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US 12,742,895 B2Granted
Ceramic scintillator, photon-counting type X-ray detector, and method for manufacturing ceramic scintillator
AssigneesNiterra Materials Co., Ltd., National University Corporation Nara Institute of Science and Technology
InventorsDaichi Usui, Makoto Hayashi, Takayuki Yanagida, Noriaki Kawaguchi, Takumi Kato, Daisuke Nakauchi, Hiromi Kimura
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Abstract
A ceramic scintillator according to the present embodiment has a composition represented by (Lu1-xPrx)a(Al1-yGay)bO12, wherein x, y, a, and b in the composition respectively satisfy 0.005≤x≤0.025, 0.3≤y≤0.7, 2.8≤a≤3.1, and 4.8≤b≤5.2.
Claims12
A ceramic scintillator having a composition represented by (Lu1-xPrx)a(Al1-yGay)bO12, wherein x, y, a, and b in the composition respectively satisfy
- 0.005≤x≤0.025, 0.3≤y≤0.7, 2.8≤a≤3.1, and 4.8≤b≤5.2,
- wherein a decay time constant of light emission is 15 nsec or less, and a relative light yield is 30% or more.
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