摘要:
In a method of manufacturing a radiation image storage phosphor layer on a support layer, wherein said method comprises a vapor depositing step of raw materials of an alkali metal halide salt and a lanthanide dopant salt or a combination thereof in order to ensure vapor deposition of a binderless storage phosphor layer from one or more resistance-heated crucible(s) in a vapor deposition apparatus, wherein one or more shutters are positioned between said crucible(s) and said support, at the time said vapor depositing step starts while opening said shutter(s), a start temperature is measured on and registered by means of a thermocouple positioned close to the support at the back side of the support, opposite to the side of the support where vapor becomes deposited in order to form said binderless storage phosphor layer, of less than 250° C., but not less than 100° C., when an additional heating is applied.
摘要:
In a radiation image phosphor or scintillator panel having as a layer arrangement of consecutive layers upon a support layer or a support, a phosphor or scintillator layer comprising needle-shaped phosphor or scintillator crystals, and a protective layer, the said support layer is a polished pure titanium sheet or titanium alloy sheet, or the said support comprises a polished pure titanium layer or titanium alloy layer.
摘要:
In a method of preparing a storage phosphor panel having a phosphor layer coated onto a dedicate substrate by vapor depositing raw phosphor precursor materials comprising a matrix component,an activator component and/or a combination thereof from one or more crucible unit(s) in a vapor deposition apparatus, wherein said crucible unit comprises a crucible container and a vaporization chimney; said method comprises the steps of (1) adding said raw phosphor precursor materials to said crucible unit, and (2) vapor depositing a phosphor layer from said raw phosphor precursor materials, wherein vapor depositing proceeds at an increased temperature in the crucible unit, said temperature exceeding the melting temperature of said matrix raw material with more than 70° C.; wherein an “activator coating weight number” for said phosphor layer reaches a value of at least 7,000; said “activator coating weight number” being defined herein.
摘要:
A binderless storage phosphor screen comprises a vacuum deposited CsBr:Eu phosphor layer on a support, wherein the support includes a layer of amorphous carbon and optionally one or more auxilliary layers.
摘要:
In a method of consecutively manufacturing a set of at least 5 storage phosphor plates by a vapor deposition process in one and the same vapor deposition apparatus, in said apparatus, before starting each vaporization, refractory material surfaces are brought into contact, in a crucible unit thereof, with liquefied raw materials of a matrix component and an activator component, a phosphor precursor component or a combination thereof, wherein deviations in speed from one plate to another within said set of storage phosphor plates are less than 15%, said deviations being expressed as a variation coefficient defined by following formula (SAL % dev/SAL % av)×100, provided that SAL % av stands for an averaged speed within average speeds over each of said storage phosphor plate surfaces within said set and that SAL % dev stands for a standard deviation of averaged speeds obtained from each phosphor plate within said set, wherein a step of increasing said refractory material surfaces is included by adding to said crucible unit, before starting vaporization in the manufacturing of each of said plates in said set, refractory particles selected from the group consisting of a powder, crystalline particles, amorphous particles, spheres, bars, sticks, ingots and curls or a combination thereof.
摘要:
A phosphor or scintillator sheet, web or panel is provided, wherein a phosphor or a scintillator layer is coated onto a flexible substrate, the stiffness of which is lowered by presence of pits or grooves onto said substrate, preferably applied by a technique selected from the group consisting of mechanical, chemical, (laser) optical, electrical and photo-etching techniques.
摘要:
A layer arrangement comprising, at least in a binderless layer thereof, one or more vapor deposited pigments like the preferred nanocrystalline β-Cu-phthalocyanine nanocrystalline dye compound has been disclosed, wherein said layer arrangement is, in a preferred embodiment a photostimulable phosphor plate or panel having a binderless needle-shaped photostimulable alkali metal phosphor, and, more preferably, a CsBr:Eu2+ phosphor, showing besides a high image definition, an excellent preservation of color stability; and wherein the thus produced binderless photostimulable phosphor screen is overcoated with a strong protective layer in order to provide ability for easy transport through a scanning module, without jamming, in a diagnostic radiographic image reading system.
摘要:
Needle-shaped CsBr:Eu2+ storage phosphor crystal particles in form of a cylinder suitable for use in flat storage phosphor panels have been provided, wherein said particles have an average cross-section in the range from 1 μm up to 30 μm and an average length, measured along the casing of said cylinder, in the range from 100 μm up to 1000 μM.
摘要:
Storage phosphor particles suitable for use in coated layers of stimulable phosphor screens or panels, in favor of high relative sensitivity, advantageously contain at the surface of the phosphor particles and in their inner volume, as components composing the said phosphor, a matrix component and a dopant or activator element that is homogeneously incorporated, wherein preference is given to particles having an aspect ratio of more than 2:1 and less than 50:1, said aspect ratio being defined as a ratio of 2 largest sizes of said particles, said sizes being taken in 3 dimensions perpendicular to each other, provided that one of said 2 largest sizes is smaller than 10 μm.
摘要:
A method for producing CsX:Eu stimulable phosphors and screens or panels provided with said phosphors as powder phosphors or vapor deposited needle-shaped phosphors suitable for use in image forming methods for recording and reproducing images of objects made by high energy radiation, wherein said CsX:Eu stimulable phosphors are essentially free from oxygen in their crystal structure, and wherein X represents a halide selected from the group consisting of Br, Cl and combinations thereof, and wherein the method further comprises the steps of mixing CsX with a compound or combinations of precursor compounds having as a composition CsxEuyX′x+αy, wherein the ratio of x to y exceeds a value of 0.25, wherein α≧2 and wherein X′ is a halide selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br and I and combinations thereof; heating said mixture at a temperature above 450 ° C.; cooling said mixture, and optionally annealing and recovering said CsX:Eu phosphor.