WO2014080816A1 - シンチレータパネルおよびシンチレータパネルの製造方法 - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to the scintillator panel which comprises the radiation detection apparatus used for a medical diagnostic apparatus, a nondestructive inspection apparatus, etc.
- X-ray images using films have been widely used in medical practice.
- an X-ray image using a film is analog image information, it has recently been output as a digital image such as a computed radiography (CR) or a flat panel type radiation detector (FPD).
- CR computed radiography
- FPD flat panel type radiation detector
- Possible radiation detection devices have been developed.
- a radiation detection apparatus that detects the radiation intensity at a position facing the X-ray radiation source is used.
- Radiation detection devices are roughly classified into direct conversion type detection devices and indirect conversion type detection devices.
- a scintillator panel is used to convert radiation into visible light.
- the scintillator panel includes an X-ray phosphor such as cesium iodide (CsI), and the X-ray phosphor emits visible light in response to the irradiated X-rays, and the light emission is converted into an electrical signal by a TFT or CCD.
- CsI cesium iodide
- TFT or CCD cesium iodide
- the intensity of the X-ray is detected.
- the radiation detection apparatus having such a configuration has a problem that the S / N ratio is low.
- Patent Documents 1 to 4 a method of filling a phosphor in a cell partitioned by a partition has been proposed.
- a method conventionally used as a method for forming such a partition wall is a method of etching a silicon wafer, or a glass paste that is a mixture of a pigment or ceramic powder and a low-melting glass powder.
- the size of the scintillator panel that can be formed is limited by the size of the silicon wafer, and a large size such as a 500 mm square cannot be obtained.
- an expensive single crystal silicon wafer is used, it is disadvantageous in terms of cost.
- the multilayer screen printing method using glass paste high-precision processing was difficult due to dimensional changes of the screen printing plate.
- a certain partition wall width is required.
- the width of the barrier rib pattern is widened, the space between the barrier ribs is relatively narrow, the volume that can be filled with the phosphor is reduced, and the filling amount is not uniform.
- the scintillator panel obtained by this method has the drawbacks that the amount of X-ray phosphor is small and the light emission becomes weak and the light emission unevenness occurs. This is an obstacle to clear imaging in low-dose imaging.
- a scintillator panel having a flat substrate, a grid-shaped partition provided on the substrate, and a scintillator layer containing a phosphor filled in a cell defined by the partition,
- the partition wall is made of a material whose main component is low-melting glass
- the substrate is made of a material whose main component is a ceramic selected from the group consisting of alumina, aluminum nitride, mullite, and steatite.
- Scintillator panel Scintillator panel.
- a plate-like substrate made of a material mainly composed of a ceramic selected from the group consisting of alumina, aluminum nitride, mullite, and steatite, a lattice-like partition provided on the substrate, and A method for producing a scintillator panel having a scintillator layer containing a phosphor filled in a cell partitioned by the partition, wherein the photosensitive material contains a low-melting glass powder and a photosensitive organic component on the substrate.
- a development step for dissolving and removing the soluble portion, and the photosensitive paste coating film pattern after development is heated to 500 to 700 ° C. to remove organic components.
- a method of manufacturing a scintillator panel comprising: a firing step of softening and sintering low-melting glass to form partition walls, and a step of filling phosphors in cells partitioned by the partition walls.
- a narrow partition wall can be formed in a large area with high accuracy, so that it is possible to provide a scintillator panel and a method for manufacturing the scintillator panel for realizing a large size and clear photographing.
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a configuration of a radiation detection apparatus including a scintillator panel of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view schematically showing the configuration of the scintillator panel of the present invention.
- the radiation detection apparatus 1 includes a scintillator panel 2, an output substrate 3, and a power supply unit 12.
- the scintillator panel 2 includes a scintillator layer 7 containing a phosphor, absorbs energy of incident radiation such as X-rays, and absorbs electromagnetic waves having a wavelength in the range of 300 to 800 nm, that is, ultraviolet light centered on visible light. Emits electromagnetic waves (light) in a range from to infrared.
- the scintillator panel 2 includes a substrate 4, a grid-like partition wall 6 for partitioning cells formed thereon, and a scintillator layer 7 containing a phosphor filled in a space formed by the partition wall. Composed.
- the partition wall 6 can be stably formed by further forming the buffer layer 5 between the substrate 1 and the partition wall 6. Further, by increasing the reflectance of the buffer layer 5 with respect to visible light, the light emitted from the scintillator layer 7 can efficiently reach the photoelectric conversion layer 9 on the output substrate 3.
- the output substrate 3 has a photoelectric conversion layer 9 and an output layer 10 in which a photosensor and a pixel made of TFT are two-dimensionally formed on a substrate 11.
- the radiation detector 1 is formed by adhering or bringing the light output surface of the scintillator panel 2 and the photoelectric conversion layer 9 of the output substrate 3 into contact with each other via a diaphragm layer 8 made of polyimide resin or the like.
- the light emitted from the scintillator layer 7 reaches the photoelectric conversion layer 9, performs photoelectric conversion at the photoelectric conversion layer 9, and outputs the result.
- the partition walls partition each cell, by matching the size and pitch of the pixels of the photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a lattice pattern with the size and pitch of the cells of the scintillator panel, Even if the light is scattered by the phosphor, the scattered light can be prevented from reaching the adjacent cell. As a result, blurring of the image due to light scattering can be reduced, and high-accuracy shooting is possible.
- the substrate used in the scintillator panel of the present invention needs to be made of a material whose main component is ceramic selected from the group consisting of alumina, aluminum nitride, mullite and steatite.
- a substrate has high reflectivity, high strength, high flatness, high X-ray transparency, and high heat resistance, as well as a thermal expansion coefficient suitable as a substrate for forming a partition by a photosensitive paste method. It is.
- the phrase “mainly composed of ceramic” means that 20 to 100% by mass of the material constituting the substrate is ceramic, but 50 to 100% by mass is more preferably ceramic. When the ceramic content is less than 20% by mass, the reflectivity of the substrate is lowered.
- mullite refers to a material having a composition of 3Al 2 O 3 ⁇ 2SiO 2 ⁇ 2Al 2 O 3 ⁇ SiO 2.
- Steatite is a fired body of talc (3MgO.4SiO 2 .H 2 O) and refers to a material mainly composed of MgO.SiO 2 .
- the reflectance of light having a wavelength of 550 nm of the substrate is preferably 20% or more, more preferably 40% or more, and further preferably 70% or more in order to increase the emission luminance of the scintillator panel and enable clearer photographing.
- the material constituting the substrate contains other ceramic materials and other components such as borosilicate glass in a range of less than 80% by mass. It doesn't matter.
- a substrate made of zirconia-reinforced alumina in which 5 to 50% by mass of zirconia is added to 50 to 95% by mass of alumina, or a glass ceramic substrate that is a mixture of 20 to 80% by mass of alumina and 20 to 80% by mass of glass powder is preferable. Can be used.
- the glass powder used as the raw material for the above glass ceramic substrate is a borosilicate glass, a borate glass, a silicate glass, phosphorous, for controlling the reflectivity, colorability, thermal expansion coefficient or panel strength of the glass ceramic substrate.
- Oxide glasses such as acid salt glass, lead borate glass, lead borosilicate glass or bismuth silicate glass are preferred.
- the glass ceramic substrate can be produced by firing a green sheet made of ceramic fine powder, glass powder and a binder.
- the glass ceramic substrate may be obtained by firing a single-layer green sheet.
- a laminated glass ceramic substrate obtained by laminating and firing a plurality of green sheets is preferable.
- the substrate used in the scintillator panel of the present invention is a polycrystal produced by firing a raw material containing a fine powder of ceramic selected from the group consisting of alumina, aluminum nitride, mullite and steatite as a main component in the inorganic component. It is preferable. By being a polycrystal, light scattering is likely to occur, and the reflectance of the substrate is improved.
- the chemical composition of the substrate can be simply confirmed by quantitative analysis of the contained element species by fluorescent X-ray analysis. More specifically, the content of each component as a polycrystal can be determined by using a combination of techniques such as ICP emission spectroscopic analysis, atomic absorption analysis, or powder X-ray diffraction.
- the coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate is preferably 40 to 90 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 / K in order to suppress warping that causes factors such as panel cracks and crosstalk of emitted light. Furthermore, it is more preferable to make the coefficient of thermal expansion of the substrate larger than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the low-melting glass constituting the partition wall, because the scintillator panel and the output substrate can be adhered and bonded together to reduce crosstalk.
- the thickness of the substrate is preferably from 0.1 to 2.0 mm, more preferably from 0.1 to 0.7 mm, in order to ensure sufficient substrate strength, substrate reflectivity, and X-ray transparency.
- the thickness of the substrate is smaller than 0.1 mm, the reflectivity of the substrate tends to be low, and the strength of the substrate is lowered, and the scintillator panel is likely to be cracked.
- the thickness of the substrate is larger than 2.0 mm, the X-ray transmittance is lowered.
- the partition walls are formed on the substrate, and the partition walls are preferably made of a glass material from the viewpoint of durability and heat resistance.
- the partition wall is made of a material mainly composed of low-melting glass. Since the material mainly composed of low melting point glass has an appropriate softening temperature, it is suitable for forming a narrow partition wall in a large area with high accuracy by a photosensitive paste method.
- the low melting point glass means a glass having a softening temperature of 700 ° C. or lower.
- the phrase “low melting point glass as a main component” means that 50 to 100% by mass of the material constituting the partition walls is low melting point glass powder. When the low melting point glass is not the main component, the strength of the partition walls is lowered.
- the method for producing a scintillator panel of the present invention comprises a low melting point glass powder and a photosensitive organic component on a substrate composed of a material mainly composed of a ceramic selected from the group consisting of alumina, aluminum nitride, mullite and steatite.
- a step of applying a photosensitive paste containing a photosensitive paste to form a photosensitive paste coating film an exposure step of exposing the obtained photosensitive paste coating film through a photomask having a predetermined opening, and a photosensitivity after exposure Development process for dissolving and removing the soluble part of the paste coating film in the developing solution, heating the photosensitive paste coating film pattern after development to a high temperature to remove organic components and softening and sintering the low melting point glass The baking process which forms is provided.
- the exposure process a necessary portion of the photosensitive paste coating film is photocured by exposure, or an unnecessary portion of the photosensitive paste coating film is photodecomposed, so that the dissolution contrast of the photosensitive paste coating film with respect to the developer is increased. Put on.
- unnecessary portions of the photosensitive paste coating film after exposure are removed with a developer, and a photosensitive paste coating film pattern in which only necessary portions remain is obtained.
- the obtained photosensitive paste coating film pattern is preferably baked at 500 to 700 ° C., more preferably 500 to 650 ° C.
- the organic component is decomposed and distilled, and the low-melting glass powder is softened and sintered to form a partition including the low-melting glass.
- the firing temperature is preferably 500 ° C. or higher. Further, if the baking temperature exceeds 700 ° C., the deformation of the substrate in the baking process becomes large, and therefore the baking temperature is preferably 700 ° C. or less.
- the photosensitive paste used in the method for producing a scintillator panel of the present invention preferably contains low-melting glass as a main component.
- low melting point glass as a main component means that 50 to 100% by mass of the inorganic component in the photosensitive paste is the low melting point glass powder.
- the manufacturing method of the scintillator panel of the present invention can be processed with higher accuracy than the processing method of baking after the glass paste is laminated and printed by multilayer screen printing.
- the photosensitive paste is composed of an organic component containing a photosensitive organic component and an inorganic powder containing a low-melting glass powder.
- the organic component needs a certain amount to form the photosensitive paste coating film pattern before firing, but if there is too much organic component, the amount of the substance to be removed in the firing process increases and the firing shrinkage ratio is large. Therefore, pattern defects are likely to occur in the firing process.
- the organic component is too small, the mixing and dispersibility of the inorganic fine particles in the paste will be reduced, so that not only will defects easily occur during firing, but the applicability of the paste will decrease due to an increase in paste viscosity. Furthermore, the stability of the paste is also adversely affected. Therefore, the content of the inorganic powder in the photosensitive paste is preferably 30 to 80% by mass, and more preferably 40 to 70% by mass.
- the low melting point glass powder is preferably 50 to 100% by mass with respect to the whole inorganic powder.
- glass powder made of low-melting glass having a softening temperature of 480 ° C. or higher so that organic components are almost completely removed and the obtained partition has a certain strength.
- the softening temperature is less than 480 ° C.
- the low-melting glass is softened before the organic component is sufficiently removed during firing, and the organic component residue is taken into the glass.
- organic component residues incorporated in the glass cause the coloring of the glass.
- the organic components can be completely removed.
- the firing temperature in the firing step is preferably 500 to 700 ° C., more preferably 500 to 650 ° C.
- the softening temperature of the low-melting glass is preferably 480 to 700 ° C., more preferably 480 to 640 ° C. More preferably, the temperature is 480 to 620 ° C.
- the endothermic end temperature at the endothermic peak is determined from the DTA curve obtained by measuring the sample using a differential thermal analyzer (DTA; manufactured by Rigaku Corporation; “Differential Differential Thermal Balance TG8120”). It is obtained by extrapolation. Specifically, using a differential thermal analyzer, the temperature is increased from room temperature to 20 ° C./min using alumina powder as a standard sample, and the inorganic powder as a measurement sample is measured to obtain a DTA curve. The softening point Ts obtained by extrapolating the endothermic end temperature at the endothermic peak from the obtained DTA curve by the tangent method is defined as the softening temperature.
- DTA differential Thermal analyzer
- the low-melting glass preferably has a thermal expansion coefficient of 40 to 90 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 / K.
- a photosensitive paste coating film containing a low-melting glass is formed on a substrate and baked, if the thermal expansion coefficient is larger than 90 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 / K, the panel is greatly warped. It becomes difficult.
- crosstalk of emitted light occurs in the panel surface, and variations in detection sensitivity of emitted light amount occur, making it difficult to detect high-definition images.
- the thermal expansion coefficient is smaller than 40 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 / K, the softening temperature of the low-melting glass cannot be lowered sufficiently.
- a metal oxide selected from lead oxide, bismuth oxide, zinc oxide and alkali metal oxide which is an effective material for lowering the glass melting point, can be used.
- alkali metal refers to lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, and cesium
- the alkali metal oxide in the present invention refers to a metal oxide selected from the group consisting of lithium oxide, sodium oxide, and potassium oxide. .
- the content X (M 2 O) of the alkali metal oxide in the low-melting glass is preferably 2 to 20% by mass. If the content of the alkali metal oxide is less than 2% by mass, the softening temperature becomes high, and thus the firing step needs to be performed at a high temperature. For this reason, the substrate is deformed in the firing process, and thus the resulting scintillator panel is likely to be distorted or defects in the partition walls are likely to be generated. Moreover, when there is more content of an alkali metal oxide than 20 mass%, the viscosity of glass will fall too much in a baking process. Therefore, the shape of the obtained partition wall is likely to be distorted. Moreover, when the porosity of the obtained partition wall becomes too small, the light emission luminance of the obtained scintillator panel is lowered.
- the low-melting glass contains 3 to 10% by mass of zinc oxide in order to adjust the viscosity of the glass at a high temperature.
- the content of zinc oxide is 3% by mass or less, the viscosity of the glass at a high temperature is high, and when it is 10% by mass or more, the cost of the glass tends to be high.
- the low melting point glass contains silicon oxide, boron oxide, aluminum oxide, or an alkaline earth metal oxide, etc., thereby stabilizing the low melting point glass.
- the crystallinity, transparency, refractive index, thermal expansion characteristic, etc. can be controlled.
- the composition of the low-melting glass is preferably set to the composition range shown below because a low-melting glass having viscosity characteristics suitable for the present invention can be produced.
- alkaline earth metal refers to one or more metals selected from the group consisting of magnesium, calcium, barium and strontium.
- the particle size of the low-melting glass powder can be evaluated using a particle size distribution measuring device (manufactured by Nikkiso Co., Ltd .; “MT3300”).
- a particle size distribution measuring device manufactured by Nikkiso Co., Ltd .; “MT3300”.
- MT3300 particle size distribution measuring device
- the particle diameter of the low-melting glass powder is preferably such that the 50% volume average particle diameter (D50) is in the range of 1.0 to 4.0 ⁇ m.
- D50 50% volume average particle diameter
- the particle diameter of the low-melting glass powder is preferably such that the 50% volume average particle diameter (D50) is in the range of 1.0 to 4.0 ⁇ m.
- D50 is less than 1.0 ⁇ m, the aggregation of particles becomes strong, it becomes difficult to obtain uniform dispersibility, and the fluidity of the paste becomes unstable. In such a case, the thickness uniformity when the paste is applied decreases.
- D50 exceeds 4.0 ⁇ m, the surface unevenness of the obtained sintered body becomes large, and the pattern tends to be crushed in a subsequent process.
- the photosensitive paste used in the method for producing a scintillator panel of the present invention is made of high melting point glass that does not soften even at 700 ° C. and ceramic particles such as silicon oxide, cordierite, mullite, or feldspar in addition to the above low melting point glass powder. May be included.
- ceramic particles such as silicon oxide, cordierite, mullite, or feldspar in addition to the above low melting point glass powder. May be included.
- the filler preferably has a D50 of 0.5 to 4.0 ⁇ m for the same reason as the low melting point glass powder. D50 of the filler can be evaluated by the same method as that for the low-melting glass powder.
- the refractive index n1 of the low-melting glass powder or filler and the average refractive index n2 of the photosensitive organic component preferably satisfy ⁇ 0.1 ⁇ n1-n2 ⁇ 0.1, and ⁇ 0. It is more preferable that 01 ⁇ n1-n2 ⁇ 0.01 is satisfied, and it is more preferable that ⁇ 0.005 ⁇ n1-n2 ⁇ 0.005 is satisfied. By satisfying this condition, light scattering at the interface between the low-melting glass powder or filler and the photosensitive organic component is suppressed in the exposure step, and a highly accurate pattern can be formed. By adjusting the compounding ratio of the oxide constituting the low melting point glass powder, it is possible to obtain a low melting point glass powder having both preferable thermal characteristics and a preferable refractive index.
- the refractive index of the low melting glass powder or filler can be measured by the Becke line detection method.
- the refractive index at a wavelength of 436 nm (g line) at 25 ° C. was taken as the refractive index of the low-melting glass powder or filler.
- the average refractive index of the photosensitive organic component can be determined by measuring the coating film composed of the photosensitive organic component by ellipsometry.
- the refractive index at a wavelength of 436 nm (g line) at 25 ° C. was defined as the average refractive index of the photosensitive organic component.
- the photosensitive paste contains a photosensitive organic component as an organic component, and can be patterned by the photosensitive paste method as described above.
- the reactivity can be controlled by using a photosensitive monomer, photosensitive oligomer, photosensitive polymer, photopolymerization initiator, or the like as the photosensitive organic component.
- the photosensitivity in the photosensitive monomer, photosensitive oligomer and photosensitive polymer means that when the paste is irradiated with actinic rays, the photosensitive monomer, photosensitive oligomer or photosensitive polymer is photocrosslinked, photopolymerized. It means that the chemical structure is changed by causing the reaction.
- the photosensitive monomer is a compound having an active carbon-carbon double bond, and monofunctional compounds and polyfunctional compounds having vinyl groups, acryloyl groups, methacryloyl groups, and acrylamide groups as functional groups are preferably used.
- a compound selected from a polyfunctional acrylate compound and a polyfunctional methacrylate compound in an organic component in an amount of 10 to 80% by mass increases the crosslink density during curing by photoreaction and improves pattern formation. This is preferable. Since various types of compounds have been developed as the polyfunctional acrylate compound and the polyfunctional methacrylate compound, it is possible to appropriately select them from the viewpoint of reactivity, refractive index, and the like.
- Photosensitive oligomers and photosensitive polymers include, for example, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, crotonic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, 3-butenoic acid or carboxyl group-containing monomers such as acid anhydrides and methacrylic acid esters, It can be obtained by copolymerizing monomers such as acrylate ester, styrene, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate.
- acrylic acid chloride methacrylic acid chloride or allyl chloride, glycidyl with respect to a mercapto group, amino group, hydroxyl group or carboxyl group in the oligomer or polymer.
- a method of reacting an ethylenically unsaturated compound having a group or an isocyanate group or a carboxylic acid such as maleic acid can be used.
- the photopolymerization initiator is a compound that generates radicals when irradiated with an active light source.
- Specific examples include benzophenone, methyl o-benzoylbenzoate, 4,4-bis (dimethylamino) benzophenone, 4,4-bis (diethylamino) benzophenone, 4,4-dichlorobenzophenone, 4-benzoyl-4-methyl.
- the photosensitive paste can contain a copolymer having a carboxyl group as a binder.
- the copolymer having a carboxyl group include acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, itaconic acid, crotonic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, 3-butenoic acid, and carboxyl group-containing monomers such as acid anhydrides thereof, and methacrylic acid.
- Other monomers such as ester, acrylic ester, styrene, acrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, 2-hydroxyethyl acrylate are selected and copolymerized using an initiator such as azobisisobutyronitrile.
- a copolymer having an acrylic acid ester or methacrylic acid ester and acrylic acid or methacrylic acid as a copolymerization component is preferably used since the thermal decomposition temperature at the time of firing is low.
- the photosensitive paste becomes a paste excellent in solubility in an alkaline aqueous solution by containing a copolymer having a carboxyl group.
- the acid value of the copolymer having a carboxyl group is preferably 50 to 150 mgKOH / g.
- an acid value shall be 50 mgKOH / g or more. Therefore, it is not necessary to increase the concentration of the developing solution, and it is possible to prevent peeling of the exposed portion and obtain a high-definition pattern.
- the copolymer having a carboxyl group has an ethylenically unsaturated group in the side chain.
- the ethylenically unsaturated group include acryloyl group, methacryloyl group, vinyl group and allyl group.
- the photosensitive paste is composed of a low melting glass powder, a photosensitive monomer, a photosensitive oligomer, a photosensitive polymer, a photopolymerization initiator, etc., and an organic solvent and a binder as necessary to add various components. After preparing so as to have a predetermined composition, it is mixed and dispersed homogeneously with a three roller or kneader.
- the viscosity of the photosensitive paste can be appropriately adjusted depending on the addition ratio of an inorganic powder, a thickener, an organic solvent, a polymerization inhibitor, a plasticizer or an anti-settling agent, and the range is preferably 2 to 200 Pa ⁇ s. .
- a viscosity of 2 to 5 Pa ⁇ s is preferable.
- a viscosity of 50 to 200 Pa ⁇ s is preferable.
- a viscosity of 10 to 50 Pa ⁇ s is preferable.
- a partition wall can be formed by applying the photosensitive paste thus obtained onto a substrate, forming a desired pattern by a photolithography method, and further baking.
- the barrier rib is manufactured using the photosensitive paste by a photolithography method
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- a photosensitive paste coating film is formed by coating a photosensitive paste on the entire surface or partially on the substrate.
- a coating method methods such as a screen printing method, a bar coater, a roll coater, a die coater, and a blade coater can be used.
- the coating thickness can be adjusted by selecting the number of coatings, screen mesh and paste viscosity.
- an exposure process is performed.
- a method of exposing through a photomask is common, as is done in normal photolithography. Further, a method of directly drawing with a laser beam or the like without using a photomask may be used.
- a proximity exposure machine or the like can be used as the exposure apparatus.
- when performing exposure of a large area after apply
- examples of the actinic rays used include near infrared rays, visible rays, and ultraviolet rays.
- ultraviolet rays are most preferable, and as the light source, for example, a low pressure mercury lamp, a high pressure mercury lamp, an ultrahigh pressure mercury lamp, a halogen lamp, a germicidal lamp, or the like can be used.
- an ultrahigh pressure mercury lamp is suitable.
- exposure conditions vary depending on the coating thickness, exposure is usually performed for 0.01 to 30 minutes using an ultrahigh pressure mercury lamp with an output of 1 to 100 mW / cm 2 .
- development is performed using the difference in solubility in the developer between the exposed portion and the unexposed portion of the photosensitive paste coating film to obtain a photosensitive paste coating film pattern having a desired lattice shape.
- Development is performed by dipping, spraying, or brushing.
- a solvent that can dissolve the organic components in the paste can be used for the developer.
- the developer is preferably composed mainly of water.
- development can be performed with an alkaline aqueous solution.
- an inorganic alkaline aqueous solution such as sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, calcium hydroxide or the like can be used.
- an organic alkaline aqueous solution because an alkaline component can be easily removed during firing.
- the organic alkali include tetramethylammonium hydroxide, trimethylbenzylammonium hydroxide, monoethanolamine, and diethanolamine.
- the concentration of the alkaline aqueous solution is preferably 0.05 to 5% by mass, and more preferably 0.1 to 1% by mass. If the alkali concentration is too low, the soluble portion is not removed, and if the alkali concentration is too high, the pattern portion may be peeled off and the insoluble portion may be corroded.
- the developer temperature during development is preferably 20 to 50 ° C.
- a firing process is performed in a firing furnace.
- the atmosphere and temperature of the firing process vary depending on the type of the photosensitive paste and the substrate, but firing is performed in air, nitrogen, hydrogen, or the like.
- the firing furnace a batch-type firing furnace or a belt-type continuous firing furnace can be used.
- the firing is preferably carried out by holding at a temperature of 500 to 700 ° C. for 10 to 60 minutes.
- the firing temperature is more preferably 500 to 650 ° C.
- the height (H) of the partition walls is preferably 100 to 1000 ⁇ m, more preferably 160 to 500 ⁇ m, and further preferably 250 to 500 ⁇ m. If the height of the partition wall exceeds 1000 ⁇ m, pattern formation during processing becomes difficult. On the other hand, when the height of the partition walls is lowered, the amount of phosphor that can be filled is reduced, so that the light emission luminance of the obtained scintillator panel is lowered, and clear photographing becomes difficult.
- the pattern shape of the partition wall is not particularly limited, but a lattice shape or a stripe shape is preferable.
- the partition pitch (P) is preferably 60 to 1000 ⁇ m. If the pitch is less than 60 ⁇ m, pattern formation during processing becomes difficult. On the other hand, if the pitch is too large, it is difficult to perform high-accuracy image capturing using the obtained scintillator panel.
- the bottom width (Lb) of the partition walls is preferably 20 to 150 ⁇ m, and the top width (Lt) of the partition walls is preferably 15 to 80 ⁇ m. If the bottom width of the partition is less than 20 ⁇ m, defects in the partition are likely to occur during firing. On the other hand, when the bottom width of the partition wall is increased, the amount of phosphor that can be filled in the space partitioned by the partition wall is reduced. When the top width of the partition is less than 15 ⁇ m, the strength of the partition is lowered. On the other hand, when the top width of the partition wall exceeds 80 ⁇ m, the region from which the emitted light of the scintillator layer can be extracted becomes narrow.
- the aspect ratio (H / Lb) of the partition wall height (H) to the partition wall bottom width (Lb) is preferably 1.0 to 25.0.
- the aspect ratio (H / P) of the partition wall height (H) to the partition wall pitch (P) is preferably 0.1 to 3.5.
- a partition wall having a higher aspect ratio (H / P) with respect to the partition wall pitch is one pixel divided with higher definition, and more phosphor can be filled in a space per pixel.
- a grid-like partition wall having a square cell shape is preferable from the viewpoint of the uniformity of the bottom width of the partition wall and the uniformity of the phosphor emission intensity within one pixel.
- the height and width of the partition walls were measured by exposing a section of the partition walls perpendicular to the substrate and observing the section with a scanning electron microscope (manufactured by Hitachi, Ltd .; “S2400”).
- the width of the partition wall at the contact portion between the partition wall and the substrate was measured as the bottom width (Lb).
- variety of the partition topmost part was measured as top part width (Lt).
- the partition walls are formed by sintering inorganic powder contained in the photosensitive paste.
- the inorganic powders forming the partition walls are fused, but voids remain between them.
- the ratio of the voids included in the partition walls can be adjusted by the temperature design of the firing process for firing the partition walls. It is preferable to set the ratio (void ratio) of the void portion in the entire partition wall to 2 to 25%, because a partition wall having both visible light reflection characteristics and strength can be formed.
- the porosity is less than 2%, the light emission luminance of the obtained scintillator panel is lowered due to the low reflectance of the partition walls.
- the porosity exceeds 25%, the strength of the partition wall is insufficient, and it tends to collapse.
- the porosity is more preferably 5 to 25%, further preferably 5 to 20%.
- the porosity is measured by precisely polishing the cross section of the partition wall, then observing with an electron microscope, converting the inorganic material part and the void part into two gradations, and determining the ratio of the area of the void part closed to the area of the partition wall cross section. calculate.
- the buffer layer is also preferable to provide a buffer layer made of an inorganic component selected from low melting glass and ceramics between the partition wall and the substrate.
- the buffer layer has an effect of relaxing the stress applied to the partition walls in the firing step and realizing stable partition formation.
- the buffer layer has a high reflectance because the light emission luminance of the scintillator panel can be increased by reflecting visible light emitted by the phosphor in the direction of the photoelectric conversion element.
- the buffer layer is preferably made of low-melting glass and ceramics.
- the low melting point glass the same glass as the partition wall can be used.
- the ceramic titanium oxide, aluminum oxide, zirconium oxide or the like is preferable.
- a paste in which an organic component and an inorganic powder such as a low-melting glass powder and a ceramic powder are dispersed in a solvent is applied to a substrate and dried to form a buffer layer paste coating film.
- the buffer layer paste coating film is baked to form a buffer layer.
- the baking temperature is preferably 500 to 700 ° C., more preferably 500 to 650 ° C.
- the buffer layer firing and the partition wall firing can be performed simultaneously. By using this simultaneous firing, the number of firing steps can be reduced, and energy consumed in the firing step can be reduced.
- simultaneous firing of the buffer layer and the barrier rib the same photosensitive organic component as the barrier rib photosensitive paste is used as the organic component of the buffer layer paste, and after forming the buffer layer paste coating film, It is preferable to expose the entire surface of the layer paste coating film and cure the coating film.
- a buffer layer paste using a thermosetting organic component containing any polymerizable compound selected from a polymerizable monomer, a polymerizable oligomer and a polymerizable polymer, and a thermal polymerization initiator It is also preferable to heat cure after forming the coating film. Since these methods make the buffer layer paste coating film insoluble in the solvent, the buffer layer paste coating film is prevented from dissolving or peeling off in the step of applying the barrier rib photosensitive paste thereon. be able to.
- a binder such as ethyl cellulose, a dispersant, a thickener, a plasticizer, an antisettling agent, or the like can be appropriately added to the buffer layer paste.
- the scintillator panel can be completed by filling the phosphors in the cells partitioned by the partition walls.
- the cell refers to a space partitioned by lattice-shaped partition walls.
- a layer containing the phosphor filled in the cell is referred to as a scintillator layer.
- components other than the phosphor contained in the scintillator layer include an organic binder such as ethyl cellulose or an activator such as indium (In), but the scintillator layer may be formed only of the phosphor.
- Various known phosphor materials can be used as the phosphor.
- LSO Li 2 SiO 5
- CaWO 4 is preferable.
- the scintillator layer is formed by, for example, a method of depositing a phosphor by vacuum deposition, a method of applying a phosphor slurry dispersed in water to a substrate, a phosphor powder, an organic binder such as ethyl cellulose or acrylic resin, terpineol, A method of applying a phosphor paste prepared by mixing with an organic solvent such as ⁇ -butyrolactone by screen printing or a dispenser can be used.
- the amount of phosphor filled in the cell partitioned by the barrier rib is such that the volume fraction occupied by the phosphor (hereinafter referred to as phosphor volume filling rate) is 55 to 100% with respect to the space volume in the cell. Is preferable, 60 to 100% is more preferable, and 70 to 100% is more preferable. If the phosphor volume fraction is less than 55%, incident X-rays cannot be efficiently converted into visible light. In order to increase the conversion efficiency of incident X-rays, it is preferable to fill the space of the cell with a high density of phosphors.
- the reflectance of light with a wavelength of 550 nm of the substrate was measured in the SCI mode of a spectrocolorimeter (manufactured by Konica Minolta; “CM-2002”).
- Substrate The following substrates were used. The substrate size was 150 ⁇ 150 mm in all cases.
- Substrate A Aluminum nitride substrate (polycrystalline material having a composition of AlN 96 mass%, Y 2 O 3 4 mass%) Thickness 0.7 mm Reflectance 45%, thermal expansion coefficient 46 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 / K
- Substrate B Alumina substrate (polycrystalline material having a composition of 96% by mass of Al 2 O 3, 3 % by mass of SiO 2 and 1% by mass of MgO) Thickness 0.7 mm Reflectance 75%, Thermal expansion coefficient 71 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 / K
- Substrate C Alumina substrate (polycrystalline material having a composition of 96% by mass of Al 2 O 3, 3 % by mass of SiO 2 , 1% by mass of MgO) Thickness 1.0 mm Reflectance 84%, Thermal expansion coefficient 71 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 / K
- Substrate D Alumina substrate (polycrystalline material having
- Low melting glass powder B SiO 2 27% by mass, B 2 O 3 31% by mass, ZnO 6% by mass, Li 2 O 7% by mass, MgO 2% by mass, CaO 2% by mass, BaO 2% by mass, Al 2 O 3 23% by mass, refraction.
- High melting point glass powder SiO 2 30% by mass, B 2 O 3 31% by mass, ZnO 6% by mass, MgO 2% by mass, CaO 2% by mass, BaO 2% by mass, Al 2 O 3 27% by mass, refractive index (ng): 1. 55, softening temperature 790 ° C., thermal expansion coefficient 32 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 7 / K, 50% volume average particle diameter 2.3 ⁇ m (Preparation of partition wall paste) Using the above materials, a barrier rib paste was prepared by the following method.
- Photosensitive paste A for partition walls 8 parts by weight of photosensitive monomer M-1, 6 parts by weight of photosensitive monomer M-2, 6 parts by weight of photosensitive monomer M-3, 48 parts by weight of photosensitive polymer, start of photopolymerization 12 parts by mass of the agent, 0.4 part by mass of the polymerization inhibitor and 25.6 parts by mass of the ultraviolet absorbent solution were dissolved in 76 parts by mass of the solvent at a temperature of 80 ° C. After cooling the obtained solution, 18 mass parts of viscosity modifiers were added, and the organic solution 1 was produced.
- the refractive index (ng) of the organic coating film obtained by applying the organic solution 1 to a glass substrate and drying it was 1.555.
- Paste A 80 parts by mass of the low-melting glass powder A and 20 parts by mass of the high-melting glass powder were added to 150 parts by mass of the prepared organic solution 1, and then kneaded with a three-roller kneader, and photosensitive for the partition wall.
- Paste A was produced.
- Barrier photosensitive paste B An organic solution 1 was prepared in the same manner as the barrier rib photosensitive paste A. Next, 90 parts by mass of the low-melting glass powder B and 10 parts by mass of the high-melting glass powder were added to 150 parts by mass of the prepared organic solution 1, and then kneaded with a three-roller kneader, and photosensitive for the partition wall. Paste B was produced.
- Barrier photosensitive paste C An organic solution 1 was prepared in the same manner as the barrier rib photosensitive paste A. Next, 80 parts by mass of the low-melting glass powder C and 20 parts by mass of the high-melting glass powder were added to 150 parts by mass of the prepared organic solution 1, and then kneaded with a three-roller kneader, and photosensitive for the partition wall. Paste C was prepared.
- the produced scintillator panel was set in PaxScan2520, and the radiation detection apparatus was produced. X-rays with a tube voltage of 80 kVp were irradiated from the substrate side of the scintillator panel, and the amount of light emitted from the phosphor layer was detected. The evaluation of luminance was performed by relative evaluation with the result of Example 1 as 100%.
- Example 1 The partition wall photosensitive paste A was applied to the substrate A with a die coater so as to have a dry thickness of 500 ⁇ m and dried to form a partition wall photosensitive paste coating film.
- the photosensitive paste coating film for barrier ribs is applied to an ultrahigh pressure via a photomask (a chromium mask having a grid-like opening having a pitch of 127 ⁇ m in both vertical and horizontal directions and a line width of 20 ⁇ m) in which openings corresponding to a desired barrier rib pattern are formed. Exposure was performed at 600 mJ / cm 2 with a mercury lamp.
- a photomask a chromium mask having a grid-like opening having a pitch of 127 ⁇ m in both vertical and horizontal directions and a line width of 20 ⁇ m
- the exposed photosensitive paste coating film for barrier ribs was developed in a 0.5% aqueous ethanolamine solution, and unexposed portions were removed to form a lattice-shaped photosensitive paste coating film pattern. Further, the photosensitive paste coating film pattern was baked in the air at 585 ° C. for 15 minutes to obtain a partition member having a grid-like partition having a partition pitch of 127 ⁇ m and a size of 125 ⁇ 125 mm.
- CsI: Tl 1 mol: 0.003 mol
- CsI: TlI 1 mol: 0.003 mol
- Example 2 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate B was used as a substrate, and the barrier rib photosensitive paste B was used as a barrier rib photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 115%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 3 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate C was used as a substrate and the partition photosensitive paste B was used as a partition photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 120%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 4 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate D was used as the substrate and the barrier rib photosensitive paste B was used as the barrier rib photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 100%, and a good image was obtained.
- the relative luminance is low despite the high reflectivity of the substrate because the X-ray absorption by the substrate increases as the thickness of the substrate increases, and the amount of light emitted from the phosphor decreases. It is considered based.
- Example 5 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the above-described substrate E was used as the substrate, and the above-described barrier rib photosensitive paste C was used as the barrier rib photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 115%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 6 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the above-described substrate F was used as the substrate.
- the relative light emission luminance was 120%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 7 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the above-mentioned substrate G was used as the substrate, and the above-described barrier rib photosensitive paste C was used as the barrier rib photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 110%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 8 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate H was used as a substrate, and the barrier rib photosensitive paste B was used as a barrier rib photosensitive paste. The relative light emission luminance was 100%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 9 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate I was used as the substrate, and the barrier rib photosensitive paste B was used as the barrier rib photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 110%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 10 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate L was used as the substrate and the barrier rib photosensitive paste B was used as the barrier rib photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 113%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 11 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate M was used as a substrate, and the barrier rib photosensitive paste B was used as a barrier rib photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 115%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 11 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate N was used as a substrate and the barrier rib photosensitive paste B was used as a barrier rib photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 115%, and a good image was obtained.
- Example 12 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the above-described substrate O was used as the substrate, and the above-described barrier rib photosensitive paste B was used as the barrier rib photosensitive paste.
- the relative light emission luminance was 125%, and a good image was obtained.
- Comparative Example 1 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate J was used as the substrate.
- the relative light emission luminance was as low as 80%. Further, due to the influence of the difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the substrate and the partition wall, the substrate was warped and the crosstalk of the emitted light was generated, so that the image was poor.
- Comparative Example 2 Evaluation was performed in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the substrate K was used as the substrate.
- the relative light emission luminance was as low as 90%. Further, due to the influence of the difference in thermal expansion coefficient between the substrate and the partition wall, the substrate was warped and the crosstalk of the emitted light was generated, so that the image was poor.
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(1) 平板状の基板、該基板の上に設けられた格子状の隔壁、および、上記隔壁により区画されたセル内に充填された蛍光体を含有するシンチレータ層を有するシンチレータパネルであって、上記隔壁は、低融点ガラスを主成分とする材料により構成されており、上記基板は、アルミナ、窒化アルミニウム、ムライトおよびステアタイトからなる群から選ばれるセラミックを主成分とする材料により構成されている、シンチレータパネル。
(2) 上記低融点ガラスは、アルカリ金属酸化物を2~20質量%含有する、上記(1)に記載のシンチレータパネル。
(3) アルミナ、窒化アルミニウム、ムライトおよびステアタイトからなる群から選ばれるセラミックを主成分とする材料により構成されている、平板状の基板、該基板の上に設けられた格子状の隔壁、および、該隔壁により区画されたセル内に充填された蛍光体を含有するシンチレータ層を有するシンチレータパネルを製造する方法であって、基板上に、低融点ガラス粉末および感光性有機成分を含有する感光性ペーストを塗布し、感光性ペースト塗布膜を形成する工程、得られた感光性ペースト塗布膜を所定の開口部を有するフォトマスクを介して露光する工程、露光後の感光性ペースト塗布膜の現像液に可溶な部分を溶解除去する現像工程、現像後の感光性ペースト塗布膜パターンを500~700℃に加熱して有機成分を除去すると共に低融点ガラスを軟化および焼結させ、隔壁を形成する焼成工程、および、該隔壁により区画されたセル内に蛍光体を充填する工程、を備える、シンチレータパネルの製造方法。
酸化亜鉛:3~10質量%
酸化ケイ素:20~40質量%
酸化ホウ素:25~40質量%
酸化アルミニウム:10~30質量%
アルカリ土類金属酸化物:5~15質量%
ここでアルカリ土類金属とは、マグネシウム、カルシウム、バリウムおよびストロンチウムからなる群から選ばれる1種類以上の金属をいう。
分光測色計(コニカミノルタ社製;「CM-2002」)のSCIモードで、基板の波長550nmの光の反射率を測定した。
以下の基板を用いた。基板サイズはいずれも150×150mmとした。
基板A:窒化アルミニウム基板(AlN 96質量%、Y2O3 4質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ0.7mm 反射率45%、熱膨張係数46×10-7/K
基板B:アルミナ基板(Al2O3 96質量%、SiO2 3質量%、MgO 1質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ0.7mm 反射率75%、熱膨張係数71×10-7/K
基板C:アルミナ基板(Al2O3 96質量%、SiO2 3質量%、MgO 1質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ1.0mm 反射率84%、熱膨張係数71×10-7/K
基板D:アルミナ基板(Al2O3 96質量%、SiO2 3質量%、MgO 1質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ2.0mm 反射率88%、熱膨張係数71×10-7/K
基板E:ジルコニア強化アルミナ基板(Al2O3 90質量%、ZrO2 10質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ0.3mm 反射率80%、熱膨張係数75×10-7/K
基板F:ムライト基板(Al6Si2O13 >99質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ0.7mm 反射率80%、熱膨張係数50×10-7/K
基板G:ステアタイト基板(MgO+SiO2 >99質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ0.7mm 反射率72%、熱膨張係数77×10-7/K
基板H:ガラスセラミックス基板(Al2O3 20質量%、ホウケイ酸ガラス80質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ0.7mm 反射率43%、熱膨張係数58×10-7/K
基板I:ガラスセラミックス基板(Al2O3 50質量%、ホウケイ酸ガラス50質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ0.7mm 反射率71%、熱膨張係数63×10-7/K
基板J:ガラス基板(SiO2 65質量%、B2O3 11質量%、MgO 1質量%、CaO 8質量%、Al2O3 15質量%の組成のガラス) 厚さ0.7mm 反射率8%、熱膨張係数38×10-7/K
基板K:窒化珪素基板(Si3N4 >96質量%の組成の多結晶体) 厚さ0.7mm 反射率18%、熱膨張係数32×10-7/K
基板L:ガラスセラミックス基板(Al2O3 80質量%、ホウケイ酸ガラス20質量%の組成の多結晶体)、厚さ0.7mm 反射率73%、熱膨張係数69×10-7/K
基板M:ガラスセラミックス基板(Al2O3 80質量%、ビスマスケイ酸塩ガラス20質量%の組成の多結晶体)、厚さ0.7mm 反射率75%、熱膨張係数74×10-7/K
基板N:ガラスセラミックス基板(Al2O3 80質量%、ビスマスケイ酸塩ガラス20質量%の組成の多結晶体)、厚さ0.3mm 反射率67%、熱膨張係数74×10-7/K
基板O:ガラスセラミックス薄膜(Al2O3 80質量%、ビスマスケイ酸塩ガラス20質量%の組成の多結晶体)厚さ0.07mmを10枚積層した積層ガラスセラミックス基板 厚さ0.7mm、反射率88%、熱膨張係数74×10-7/K
(隔壁用感光性ペーストの原料)
実施例の感光性ペーストに用いた原料は次の通りである。
感光性モノマーM-1 : トリメチロールプロパントリアクリレート
感光性モノマーM-2 : テトラプロピレングリコールジメタクリレート
感光性モノマーM-3 : 下記式(A)において、R1、R2はアクリロイル基、R3はエチレンオキサイド-プロピレンオキサイドコオリゴマー、R4はイソフォロンジイソシアネート残基、分子量は19,000
R1-(R4-R3)n-R4-R2 (A)
感光性ポリマー:メタクリル酸/メタクリル酸メチル/スチレン=40/30/30の質量比からなる共重合体のカルボキシル基に対して0.4当量のグリシジルメタクリレートを付加反応させたもの(重量平均分子量43000、酸価100)
光重合開始剤:2-ベンジル-2-ジメチルアミノ-1-(4-モルフォリノフェニル)ブタノン-1(BASF社製;「IC369」)
重合禁止剤:1,6-ヘキサンジオール-ビス[(3,5-ジ-t-ブチル-4-ヒドロキシフェニル)プロピオネート]
紫外線吸収剤溶液:スダンIV(東京応化工業株式会社製)のγ-ブチロラクトン0.3質量%溶液
溶媒:γ-ブチロラクトン
粘度調整剤:フローノンEC121(共栄社化学社製)
低融点ガラス粉末A:
SiO2 28質量%、B2O3 30質量%、ZnO 6質量%、Li2O 2質量%、MgO 3質量%、CaO 3質量%、BaO 3質量%、Al2O3 25質量%、屈折率(ng):1.551、軟化温度649℃、熱膨張係数49×10-7/K、50%体積平均粒子径2.1μm
低融点ガラス粉末B:
SiO2 27質量%、B2O3 31質量%、ZnO 6質量%、Li2O 7質量%、MgO 2質量%、CaO 2質量%、BaO 2質量%、Al2O3 23質量%、屈折率(ng):1.56、軟化温度588℃、熱膨張係数68×10-7/K、50%体積平均粒子径2.3μm
低融点ガラス粉末C:
SiO2 28質量%、B2O3 23質量%、ZnO 4質量%、Li2O 5質量%、K2O 15質量%、MgO 4質量%、BaO 1質量%、Al2O3 20質量%、屈折率(ng):1.563、軟化温度540℃、熱膨張係数86×10-7/K、50%体積平均粒子径2.2μm
高融点ガラス粉末:
SiO2 30質量%、B2O3 31質量%、ZnO 6質量%、MgO 2質量%、CaO 2質量%、BaO 2質量%、Al2O3 27質量%、屈折率(ng):1.55、軟化温度790℃、熱膨張係数32×10-7/K、50%体積平均粒子径2.3μm
(隔壁用ペーストの作製)
上記材料を用いて、隔壁ペーストを以下の方法で作製した。
作製したシンチレータパネルを、PaxScan2520にセットして放射線検出装置を作製した。管電圧80kVpのX線をシンチレータパネルの基板側から照射し、蛍光体層から発光された光の発光量を検出した。輝度の評価は、実施例1の結果を100%とする相対評価で行った。
基板Aに、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストAを、乾燥厚さ500μmになるようにダイコーターで塗布し、乾燥して、隔壁用感光性ペースト塗布膜を形成した。次に、所望の隔壁パターンに対応する開口部を形成したフォトマスク(縦横ともピッチ127μm、線幅20μmの格子状開口部を有するクロムマスク)を介して、隔壁用感光性ペースト塗布膜を超高圧水銀灯で600mJ/cm2で露光した。露光後の隔壁用感光性ペースト塗布膜を、0.5%のエタノールアミン水溶液中で現像し、未露光部分を除去して、格子状の感光性ペースト塗布膜パターンを形成した。さらに585℃で15分間、空気中で感光性ペースト塗布膜パターンを焼成し、隔壁ピッチ127μmで、125×125mmの大きさの格子状隔壁を有する隔壁部材を得た。
基板として、上記の基板Bを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストBを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は115%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Cを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストBを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は120%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Dを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストBを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は100%であり、良好な画像が得られた。実施例3に比べ、基板の反射率が高いにも関わらず相対輝度が低いのは、基板の厚み増加に伴い基板によるX線の吸収が大きくなり、蛍光体からの発光量が低減したことに基づくと考えられる。
基板として、上記の基板Eを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストCを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は115%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Fを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は120%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Gを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストCを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は110%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Hを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストBを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は100%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Iを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストBを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は110%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Lを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストBを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は113%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Mを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストBを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は115%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Nを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストBを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は115%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Oを用い、隔壁用感光性ペーストとして、上記の隔壁用感光性ペーストBを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は125%であり、良好な画像が得られた。
基板として、上記の基板Jを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は80%と低かった。また、基板と隔壁の熱膨張係数差の影響により、基板の反りが発生し、発光光のクロストークが生じたため画像が不良であった。
基板として、上記の基板Kを用いたこと以外は、実施例1と同様に評価を行った。相対発光輝度は90%と低かった。また、基板と隔壁の熱膨張係数差の影響により、基板の反りが発生し、発光光のクロストークが生じたため画像が不良であった。
2 シンチレータパネル
3 出力基板
4 基板
5 緩衝層
6 隔壁
7 シンチレータ層
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- 平板状の基板、該基板の上に設けられた格子状の隔壁、および、前記隔壁により区画されたセル内に充填された蛍光体を含有するシンチレータ層を有するシンチレータパネルであって、
前記隔壁は、低融点ガラスを主成分とする材料により構成されており、
前記基板は、アルミナ、窒化アルミニウム、ムライトおよびステアタイトからなる群から選ばれるセラミックを主成分とする材料により構成されている、シンチレータパネル。 - 前記低融点ガラスは、アルカリ金属酸化物を2~20質量%含有する、請求項1記載のシンチレータパネル。
- アルミナ、窒化アルミニウム、ムライトおよびステアタイトからなる群から選ばれるセラミックを主成分とする材料により構成されている、平板状の基板、該基板の上に設けられた格子状の隔壁、および、該隔壁により区画されたセル内に充填された蛍光体を含有するシンチレータ層を有するシンチレータパネルを製造する方法であって、
基板上に、低融点ガラス粉末および感光性有機成分を含有する感光性ペーストを塗布し、感光性ペースト塗布膜を形成する工程、
得られた感光性ペースト塗布膜を所定の開口部を有するフォトマスクを介して露光する工程、
露光後の感光性ペースト塗布膜の現像液に可溶な部分を溶解除去する現像工程、
現像後の感光性ペースト塗布膜パターンを500~700℃に加熱して有機成分を除去すると共に低融点ガラスを軟化および焼結させ、隔壁を形成する焼成工程、および、
該隔壁により区画されたセル内に蛍光体を充填する工程、
を備える、シンチレータパネルの製造方法。
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