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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2013
Carestream Health, Inc., Rochester, NY (US);
Seshadri Jagannathan, Rochester, NY (US);
Charles M. Rankin, Penfield, NY (US);
David Gruszczynski, Webster, NY (US);
Jean-Marc Inglese, Bussy Saint Georges, FR;
Kevin L. Bishop, Rochester, NY (US);
Richard A. Lombardo, Rochester, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
Described is a scintillator screen including a plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments includes scintillating particles dispersed within a thermoplastic polymer. The thermoplastic polymer includes an elastic additive. The scintillating particles are from about 10 volume percent to about 60 volume percent of each of the plurality of filaments. Each of the plurality of filaments has a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.5. The plurality of filaments are substantially parallel to each other and are at a volume packing of from about 60 percent to about 90 percent.