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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1982
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
378 49 ; 250367 ; 252 / ; 25230117 ; 25230118 ; 428409 ; 378-4 ; 378-6 ;
Abstract
A scintillator formed of a ZnWO.sub.4 single crystal having an absorption coefficient less than or equal to 1.8 cm.sup.-1 for the light having a wavelength of 520 nm is disclosed which has a luminescence wavelength of 480 nm and therefore can be combined with a photodiode, and which is high in radiation detection sensitivity, short in decay time, and specifically suitable for use in computed tomography.