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Device for detecting ionizing radiation using a layer of fluorescent material

US7250613B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Agfa-Gevaert NV · BE

Inventors

Manfred Fuchs · Nuremberg, DE
Erich Hell · Erlangen, DE
Peter Hackenschmied · Nuremberg, DE
Wolfgang Knuepfer · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 27, 2001
Grant date	Jul 31, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01T7/00
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for capturing ionizing radiation, in which a substrate which is provided with a phosphor layer is accommodated in a housing. To simplify the device and to ensure a high light yield, the invention provides that a means for buffering the atmospheric humidity is accommodated in the housing.

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