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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2011
Masato Inoue, Kumagaya, JP;
Masayoshi Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Takeda, Honjo, JP;
Satoru Sawada, Kodama-gun, JP;
Takamasa Ishii, Honjo, JP;
Taiki Takei, Okegawa, JP;
Masato Inoue, Kumagaya, JP;
Masayoshi Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichi Takeda, Honjo, JP;
Satoru Sawada, Kodama-gun, JP;
Takamasa Ishii, Honjo, JP;
Taiki Takei, Okegawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A scintillator includes a scintillator layer which converts radiation into light, the scintillator layer having a first end forming part of a contour of the scintillator layer and a second end forming another part of the contour, wherein the first end and the second end are located on opposite sides of the scintillator layer when viewed from the center of the scintillator layer, wherein an efficiency of conversion from radiation into light decreases from the first end to the second end.