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X-ray conversion screens

US4054798A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 11, 1976
Grant dateOct 18, 1977
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Expiry dateNov 11, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG21K4/00
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An X-ray conversion screen having reduced afterglow without any appreciable loss in the brightness under X-ray excitation comprises a substrate and at least one fluorescent layer applied thereto, the fluorescent layer containing a fluorescent substance which comprises terbium-activated lanthanum or gadolinium oxyhalide having yttrium or lutetium and, as desired, ytterbium added thereto as impurities.

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