Abstract: A decorative sheet includes a fiber base material and a first pattern. The first pattern decorates a surface of the fiber base material. The first pattern is formed by a resin portion made of resin. The resin portion adheres to the surface of the fiber base material. In the first pattern, a height of the resin portion from the surface of the fiber base material changes on the surface of the fiber base material.

Abstract: A decorative sheet includes a fiber base material and a first pattern. The first pattern decorates a surface of the fiber base material. The first pattern is formed by a resin portion made of resin. The resin portion adheres to the surface of the fiber base material. In the first pattern, a height of the resin portion from the surface of the fiber base material changes on the surface of the fiber base material.

Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel having a high luminance and sharpness is provided by growing columnar crystals from the root portion. The radiation image conversion panel includes a support; and a phosphor layer mainly composed of an alkali halide, the phosphor layer being formed by vapor deposition; wherein the phosphor layer includes a plurality of domains formed of a plurality of phosphor columnar crystals; each of the domains is a single phosphor columnar crystal or an aggregation of phosphor columnar crystals having substantially the same crystal orientation, and has an average diameter of 0.2 to 10 ?m; and the phosphor columnar crystals are crystalline from root portion at which crystal growth started.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide radiographic image conversion panels which realize high levels of brightness and sharpness when used as scintillator panels and which also ensure sufficient strength resisting pressure applied in the film thickness direction. A radiographic image conversion panel of the invention includes a support and a scintillator layer disposed on the support. The scintillator layer includes a plurality of columnar crystals containing a phosphor. The plurality of columnar crystals have root portions, and the root portions are spaced apart from one another.

Abstract: A scintillator panel includes a scintillator layer that includes a phosphor including columnar crystals in which an X-ray rocking curve of a specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to a columnar crystal growth ending surface after cutting to have a thickness of 5 ?m from a columnar crystal growth starting surface has a half-width (a) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, an X-ray rocking curve of the specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to the columnar crystal growth ending surface without cutting has a half-width (b) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, and a ratio (a/b) is within a range of from 0.5 to 2.0. The scintillator panel can provide radiation images having higher sharpness.

Abstract: A scintillator panel includes a scintillator layer that includes a phosphor including columnar crystals in which an X-ray rocking curve of a specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to a columnar crystal growth ending surface after cutting to have a thickness of 5 ?m from a columnar crystal growth starting surface has a half-width (a) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, an X-ray rocking curve of the specific plane index measured by applying an X-ray to the columnar crystal growth ending surface without cutting has a half-width (b) of equal to or less than 15 degrees, and a ratio (a/b) is within a range of from 0.5 to 2.0. The scintillator panel can provide radiation images having higher sharpness.

Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel having a high luminance and sharpness is provided by growing columnar crystals from the root portion. The radiation image conversion panel includes a support; and a phosphor layer mainly composed of an alkali halide, the phosphor layer being formed by vapor deposition; wherein the phosphor layer includes a plurality of domains formed of a plurality of phosphor columnar crystals; each of the domains is a single phosphor columnar crystal or an aggregation of phosphor columnar crystals having substantially the same crystal orientation, and has an average diameter of 0.2 to 10 ?m; and the phosphor columnar crystals are crystalline from root portion at which crystal growth started.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide radiographic image conversion panels which realize high levels of brightness and sharpness when used as scintillator panels and which also ensure sufficient strength resisting pressure applied in the film thickness direction. A radiographic image conversion panel of the invention includes a support and a scintillator layer disposed on the support. The scintillator layer includes a plurality of columnar crystals containing a phosphor. The plurality of columnar crystals have root portions, and the root portions are spaced apart from one another.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel wherein luminance is improved by preventing the disorder of the structure of phosphor columnar crystals, thereby eliminating the scattering and refraction of optical elements which is emitted by an X-ray-irradiated phosphor and propagated in the direction of a photoelectric conversion element. Moreover disclosed is a radiation image detector using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel wherein luminance is improved by preventing the disorder of the structure of phosphor columnar crystals, thereby eliminating the scattering and refraction of optical elements which is emitted by an X-ray-irradiated phosphor and propagated in the direction of a photoelectric conversion element. Moreover disclosed is a radiation image detector using the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel containing a support having thereon a phosphor layer containing an alkali metal halide phosphor which is deposited on the support by a gas phase accumulation method, wherein the alkali metal halide phosphor includes a columnar crystal and an existing ratio of an activation agent of the columnar crystal on a surface of the columnar crystal to an inner portion of the columnar crystal is from 0.7 to 20.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel containing a support having thereon a phosphor layer containing an alkali metal halide phosphor which is deposited on the support by a gas phase accumulation method, wherein the alkali metal halide phosphor includes a columnar crystal and an existing ratio of an activation agent of the columnar crystal on a surface of the columnar crystal to an inner portion of the columnar crystal is from 0.7 to 20.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel comprising on a support a vapor-deposited photostimulable phosphor layer containing an alkali metal halide phosphor, wherein the surface element composition of the alkali metal halide phosphor exhibits a ratio of alkali metal to halide of 1.0 to 1.5.

Abstract: Disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel comprising on a support a vapor-deposited photostimulable phosphor layer containing an alkali metal halide phosphor, wherein the surface element composition of the alkali metal halide phosphor exhibits a ratio of alkali metal to halide of 1.0 to 1.5.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a radiation image conversion panel exhibiting excellent sharpness, excellent graininess and high luminance, accompanied with high aging performance. Also disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel possessing an alkali metal halide based stimulable phosphor layer formed by a vapor deposition method, provided on a support, wherein a stimulable phosphor possesses at least two kinds of halides, and a phosphor columnar crystal in the stimulable phosphor layer has a core/shell structure.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a radiation image conversion panel exhibiting excellent sharpness, excellent graininess and high luminance, accompanied with high aging performance. Also disclosed is a radiation image conversion panel possessing an alkali metal halide based stimulable phosphor layer formed by a vapor deposition method, provided on a support, wherein a stimulable phosphor possesses at least two kinds of halides, and a phosphor columnar crystal in the stimulable phosphor layer has a core/shell structure.

Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material packed in a packaging material, the imaging material including a support having thereon light-insensitive organic silver salt grains, photosensitive silver halide grains, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder, wherein the packaging material has a water permeability of not less than 5.0 g/m2 measured at a temperature of 40° C. with a relative humidity of 90% for 24 hours; and the imaging material has a first photographic speed and a second photographic speed and the second photographic speed is not more than 1/10 of the first photographic speed, the measuring methods of the first and the second photographic speeds being defined in the specification.

Abstract: A photothermographic material is disclosed, comprising a light-insensitive aliphatic carboxylic acid silver salt grains, light-sensitive silver halide grains, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder, wherein the photothermographic material is packaged in a package of a packaging material exhibiting a water-vapor permeability of not more than 5.0 g/m2·24 hr·40° C.·90% RH and the photothermographic material exhibits a moisture content change of 1.6 to 2.2, in which the moisture content change is a ratio of a moisture content after allowed to stand at 23° C. and 80% RH for 6 hr. after opening the package to that immediately after opening the package; the aliphatic carboxylic acid silver salt has a silver behenate content of 65% to 100%.

Abstract: A photothermographic imaging material packed in a packaging material, the imaging material including a support having thereon light-insensitive organic silver salt grains, photosensitive silver halide grains, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder, wherein the packaging material has a water permeability of not less than 5.0 g/m2 measured at a temperature of 40° C. with a relative humidity of 90% for 24 hours; and the imaging material has a first photographic speed and a second photographic speed and the second photographic speed is not more than 1/10 of the first photographic speed, the measuring methods of the first and the second photographic speeds being defined inn the specification.

Abstract: A photothermographica material is disclosed, comprising an organic silver salt and a light sensitive silver halide, wherein the photothermographic material contains a hydrophilic binder of 0.5 to 2 g per mol of the organic silver salt and the organic silver salt having been formed in the presence of the silver halide of 7×1015 to 3×1017 grains per mol of the organic salt.