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Image storage phosphor or scintillator panels coated onto flexible supports

US7037640B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

Jan Koninckx · Mol, BE
Paul Leblans · Kontich, BE
Johan Lamotte · Rotselaar, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2004
Grant date	May 2, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

A phosphor or scintillator sheet, web or panel is provided, wherein a phosphor or a scintillator layer is coated onto a flexible substrate, the stiffness of which is lowered by presence of pits or grooves onto said substrate, preferably applied by a technique selected from the group consisting of mechanical, chemical, (laser) optical, electrical and photo-etching techniques.

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