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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2002
Shirofumi Yamagishi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Shirofumi Yamagishi, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An X-ray light emitting phosphor film () such as a CsI film that converts an X-ray to light is formed on an input substrate () constituting an input part of an X-ray image detector. A surface portion of the X-ray light emitting phosphor film () is irradiated with high-energy light having a wavelength of 500 nm or less. The surface portion of the X-ray light emitting phosphor film () is locally sublimated and/or fused to be flattened by the irradiation with the high-energy light. The use of the high-energy light such as a laser beam makes it possible to efficiently and uniformly flatten the surface portion of the X-ray light emitting phosphor film.