Patent ID: 9417336
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A61B,C09K,G01T,G21K

Claim Text:
1. A radiation image converting panel comprising: a flexible support; a photostimulable phosphor layer provided on a main surface of the support, made of a plurality of columnar crystals; a first protective film provided on the photostimulable phosphor layer; and a second protective film provided on the first protective film; and the second protective film is provided along the main surface of the support, wherein the photostimulable phosphor layer is composed of a photostimulable phosphor including Eu-doped CsBr, the first protective film is provided in a gap of the plurality of columnar crystals in the photostimulable phosphor layer, so as to cover an upper surface and a side surface of the photostimulable phosphor layer, a pencil hardness of the second protective film is not more than a pencil hardness of the first protective film, and the radiation image converting panel has a flexibility of up to a bending radius of 1.5 mm, wherein the first protective film extends to over a side surface of the support, wherein the first protective film is provided so as to further cover the whole of the support and the photostimulable phosphor layer, and wherein the first protective film is formed so as to suppress the columnar crystals from opening when the radiation image converting panel is bent to a side of a back surface of the support that is on a side opposite to the main surface of the support.