordance with JIS Z0208) or less is preferable, but a film having a moisture permeability of 0.01 g / m 2 ⁇ day (40 ° C./90% RH) or less is industrial.
- it is substantially 0.01 g / m 2 ⁇ day (40 ° C, 90% RH) or more, 50 g / m 2 ⁇ day (40 ° C., 90% RH) (measured according to JIS Z0208) ) Or less, more preferably 0.1 g / m 2 ⁇ day (40 ° C./90% RH) or more, 10 g / m 2 ⁇ day (40 ° C./90% RH) (measured according to JIS Z0208) or less .
- the moisture permeability of the casing constituting the flat panel detector is 50 g / m 2 ⁇ day (40 ° C./90% RH) (average in JIS Z0208), taking into consideration the protection of the phosphor layer, deliquescence, etc. Measured according to JIS Z0208, and more preferably 10 g / m 2 ⁇ day (40 ° C., 90% RH) (measured according to JIS Z0208).
- the scintillator panel of the present invention includes (1) carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP: Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics), (2) carbon board (carbonized and hardened charcoal and paper), (3) carbon support (graphite) (Support), (4) plastic support, (5) glass support, (6) various metal supports, and (7) a thin support formed in (1) to (6) above and sandwiched with foamed resin Various materials can be used as the support.
- CFRP Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics
- carbon board carbonized and hardened charcoal and paper
- carbon support graphite
- plastic support (5) glass support, (6) various metal supports, and (7) a thin support formed in (1) to (6) above and sandwiched with foamed resin
- Various materials can be used as the support.
- a phosphor layer on a rigid support such as aluminum or amorphous carbon.
- the thickness is preferably 0.3 mm or greater and 1.0 mm or less.
- a resin film is used because it is easy to cut after vapor-depositing a phosphor and can be bent and has good adhesion when coupling a scintillator panel and a planar light receiving element. It is preferable.
- Resin films include cellulose acetate film, polyester film, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) film, polyamide film, polyimide (PI) film, triacetate film, polycarbonate film, carbon fiber reinforced resin sheet, etc.
- PET polyethylene terephthalate
- PEN polyethylene naphthalate
- PI polyimide
- a film (plastic film) can be used.
- a resin film containing polyimide or polyethylene naphthalate is suitable when a phosphor columnar crystal is formed by a vapor phase method using cesium iodide as a raw material.
- the resin film preferably has a thickness of 50 to 200 ⁇ m, and preferably has flexibility.
- the “support having flexibility” means a support having an elastic modulus (E120) at 120 ° C. of 1000 to 6000 N / mm 2 and contains polyimide or polyethylene naphthalate as the support. A resin film is preferred.
- the “elastic modulus” refers to the slope of the stress relative to the strain amount in a region where the strain indicated by the standard line of the sample conforming to JIS C 2318 and the corresponding stress have a linear relationship using a tensile tester. Is what we asked for. This is a value called Young's modulus, and in the present invention, this Young's modulus is defined as an elastic modulus.
- the support used in the present invention preferably has an elastic modulus (E120) at 120 ° C. of 1000 to 6000 N / mm 2 as described above. More preferably, it is 1200 to 5000 N / mm 2 .
- E120 elastic modulus
- a resin film containing polyimide or polyethylene naphthalate is preferable as described above.
- the scintillator panel when bonding the scintillator panel and the planar light receiving element surface, it is difficult to obtain uniform image quality characteristics within the light receiving surface of the flat panel detector due to the influence of deformation of the support and warpage during vapor deposition.
- the support By making the support a resin film having a thickness of 50 to 200 ⁇ m, the scintillator panel can be easily deformed into a shape that matches the shape of the planar light receiving element surface, and uniform sharpness can be achieved over the entire light receiving surface of the flat panel detector. can get.
- FIG. 1A is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic configuration of the flat panel detector 1.
- the scintillator panel 12 is bonded to the planar light receiving element 11 with an adhesive layer 13.
- the scintillator panel support 121 and the phosphor layer 122 have the same size.
- the entire surface of the light receiving pixel portion excluding the signal extraction portion 111 of the planar light receiving element 11 and the phosphor layer 122 portion of the scintillator panel 12 are coupled.
- the entire flat panel detector is sealed with a resin casing 14 having a low moisture permeability.
- FIG. 1B is a cross-sectional view of the scintillator panel 12 of the present invention, in which a support 121, a reflective layer 121a, an undercoat layer 121b, a phosphor layer 122, and a protective layer 123 are formed in this order.
- the protective layer 123 does not exist in the cross section of the phosphor layer 122.
- the scintillator panel 12 is disposed on the dicing table 22 of the dicing apparatus 2 with the protective layer 123 side down.
- the scintillator panel 12 is cut from the support 121 side by the blade 21.
- the support 121 is amorphous carbon having a thickness of 1 mm.
- the blade 21 cuts the scintillator panel 12 by rotating around the rotating shaft 21a.
- the dicing table 22 is provided with a groove 221.
- Support members 24 are provided on both sides of the blade.
- cooling air is blown from the nozzle 23 to the cutting portion from both sides of the blade 21.
- the temperature of the cooling air is 4 ° C. or less, and the indoor humidity is 20% or less to prevent condensation.
- the support is glass, it can be cut with a laser dicing machine.
- the support is resin, it is preferable to use the laser cutting device shown in FIG.
- FIG. 3A shows an example of laser cutting of the scintillator panel 12 in which a protective layer is not formed.
- the laser cutting device 3 includes a purge chamber 33 formed in a box shape.
- the purge chamber 33 is a space where the inside is almost sealed so that dust or the like floating in the outside space does not enter the inside.
- the purge chamber 33 is preferably in a low humidity environment. Further, on the upper surface of the purge chamber 33, a light transmission window 35 through which laser light is transmitted is provided.
- a discharge pipe 34 that guides floating matters such as dust to the outside of the purge chamber 33 is provided.
- the scintillator panel 12 is placed on the support base 32 of the laser cutting apparatus 3 with the support 121 side of the scintillator panel 12 as the lower surface, and the scintillator panel 12 is suction-held on the support base 32. Therefore, the scintillator panel 12 is held with the phosphor layer 122 facing upward.
- the scintillator panel 12 placed on the support base 32 is positioned immediately below the laser irradiation part of the laser generator 31 by a support base moving means (not shown).
- the laser beam is emitted from the laser generator 31 and irradiated to the scintillator panel 12.
- the irradiation conditions are YAG-UV (yttrium / aluminum / garnet crystal: wavelength 266 nm), a pulse laser beam with a frequency of 5000 Hz and a beam diameter of 20 ⁇ m, and an output of 300 mW.
- Cutting is performed by moving the scintillator panel 12 by a support moving means (not shown).
- FIG. 3B is an example of a plurality of scintillator panels cut out by laser cutting.
- S is a laser cutting part.
- 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, and 12f are cut out from the scintillator panel 12.
- the vapor deposition apparatus 961 has a box-shaped vacuum vessel 962, and a vacuum vapor deposition boat 963 is arranged inside the vacuum vessel 962.
- the boat 963 is a member to be deposited as an evaporation source, and an electrode is connected to the boat 963. When current flows through the electrode to the boat 963, the boat 963 generates heat due to Joule heat.
- the boat 963 is filled with a mixture containing cesium iodide and an activator compound, and an electric current flows through the boat 963 so that the mixture can be heated and evaporated. It has become.
- an alumina crucible around which a heater is wound may be applied, or a refractory metal heater may be applied.
- a holder 64 for holding the support 121 is disposed inside the vacuum vessel 962 and immediately above the boat 963.
- the holder 964 is provided with a heater (not shown), and the support 121 mounted on the holder 964 can be heated by operating the heater.
- the adsorbate on the surface of the support 121 is removed or removed, or an impurity layer is formed between the support 121 and the phosphor layer 122 formed on the surface.
- the holder 964 is provided with a rotation mechanism 965 that rotates the holder 964.
- the rotating mechanism 965 includes a rotating shaft 65a connected to the holder 64 and a motor (not shown) as a driving source for the rotating shaft 65a. When the motor is driven, the rotating shaft 965a rotates to disengage the holder 964 from the boat. It can be rotated in a state of facing 963.
- a vacuum pump 966 is disposed in the vacuum vessel 962.
- the vacuum pump 966 exhausts the inside of the vacuum vessel 962 and introduces gas into the inside of the vacuum vessel 962.
- the inside of the vacuum vessel 962 has a gas atmosphere at a constant pressure. Can be maintained below.
- FIG. 5 shows an example in which a protective layer made of a polyparaxylylene film is formed on the surface of the phosphor layer 122 of the scintillator panel 12.
- the CVD deposition apparatus 5 includes a vaporization chamber 51 for inserting and vaporizing diparaxylylene as a raw material of polyparaxylylene, a thermal decomposition chamber 52 for heating and heating the vaporized diparaxylylene to radicalize, and scintillator for diparaxylylene in a radicalized state. Is provided with a vapor deposition chamber 53 for vapor deposition on a support 121 on which is formed, a cooling chamber 54 for deodorizing and cooling, and an exhaust system 55 having a vacuum pump.
- the vapor deposition chamber 53 has an inlet 53a for introducing polyparaxylylene radicalized in the thermal decomposition chamber 52 and an outlet 53b for discharging excess polyparaxylylene, as shown in FIG. It has a turntable (deposition stand) 53c that supports a sample on which a polyparaxylylene film is deposited.
- the phosphor layer 122 of the scintillator panel 12 is installed on the turntable 53c of the vapor deposition chamber 53 with the phosphor layer 122 facing upward.
- diparaxylylene radicalized by heating to 175 ° C. in the vaporization chamber 51 and vaporizing and heating to 690 ° C. in the thermal decomposition chamber 52 is introduced into the vapor deposition chamber 3 from the inlet 53a, and the phosphor layer A protective layer 122 (polyparaxylylene film) 123 is deposited to a thickness of 3 ⁇ m.
- the inside of the vapor deposition chamber 53 is maintained at a degree of vacuum of 13 Pa.
- the turntable 53c is rotated at a speed of 4 rpm. Excess polyparaxylylene is discharged from the discharge port 53b and led to a cooling chamber 54 for deodorizing and cooling and an exhaust system 55 having a vacuum pump.
- the evaporation device 961 described above can be used preferably. A method of manufacturing the radiation scintillator panel 12 using the evaporation device 961 will be described.
- a metal thin film (Al film, Ag film, etc.) as a reflective layer is formed on one surface of the support 121 by sputtering.
- Al film, Ag film, etc. As a reflective layer, various types of films in which an Al film is sputter-deposited on the resin film are available on the market, and these can also be used as the support 121 of the present invention.
- the undercoat layer 123 is formed by applying and drying a composition in which a polymer binder is dispersed and dissolved in an organic solvent.
- the polymer binder is preferably a hydrophobic resin such as a polyester resin or a polyurethane resin from the viewpoint of adhesiveness and corrosion resistance of the reflective layer.
- the support 121 having the reflective layer and the undercoat layer as described above is attached to the holder 964, and one of a plurality (not shown) of boats 963 is filled with cesium iodide, and the other boat is filled with iodine.
- a powdery mixture containing cesium iodide and thallium iodide as an activator is filled (preparation step).
- the distance between the boat 963 and the support 121 is set to 100 to 1500 mm, and the vapor deposition process described later is performed while maintaining the range of the set value. More preferably, the distance between the boat 963 and the support body 121 is set to 400 mm or more and 1500 mm or less, and the plurality of boats 963 are heated at the same time to perform vapor deposition.
- the relative content of the activator in the phosphor layer is preferably 0.1 to 5 mol%, and the porosity is controlled by changing the concentration of the activator in the growth direction of the columnar crystals. Is possible.
- the vacuum pump 966 is operated to evacuate the inside of the vacuum vessel 962, and the inside of the vacuum vessel 962 is brought to a vacuum atmosphere of 0.1 Pa or less (vacuum atmosphere forming step).
- under vacuum atmosphere means under a pressure atmosphere of 100 Pa or less, and preferably under a pressure atmosphere of 0.1 Pa or less.
- an inert gas such as argon is introduced into the vacuum vessel 962, and the inside of the vacuum vessel 962 is maintained in a vacuum atmosphere of 0.001 to 5 Pa, more preferably 0.01 to 2 Pa.
- the heater of the holder 964 and the motor of the rotation mechanism 965 are driven, and the support body 121 attached to the holder 964 is rotated while being heated while facing the boat 963.
- the temperature of the support 121 on which the phosphor layer is formed is preferably set to a room temperature of 25 to 50 ° C. at the start of vapor deposition, and is preferably set to 100 to 300 ° C., more preferably 150 to 250 ° C. during the vapor deposition. preferable.
- the resistance heating method is used in the vapor deposition process, but the process in each process may be an electron beam process or a high frequency induction process.
- the heat treatment by the resistance heating method it is preferable to apply the heat treatment by the resistance heating method because it is easy to handle with a relatively simple configuration, is inexpensive, and can be applied to a very large number of substances.
- both the heat treatment and the vapor deposition treatment of the mixture of cesium iodide and thallium iodide can be achieved in the same boat 963.
- a shutter (not shown) that blocks a space from the boat 963 to the holder 964 may be disposed between the boat 963 and the holder 964 of the vapor deposition apparatus 961.
- substances other than the target substance attached to the surface of the mixture on the boat 963 by the shutter can be prevented from evaporating at the initial stage of the vapor deposition process, and the substance can be prevented from adhering to the support 121. It is possible to prevent abnormal growth of columnar crystals due to foreign matter generated in the substrate.
- a protective layer 123 made of polyparaxylylene is provided by the CVD apparatus shown in FIG.
- the hot melt resin surface is placed on the phosphor layer surface of the scintillator panel, and bonded while pressing with a roller heated to 120 ° C. 123 is formed.
- the thickness of the protective layer is adjusted so that the total thickness of the protective layer and the adhesive layer is 20 ⁇ m or less.
- Coupling is a combination of the surface of the scintillator panel on the phosphor layer side and the light receiving surface of the planar light receiving element.
- Examples of the coupling method include a method of pressure-bonding both using an auxiliary material such as a cushion member, a method of bonding with an adhesive, and a method of bonding with a matching oil.
- ⁇ Adhesion between scintillator panel and flat light receiving element The scintillator panel 12 and the planar light receiving element 11 are bonded together with an adhesive 13. In bonding, pressure is applied at a pressure of 10 to 500 g / cm 2 until the adhesive is solidified. Air bubbles are removed from the adhesive layer by pressurization.
- a hot melt resin is used as the protective layer 123, it is heated to a temperature about 10 ° C. higher than the melting start temperature of the hot melt resin while being pressurized at a pressure of 10 to 500 g / cm 2 , and after standing for 1 to 2 hours, gradually. Cool down. When rapidly cooled, the shrinkage stress of the hot melt resin may damage the pixels of the planar light receiving element. Preferably, it is cooled to 50 ° C. or less at a rate of 20 ° C./hour or less.
- a room-temperature curable adhesive such as acrylic, epoxy, or silicone can be used.
- a rubber adhesive can be used as the adhesive resin having elasticity.
- a block copolymer such as styrene-isoprene-styrene, a synthetic rubber adhesive such as polybutadiene or polybutylene, natural rubber, or the like can be used.
- a commercially available rubber-based adhesive a one-component RTV rubber KE420 (manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) or the like is preferably used.
- silicone adhesive a peroxide crosslinking type or an addition condensation type may be used alone or in combination. Furthermore, it can be used by mixing with an acrylic or rubber-based pressure-sensitive adhesive, or an adhesive having a silicone component pendant on the polymer main chain or side chain of the acrylic adhesive may be used.
- an acrylic resin When an acrylic resin is used as the adhesive, it is preferable to use a resin obtained by reacting a radical polymerizable monomer containing an acrylate ester having an alkyl side chain having 1 to 14 carbon atoms as a monomer component.
- a resin obtained by reacting a radical polymerizable monomer containing an acrylate ester having an alkyl side chain having 1 to 14 carbon atoms As the monomer component, it is preferable to add an acrylate ester or other vinyl monomer having a polar group such as a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group or an amino group in the side chain.
- adhesive optical grease or the like can be used for the scintillator panel 12 and the planar light receiving element 11. Any known material can be used as long as it is highly transparent and sticky.
- silicone oil KF96H (1 million CS: manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.) is preferably used.
- a reflective layer (0.10 ⁇ m) was formed by sputtering silver on a support of the following A-1 to P-3 having a size of 600 mm ⁇ 600 mm.
- the material and thickness of the support are described below.
- MEK Methyl ethyl ketone
- the above formulation was mixed and dispersed with a bead mill for 15 hours to obtain a coating solution for undercoating.
- the coating solution was applied to the reflective layer side of the support with a spin coater so that the dry layer thickness was 1.0 ⁇ m, and then dried at 100 ° C. for 8 hours to prepare an undercoat layer.
- the support provided with the undercoat layer was placed on a support holder equipped with a support rotating mechanism.
- the boat 1 and the boat 2 containing the phosphor material were arranged on the circumference of one circle around the center line perpendicular to the support near the bottom surface inside the vacuum vessel.
- the distance between the support and the evaporation source was adjusted to 500 mm
- the distance between the center line perpendicular to the support and the evaporation source was adjusted to 300 mm.
- a shutter (not shown) was provided between each boat and the holder to prevent substances other than the target substance from adhering to the phosphor layer at the start of vapor deposition.
- the inside of the vapor deposition apparatus was once evacuated, Ar gas was introduced and the degree of vacuum was adjusted to 0.5 Pa, and then the temperature of the support was maintained at 30 ° C. while rotating the support at a speed of 10 rpm.
- the inside of the boat 1 is raised to a predetermined temperature by resistance heating, and the phosphor 1 is started to be deposited.
- the support (substrate) temperature is raised to 200 ° C., then the phosphor 2 is deposited, and the thickness of the phosphor layer is increased. When the thickness reached 200 ⁇ m, the deposition was terminated.
- the concentration of Tl of the columnar crystal is changed in the thickness direction of the phosphor, and the average porosity of the phosphor layer is 20%.
- the phosphor layer having the porosity change shown in Table 1 was obtained.
- the support is made of carbon, aluminum or glass. It can be seen that the thickness is 0.3 mm or more in the case of a rigid substance having a main component, and the thickness is 0.05 mm or more in the case of a substance having a resin film as a main component.
- the scintillator layer of the scintillator panel obtained above is covered with barrier locks (with coat) 1011HG-CW (# 12) (barrier film with laminate layer, manufactured by Toray Film Processing Co., Ltd.), and a protective layer comprising a polymer protective film Was provided.
- Example of providing a protective layer made of the above polymer protective film was described as BR in the column of the protective layer in Table 1.
- planar light-receiving element uses a planar light-receiving element (Rad Eye 1 / pixel size 48 ⁇ m, manufactured by Rad-icon) with an effective image area having a CMOS on the light-receiving surface. did.
- Example 11 and Comparative Example 3 were coupled by pressing with a sponge.
- Examples 1 to 10, 12 to 16, and Comparative Examples 1, 2, 4 to 7 were coupled with an adhesive.
- Example 11 Coupling with sponge
- the phosphor layer side of the scintillator panel and the light receiving surface of the planar light receiving element are opposed to each other, and loaded into the casing so that the scintillator panel support body faces the lid side of the casing.
- a sponge for adjusting the pressure was placed on the support of the scintillator panel, and the crazy lid was screwed and pressed at a pressure of 30 g / cm 2 to be coupled.
- the adhesive composition of this composition has high removability, and the position can be easily changed until thermocompression bonding.
- (Acrylic adhesive) 1 mass part of the aromatic isocyanate compound of the following (B) was added with respect to 100 mass parts of the mixture of the solid content ratio of the following (A). Furthermore, 60 ppm of dioctyltin dilaurate was added to the solid content, and diluted with ethyl acetate to obtain an adhesive composition having a solid content of 30%.
- the adhesive was applied to the protective layer 123 side of the scintillator panel 12 so as to have a thickness of 10 ⁇ m and dried, and then the scintillator panel and the CMOS portion were confirmed to be in a stereomicroscope so that they were completely matched. . Thereafter, the scintillator panel 12 and the planar light receiving element 11 were coupled by heating in a 70 ° C. environment for 90 minutes and then gradually cooling while applying a pressure of 100 g / cm 2 .
- the phosphor layer of the obtained scintillator panel was excised in parallel with the support, and the scanning electron micrograph of the cross section was binarized with the phosphor portion and the gap portion using image processing software, The porosity of the intermediate part and the end part and the change in the porosity of the base part were determined.
- X-rays having a tube voltage of 40 kVp were irradiated to the radiation incident surface side of the flat panel detector through a lead MTF chart, and image data was detected and recorded on a hard disk. Thereafter, the recording on the hard disk was analyzed by a computer, and the modulation transfer function MTF (MTF value at a spatial frequency of 1 cycle / mm) of the X-ray image recorded on the hard disk was used as an index of sharpness. The higher the MTF value in the table, the better the sharpness. MTF is an abbreviation for Modulation Transfer Function.
- Table 1 shows that the flat panel detector of the present invention has high impact resistance and high luminance. Further, it can be seen that the sharpness and the luminance are further improved when the change in the porosity of the base portion is 10 to 25%. In addition, when a resin support that is advantageous in terms of production efficiency is used, flexibility is improved by using the phosphor layer of the present invention, which is advantageous in terms of process when coupling to various sensors such as CCD, CMOS, and TFT. I understand that
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Description
本発明のシンチレータパネルは、支持体上に柱状結晶からなる蛍光体層を設けて成るシンチレータパネルであり、支持体と蛍光体層の間に下引層を有する態様が好ましい。また支持体上に反射層を設け、反射層、下引層、及び蛍光体層の構成であってもよい。以下、各構成層及び構成要素等について説明する。
本発明に係る蛍光体層は、蛍光体柱状結晶からなる蛍光体層であることを特徴とする。また蒸着後に所定サイズに断裁されており、支持体全面が蛍光体層形成領域となっている。
前記蛍光体層の柱状結晶は支持体に対して垂直に伸びており、隣り合う柱状結晶の間は空隙になっている。柱状結晶と空隙の界面で光が反射することにより前記ライトガイド効果を発揮する。
ここで、蛍光体層の基部とは、蛍光体層の支持体側の端面から厚み方向で30%までの領域であり、蛍光体の端部とは蛍光体層の支持体側の端面から厚み方向で60%~100%の領域である。また、蛍光体層の支持体側の端面から厚み方向で30%~60%の領域を中間部という。
前記基部の空隙率変化は、鮮鋭性と輝度の点から10%~25%が好ましい。
本発明においては、樹脂支持体上には反射層を設けることが好ましい、蛍光体(シンチレータ)から発した光を反射して、光の取り出し効率を高めるためのものである。当該反射層は、Al,Ag,Cr,Cu,Ni,Ti,Mg,Rh,Pt及びAuからなる元素群の中から選ばれるいずれかの元素を含む材料により形成されることが好ましい。特に、上記の元素からなる金属薄膜、例えば、Ag膜、Al膜などを用いることが好ましい。また、このような金属薄膜を2層以上形成するようにしても良い。なお、反射層の厚さは、0.005~0.3μm、より好ましくは0.01~0.2μmであることが、発光光取り出し効率の観点から好ましい。
本発明においては、支持体と蛍光体層の間、又は反射層と蛍光体層の間に下引き層を設けることが好ましい。当該下引層は、CVD法(気相化学成長法)によりポリパラキシリレン膜を成膜する方法や高分子結合材(バインダー)による方法があるが、膜付の観点から高分子結合材(バインダー)による方法がより好ましい。また下引層の厚さは、0.5~4μmが好ましい。4μm以下とすることで下引層内での光散乱が大きくなり鮮鋭性が悪化するのを防止できる点で好ましい。また下引層の厚さが0.5μm以上とすることでブレードダイシング時の発熱により柱状結晶性の乱れが発生するのを防止できる点で好ましい。以下、下引層の構成要素について説明する。
前記下引層は、溶剤に溶解又は分散した高分子結合材(以下「バインダー」ともいう。)を塗布、乾燥して形成することが好ましい。高分子結合材としては、具体的には、ポリウレタン、塩化ビニル共重合体、塩化ビニル-酢酸ビニル共重合体、塩化ビニル-塩化ビニリデン共重合体、塩化ビニル-アクリロニトリル共重合体、ブタジエン-アクリロニトリル共重合体、ポリアミド樹脂、ポリビニルブチラール、ポリエステル、セルロース誘導体(ニトロセルロース等)、スチレン-ブタジエン共重合体、各種の合成ゴム系樹脂、フェノール樹脂、エポキシ樹脂、尿素樹脂、メラミン樹脂、フェノキシ樹脂、シリコン樹脂、アクリル系樹脂、尿素ホルムアミド樹脂等が挙げられる。なかでもポリウレタン、ポリエステル、塩化ビニル系共重合体、ポリビニルブチラール、ニトロセルロースを使用することが好ましい。
本発明に係る保護層は、ブレードダイシング時の切断部の蛍光体結晶割れの防止、及びディテクタ筐体にセットされるまでの期間の防湿と、シンチレータと平面受光素子の接触による平面受光素子側の腐食防止を主眼とするものである。すなわちシンチレータパネルと平面受光素子のカップリングまでの期間、湿度の低い環境で管理されることを前提とすれば、保護層は平面受光素子との接触面部分に存在すればよく、蛍光体層の断裁面側まで覆っている必要はない。但し、フラットパネルディテクタの筐体が、保護層よりも水分透過性の少ないことが好ましい。
本発明のシンチレータパネルは、(1)炭素繊維強化プラスチック(CFRP:Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics)、(2)カーボンボード(木炭及び紙を炭化処理して固めたもの)、(3)カーボン支持体(グラファイト支持体)、(4)プラスチック支持体、(5)ガラス支持体、(6)各種金属支持体、(7)上記(1)~(6)の支持体を薄く形成し発泡樹脂でサンドイッチしたもの等、支持体として各種の材料を使用することができる。従来気相堆積法によるシンチレータパネル製造方法においては、その支持体が耐熱性を要することから、アルミやアモルファスカーボン等、剛直な支持体に蛍光体層を蒸着することが一般的であった。剛直な支持体を用いる場合、厚さは0.3mm以上1.0mm以下であることが好ましい。
本発明に関わるフラットパネルディテクタの典型的例について、図を参照しながら説明する。
本発明に関わるシンチレータパネルの断裁方法の典型的例について、図を参照しながら説明する。
本発明に関わるシンチレータパネルの蒸着方法の典型的例について、図を参照しながら説明する。
図4に示す通り、蒸着装置961は箱状の真空容器962を有しており、真空容器962の内部には真空蒸着用のボート963が配されている。ボート963は蒸着源の被充填部材であり、当該ボート963には電極が接続されている。当該電極を通じてボート963に電流が流れると、ボート963がジュール熱で発熱するようになっている。放射線用シンチレータパネル12の製造時においては、ヨウ化セシウムと賦活剤化合物とを含む混合物がボート963に充填され、そのボート963に電流が流れることで、上記混合物を加熱・蒸発させることができるようになっている。
図5はシンチレータパネル12の蛍光体層122表面にポリパラキシリレン膜からなる保護層を形成する例である。
次に、本発明に係るシンチレータパネル12の作製方法について説明する。
支持体121の一方の表面に反射層としての金属薄膜(Al膜、Ag膜等)をスパッタ法により形成する。樹脂フィルムを支持体として使用する場合、樹脂フィルム上にAl膜をスパッタ蒸着したフィルムは、各種の品種が市場で流通しており、これらを本発明の支持体121として使用することも可能である。
下引層123は、有機溶剤に高分子結合材を分散・溶解した組成物を塗布、乾燥して形成する。高分子結合材としては接着性、反射層の耐腐食性の観点でポリエステル樹脂、ポリウレタン樹脂等の疎水性樹脂が好ましい。
上記のように反射層と下引層を設けた支持体121をホルダ964に取り付けるとともに、複数個(図示しない)のボート963の1つのボートに沃化セシウムを充填し、もう1つのボートにヨウ化セシウムと賦活剤であるヨウ化タリウムとを含む粉末状の混合物を充填する(準備工程)。この場合、ボート963と支持体121との間隔を100~1500mmに設定し、その設定値の範囲内のままで後述の蒸着工程の処理をおこなう。より好ましくはボート963と支持体121との間隔を400mm以上、1500mm以下とし、複数個のボート963を同時に加熱し蒸着を行う。
図5に示したCVD装置にてポリパラキシリレンからなる保護層123を設ける。あるいは剥離剤がコーテングされた剥離シートに、ホットメルト樹脂を塗設後、ホットメルト樹脂面をシンチレータパネルの蛍光体層面に配置し、120℃に加熱したローラーで加圧しながら張り合わせることで保護層123を形成する。平面受光素子面との接着に接着剤を使用する場合は保護層と接着剤層の厚みのトータルが20μm以下になるように保護層の厚みを調整する。また支持体として樹脂フィルムを使用した場合は本保護層の形成は後述する、シンチレータパネルの断裁後に実施することもできる。
前記シンチレータパネルの蛍光体層側の面と前記平面受光素子の受光面とを合わせて、一体化することをカップリングという。カップリング方法としては、クッション部材等の補助材を用いて両者を圧着する方法、接着剤で接着する方法、マッチングオイルにより張り合わせる方法などが挙げられる。
シンチレータパネル12と平面受光素子11を接着剤13で張り合わせる。接着にあたっては接着剤が固化するまで10~500g/cm2の圧力で加圧する。加圧により接着剤層から気泡が除去される。保護層123としてホットメルト樹脂を使用した場合は10~500g/cm2の圧力で加圧しながら、ホットメルト樹脂の溶融開始温度より10℃程度高い温度まで加熱し1~2時間静置後、徐々に冷却する。急冷するとホットメルト樹脂の収縮応力により平面受光素子の画素にダメージかある。好ましくは20℃/hour以下の速度で50℃以下まで冷却する。
縦横600mm×600mmサイズの下記A-1~P-3の支持体に銀をスパッタして反射層(0.10μm)を形成した。
A-2 アルミニウム 0.5mm
C-1 アモルファスカーボン 0.5mm
C-2 アモルファスカーボン 1.0mm
C-3 アモルファスカーボン 1.5mm
P-1 ポリイミドフイルム 0.030mm
P-2 ポリイミドフイルム 0.125mm
P-3 ポリイミドフイルム 0.225mm
(下引層の作製)
バイロン20SS(東洋紡社製:高分子ポリエステル樹脂)300質量部
メチルエチルケトン(MEK) 200質量部
トルエン 300質量部
シクロヘキサノン 150質量部。
蛍光体1(CsIのみ)をボート1に入れ、蛍光体2(CsIに対しTlを0.03mol%含有)をボート2に入れた。
(ポリパラキシリレンからなる保護層)
上記で得られたシンチレータパネルを、図5のCVD装置にセットしてポリパラキシレンからなる保護層を形成した。ポリパラキシレン膜の厚みは3μmになるように調整した。但し、樹脂フィルムを支持体とするP-1、P-2およびFP-3に関しては、後述のシンチレータパネルの断裁で所定サイズに断裁後、CVD装置にてポリパラキシリレンからなる厚み3μmの保護層を形成した。
上記で得られたシンチレータパネルのシンチレータ層を、バリアロックス(コート有り)1011HG-CW(#12)(ラミネート層付きバリアフィルム、東レフィルム加工株式会社製)で覆い、高分子保護フィルムからなる保護層を設けた。
平面受光素子には受光面にCMOSを有する有効画像領域の平面受光素子(Rad-icon社製 Rad Eye 1/画素サイズ48μm)を使用し、上記により保護層まで形成し作成したシンチレータパネルとカップリングした。
実施例11および比較例3において、シンチレータパネルの蛍光体層側と平面受光素子の受光面と対向させて合わせ、筐体の蓋側にシンチレータパネルの支持体が向くように筐体に装填し、シンチレータパネルの支持体上に圧力調整用のスポンジを置き、狂態の蓋をネジ止めし、30g/cm2の圧力で押圧し、カップリングした。
実施例11および比較例3以外では、シンチレータパネルの蛍光体層側と平面受光素子の受光面との接着に、下記組成のアクリル系接着剤を作成した。
下記(A)の固形分比の混合物100質量部に対し、下記(B)の芳香族系イソシアネート化合物を1質量部添加した。さらにジオクチル錫ジラウレートを固形分に対して60ppm添加し、酢酸エチルで希釈して固形分30%の接着剤組成物を得た。
2-エチルヘキシルアクリレート 50質量部
ブチルアクリレート 30質量部
スチレン 19質量部
2-ヒドロキシエチルメタクリレート 3質量部
(B)
トリレンジイソシアネート・トリメチロールプロパンアダクト体(商品名;コロネートL 日本ポリウレタン(株)製)
上記接着剤をシンチレータパネル12の保護層123側に10μmの厚さになるように塗設し乾燥したのち、シンチレータパネルとCMOS部の位置を実体顕微鏡にて確認しながら両者を完全に一致させた。その後100g/cm2の圧力で加圧しながら、70℃の環境で90分間加熱後、徐冷することでシンチレータパネル12と平面受光素子11をカップリングした。
得られたシンチレータパネルの、空隙率、耐屈曲性、耐衝撃性、鮮鋭性、DQEを以下に示す方法で評価した。
得られたシンチレータパネルの蛍光体層を支持体と平行に切除し、断面の走査型電子顕微鏡写真を、画像処理ソフトを使用して蛍光体部分と空隙部の2値化することにより、基部、中間部および端部の空隙率および基部の空隙率変化を求めた。
(耐衝撃性の評価)
フラットパネルディテクタに対して20cm離れた高さ位置から500gの鉄球を落下させた後、シンチレータパネルについて目視評価した。その後、管電圧40kVpのX線を支持体の裏面側から照射し得られたフラットパネルディテクタ上の画像を出力装置よりプリントアウトし得られたプリント画像を目視にて以下に示す基準に従って耐衝撃性の評価を行った。表1に結果を示す。
4:ひび割れがなく、画質的にほとんど気にならないレベルである
3:ひび割れが見られ、画欠(画像欠陥)が確認されるが実用上許容できるレベルである
2:ひび割れが見られ、明らかな画欠が認められ、実用上問題が発生するレベルである
1:ひび割れが多数見られ、画欠が多く、実用上問題が発生するレベルである。
得られたシンチレータパネルのうち、樹脂製支持体の実施例に関して、平面受光素子上に半径5cmの曲率をもってはりつけて作製したフラットパネルディテクタに、管電圧40kVpのX線を支持体の裏面側から照射し得られたフラットパネルディテクタ上の画像を出力装置よりプリントアウトし得られたプリント画像を観察し、以下に示す基準に従って耐屈曲性の評価を行った。表1に結果を示す。
4:ひび割れがなく、画質的にほとんど気にならないレベルである
3:ひび割れが見られ、画欠が確認されるが実用上許容できるレベルである
2:ひび割れが見られ、明らかな画欠が認められ、実用上問題が発生するレベルである
1:ひび割れが多数見られ、画欠が多く、実用上問題が発生するレベルである。
鉛製のMTFチャートを通して管電圧40kVpのX線をフラットパネルディテクタの放射線入射面側に照射し、画像データを検出しハードディスクに記録した。その後、ハードディスク上の記録をコンピュータで分析して当該ハードディスクに記録されたX線像の変調伝達関数MTF(空間周波数1サイクル/mmにおけるMTF値)を鮮鋭性の指標とした。表中MTF値が高いほど鮮鋭性に優れていることを示す。MTFはModulation Transfer Functionの略号である。
X線効率を評価するために、輝度評価を実施した。管電圧40kVpのX線をフラットパネルディテクタの放射線入射面側に照射し、画像データを検出しハードディスクに記録した。その後、ハードディスク上の記録をコンピュータで分析して当該ハードディスクに記録されたX線像の平均シグナル値を発光輝度とした。表1に示す相対輝度とは実施例13を100とした時の値である。
11 平面受光素子
12 シンチレータパネル
13 接着層
14 筐体
31 レーザ断裁装置
32 支持台
33 パージ室
34 排出管
35 透光窓
111 信号取り出し部
121 支持体
122 蛍光体層
123 保護層
961 蒸着装置
962 真空容器
963 ボート
964 ホルダ
965 回転機構
966 真空ポンプ
S レーザー断裁部分
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- 支持体に柱状結晶からなる蛍光体層と保護層を順次形成したシンチレータパネルを、複数の画素を2次元状に配置した平面受光素子の受光面と、カップリングしてなるフラットパネルディテクタにおいて、該蛍光体層の基部の平均空隙率から端部の平均空隙率を差し引いた差が5%以上、25%以下であり、基部から端部にかけて空隙率が減少することを特徴とするフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記蛍光体層の基部の空隙率変化が、10%以上、25%以下あることを特徴とする請求項1に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記支持体がカーボン、アルミまたはガラスを主成分とすることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記支持体の厚みが0.3mm以上、1.0mm以下であることを特徴とする請求項3に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記支持体が樹脂であることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記支持体がポリイミド(PI)またはポリエチレンナフタレート(PEN)のうち少なくとも1つを含むことを特徴とする請求項5に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記支持体の厚みが0.05mm以上、0.20mm以下であることを特徴とする請求項5または6に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記保護層が積層フィルムであり、前記蛍光体層に接着していないことを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記保護層が樹脂であり、前記蛍光体層に接着していることを特徴とする請求項1~7のいずれか1項に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記保護層がポリパラキシリレンまたはホットメルト樹脂であることを特徴とする請求項8に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記シンチレータパネルと前記平面受光素子の受光面が補助基材によって押し付けられることでカップリングしていることを特徴とする請求項1~10のいずれか1項に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記シンチレータパネルと前記平面受光素子の受光面が樹脂層によってカップリングしていることを特徴とする請求項1~10のいずれか1項に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記シンチレータパネルと前記平面受光素子のカップリングにFOP(ファイバオプティックプレート)が使用されていることを特徴とする請求項1~10のいずれか1項に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記蛍光体層がCsI(ヨウ化セシウム)であることを特徴とする請求項1~13のいずれか1項に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記平面受光素子がガラス支持体上に形成された薄膜トランジスタ(TFT)を有する平板平面受光素子であることを特徴とする請求項14に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
- 前記平面受光素子がCCDまたはCMOSであることを特徴とする請求項14に記載のフラットパネルディテクタ。
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