A phosphor screen for a Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) image intensifier includes a wafer structure, a lattice of interior walls, a thin film phosphor layer, and a reflective metal layer. The wafer structure has a naturally opaque top layer and an active area defined within the naturally opaque top layer. The lattice of interior walls is formed, within the active area, from the naturally opaque top layer. The thin film phosphor layer is disposed in the active area, between the lattice of interior walls. The reflective metal layer that is disposed atop the thin film phosphor layer. In at least some instances, the thin film phosphor layer is a non-particle phosphor layer.

The invention relates to a ceramic material (14) for generating light when irradiated with radiation, wherein the ceramic material comprises a stack of layers (15, 16) having different compositions and/or different dopings. The ceramic material may be used in a spectral computed tomography (CT) detector, in order to spectrally detect x-rays, or it may be used as a ceramic gain medium of a laser such that temperature gradients and corresponding thermo-mechanical stresses within the gain medium can be reduced.

The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising an optionally lanthanide-doped cesium barium halide, useful for detecting nuclear material.

Provided is a scintillator panel including a substrate, grid-like barrier ribs formed on the substrate, and a phosphor layer in a cell separated by the barrier ribs, in which the barrier rib includes on its surface in the following order: a metallic reflective layer, and an inorganic protective layer mainly containing a nitride.

An IP cover having a light-shielding property is detachably mounted on an IP. The IP includes a stimulable phosphor layer on one surface thereof. The IP cover is mounted on the stimulable phosphor layer so as to be closely attached to the stimulable phosphor layer. The IP and the IP cover include notches, and a part of an inspection target is inserted into the notches at the time of inspection. An IP unit is mounted on a blade welded portion of an impeller. Radiation is applied from a radiation irradiation device and a radiation image of the blade welded portion is recorded on the IP as a latent image. The IP cover is detached from the IP unit and the IP is set on a template. The IP is set at an image reading position of a radiation image reading device by the template, and the radiation image is read.

A monocrystalline scintillator comprises a monocrystal and an optical plate wherein a first side of the monocrystal is adhered to the optical plate. The monocrystal comprises at least one of a rare earth garnet, a perovskite crystal, a rare-earth silicate, and a monocrystal oxysulphide. The scintillator assembly includes an adhesive adhering the optical plate to the first side of the monocrystal. The adhesive can comprise an ultra-high vacuum compatible adhesive. The adhesive is substantially transparent and has a refractive index matching the optical plate. The scintillator assembly can also include a reflective coating on the second side of the monocrystal. The monocrystalline scintillator assembly can be incorporated in a microchannel plate image intensifier tube to provide improved spatial resolution and temporal response.

The present invention provides for a composition comprising an inorganic scintillator comprising an optionally lanthanide-doped barium mixed halide, useful for detecting nuclear material.

A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including a selected blue dye that can improve resolution. Certain exemplary storage phosphor panels include inorganic storage phosphor material with specific extrudable blue dye (copper phthalocyanine) for resolution greater than 16 line pairs per mm. Certain exemplary storage phosphor panel embodiments include any non-needle storage phosphor panel with resolution greater than or equal to 19 line pairs per mm.

A storage phosphor panel can include an extruded inorganic storage phosphor layer including a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic storage phosphor material, where the extruded inorganic storage phosphor panel has an image quality comparable to that of a traditional solvent coated inorganic storage phosphor screen. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can provide inorganic storage phosphor panels including reduced noise. Further disclosed are certain exemplary method and/or apparatus embodiments that can include inorganic storage phosphor layer including at least one polymer, an inorganic storage phosphor material, and a copper phthalocyanine based blue dye.

A scintillator panel includes a substrate made of an organic material, a barrier layer formed on the substrate and including thallium iodide as a main component, and a scintillator layer formed on the barrier layer and including cesium iodide as a main component. According to this scintillator panel, moisture resistance can be improved by providing the barrier layer between the substrate and the scintillator layer.