Radiation imaging device with photostimulable phosphor

Details Radiation imaging device with photostimulable phosphor Radiation imaging device with photostimulable phosphor

1998-09-17

1999-11-02

Hannaher, Constantine

Radiant energy

Source with recording detector

Using a stimulable phosphor

250581, 2504844, 2523014P, 2523014H, 2523014F, 2523016P, 2523016F, G01N 2304, G21K 400, C09K 1108

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ABSTRACT:
A radiation imaging device including a photostimulable phosphor which is a glass including active cations that release light having a wavelength in the blue colour or ultra-violet region when those parts of the glass which have been stimulated by radiation, and a radiation source to irradiate the phosphor and an excitation light source to photostimulate the phosphor. The radiation source may be X-rays, .gamma.-rays, .alpha.-rays, .beta.-rays, electron beams, neutron beams, ion beams, ultra-violet rays having an energy equal to or greater than the band gap of the glass are excited by visible or infra-red light. Ce.sup.3+, Eu.sup.2+ can be used as the active cation, and are preferably included in an amount of 10 mole % or less of all the cations, and particularly preferably in an amount in the range of 0.001 to 2 mole %. A silicate glass, a borate glass, a phosphate glass, a mixed oxide glass consisting of at least two of a silicate, a borate and a phosphate, a halide glass, a halogen phosphate glass are used as the basic glass. The device has practical durability and mechanical strength and is suited to the recording and playback of radiation images.

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