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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Kazumitsu Morimoto, Kamakura, JP;
Yoshitaka Adachi, Yokohama, JP;
Akihisa Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Oyaizu, Yokohama, JP;
Masaki Toyoshima, Fujisawa, JP;
Kazumitsu Morimoto, Kamakura, JP;
Yoshitaka Adachi, Yokohama, JP;
Akihisa Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Oyaizu, Yokohama, JP;
Masaki Toyoshima, Fujisawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-Ku, JP;
Toshiba Materials Co., Ltd., Yokohama-Shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a solid scintillator comprising a rare earth oxide sintered body, wherein: an afterglow time, which is the time required for a light output from the solid scintillator to degrease from a maximum value to 1/e of the maximum value, is 200 ns or shorter. The rare earth oxide sintered body preferably has a composition represented by a general formula (1):LnXO:Ce  (1),wherein Ln is one or more elements selected from Y, Gd and Lu; X is one or more elements selected from Si, Al and B; and a, b and c satisfy 1≦a≦5, 0.9≦b≦6, and 2.5≦≦c≦13, respectively.