US 12,013,501 B2
Scintillator structure and manufacturing method thereof
Yousuke Nobumoto, Tokyo (JP); Shinsuke Terazawa, Tokyo (JP); and Satoshi Shiota, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to PROTERIAL, LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Hitachi Metals, Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/180,184.
Application 18/180,184 is a continuation of application No. 17/371,328, filed on Jul. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,619,750.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-164700 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020; application No. 2020-164701 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020; application No. 2020-164703 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2020; application No. 2020-195635 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2020; application No. 2020-195636 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2020; and application No. 2020-195637 (JP), filed on Nov. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228889 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G01T 1/20 (2006.01); C09K 11/02 (2006.01); C09K 11/62 (2006.01)
CPC G01T 1/2002 (2013.01) [C09K 11/025 (2013.01); C09K 11/621 (2013.01); G01T 1/2012 (2013.01); G01T 1/2018 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A scintillation structure comprising:
a plurality of cells; and
a reflector covering the plurality of cells,
wherein each of the plurality of cells contains a resin and a phosphor,
the phosphor is made of gadolinium oxysulfide that contains terbium and cerium,
each density of the plurality of cells is 4.4 g/cm3 or more and 5.0 g/cm3 or less, and
each thickness of the plurality of cells is 0.5 mm or more and 1.8 mm or less.