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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2010
Shigetami Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Isa, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Nagata, Tokyo, JP;
Shigetami Kasai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Isa, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Nagata, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A scintillator panel which has achieved enhanced sharpness and sensitivity is disclosed, comprising on a first support a phosphor layer comprising phosphor columnar crystals formed by a process of vapor phase deposition and containing a parent component of cesium iodide (CsI) and an activator of thallium (Tl), and the phosphor layer comprising a first layer of a CsI layer which is in the bottom portion of the phosphor layer and does not contain any activator of thallium, and on the first layer, a second layer of a CsI—Tl layer which contains the activator of thallium and exhibits not more than 32% of a coefficient of variation of concentration of thallium in the direction of thickness.