Patents by Inventor Munenori Shikida
Munenori Shikida has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9535170Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility and also relieving a problem of thermal expansion coefficient. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover a one face side and a side face side of the glass substrate and an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover an other face side and the side face side of the glass substrate on which the organic resin layer is formed. This effectively prevents the edge part from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be effectively prevented from entering the side face of the glass substrate and, the entire surface thereof is covered by the organic resin layers, so that warping of the glass substrate can be suppressed.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
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Patent number: 9513381Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility and also relieving a problem of thermal expansion coefficient. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover a one face side and a side face side of the glass substrate. This reinforces the glass substrate, whereby the edge part thereof can be prevented from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be prevented from entering the side face of the glass substrate, while transparency is ensured for light incident to the other face side of the glass substrate because the organic resin layer is not formed on the other face side of the glass substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
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Patent number: 9316584Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover the entire surface of the glass substrate. This reinforces the glass substrate, whereby the edge part thereof can be prevented from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be prevented from entering a side face of the glass substrate and, since the organic resin layer is formed on the entire surface, it becomes feasible to suppress warping of the glass substrate due to internal stress after formation of a scintillator layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
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Patent number: 9158010Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability while using a plurality of light receiving elements to provide a large screen size. A radiation detector 1 includes: a flexible supporting substrate 5 that includes a radiation incident surface 5a and a radiation emission surface 5b; a scintillator layer 6 made from a plurality of columnar crystals H formed on the emission surface 5b through crystal growth and generating light due to the incident radiation; a moisture-proof protective layer 7 covering the scintillator layer 6 and filled between the plurality of columnar crystals H; and light receiving elements 8A to 8D arranged to oppose the scintillator layer 6 and detecting the light generated in the scintillator layer 6.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
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Patent number: 9146325Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident surface 3a on which radiation is incident and an emission surface 3b emitting light generated by the incident radiation and on a side opposite to the incident surface 3a; and a light detection portion 5 disposed on an emission surface side of the scintillator layer 3 for detecting light emitted from the emission surface 3b.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
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Patent number: 9136029Abstract: A scintillator panel 1 and a radiation image sensor 10 in which characteristics can be changed easily at the time of manufacture are provided. The scintillator panel 1 comprises a scintillator 3 having an entrance surface 3a for a radiation; a FOP 2, arranged on an opposite side of the scintillator 3 from the entrance surface 3a, for transmitting the light generated by the scintillator 3; and a resin layer 5, formed from a resin containing a color material on the entrance surface 3a side of the scintillator 3, for performing at least one of absorption and reflection of the light generated by the scintillator 3.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Hirotake Osawa, Munenori Shikida
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Publication number: 20150204985Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility and also relieving a problem of thermal expansion coefficient. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover a one face side and a side face side of the glass substrate and an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover an other face side and the side face side of the glass substrate on which the organic resin layer is formed. This effectively prevents the edge part from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be effectively prevented from entering the side face of the glass substrate and, the entire surface thereof is covered by the organic resin layers, so that warping of the glass substrate can be suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
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Publication number: 20150198529Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover the entire surface of the glass substrate. This reinforces the glass substrate, whereby the edge part thereof can be prevented from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be prevented from entering a side face of the glass substrate and, since the organic resin layer is formed on the entire surface, it becomes feasible to suppress warping of the glass substrate due to internal stress after formation of a scintillator layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: July 16, 2015Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
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Publication number: 20150168568Abstract: In a scintillator panel, a glass substrate with the thickness of not more than 150 ?m serves as a support body, thereby achieving excellent radiotransparency and flexibility and also relieving a problem of thermal expansion coefficient. Furthermore, in this scintillator panel, an organic resin layer is formed so as to cover a one face side and a side face side of the glass substrate. This reinforces the glass substrate, whereby the edge part thereof can be prevented from chipping or cracking. Furthermore, stray light can be prevented from entering the side face of the glass substrate, while transparency is ensured for light incident to the other face side of the glass substrate because the organic resin layer is not formed on the other face side of the glass substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Hidenori Jonishi, Munenori Shikida, Yutaka Kusuyama
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Publication number: 20150059151Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident surface 3a on which radiation is incident and an emission surface 3b emitting light generated by the incident radiation and on a side opposite to the incident surface 3a; and a light detection portion 5 disposed on an emission surface side of the scintillator layer 3 for detecting light emitted from the emission surface 3b.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Hirotake OSAWA, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
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Patent number: 8890078Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident surface 3a on which radiation is incident and an emission surface 3b emitting light generated by the incident radiation and on a side opposite to the incident surface 3a; and a light detection portion 5 disposed on an emission surface side of the scintillator layer 3 for detecting light emitted from the emission surface 3b.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2011Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
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Patent number: 8866088Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel which can improve its optical output and resolution is provided. A radiation image conversion panel 1 comprises a FOP 2, a heat-resistant resin layer 3 formed on a main face 2a of the FOP 2, and a scintillator 4 formed by vapor deposition on a main face 3a of the heat-resistant layer 3 on a side opposite from the FOP 2 and made of a columnar crystal. In this radiation image conversion panel 1, the main face 3a of the heat-resistant resin layer 3 has a surface energy of at least 20 [mN/m] but less than 35 [mN/m]. This can make the crystallinity of the root part of the scintillator 4 favorable, so as to inhibit the root part of the scintillator 4 from becoming harder to transmit and easier to scatter the output light.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
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Patent number: 8637830Abstract: In a radiation image conversion panel (10), a radiation conversion layer (2) for converting an incident radiation into light is formed on a substrate (1). The radiation conversion layer (2) has a reflective layer (3), on a side opposite from a light exit surface (2a) for emitting the light, for reflecting the light to the exit surface (2a) side, while the reflective layer (3) has a helical structure comprising helically stacked phosphor crystals. Thus constructed radiation image conversion panel (10) can enhance the reflectance without forming a reflective layer made of a thin metal film or the like and exhibit a reflectance higher than that in the case where the reflective layer is formed by spherical crystal particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.Inventors: Masanori Yamashita, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Kazuhiro Shirakawa, Munenori Shikida
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Publication number: 20130112884Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability while using a plurality of light receiving elements to provide a large screen size. A radiation detector 1 includes: a flexible supporting substrate 5 that includes a radiation incident surface 5a and a radiation emission surface 5b; a scintillator layer 6 made from a plurality of columnar crystals H formed on the emission surface 5b through crystal growth and generating light due to the incident radiation; a moisture-proof protective layer 7 covering the scintillator layer 6 and filled between the plurality of columnar crystals H; and light receiving elements 8A to 8D arranged to oppose the scintillator layer 6 and detecting the light generated in the scintillator layer 6.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
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Publication number: 20130112882Abstract: Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident surface 3a on which radiation is incident and an emission surface 3b emitting light generated by the incident radiation and on a side opposite to the incident surface 3a; and a light detection portion 5 disposed on an emission surface side of the scintillator layer 3 for detecting light emitted from the emission surface 3b.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: May 9, 2013Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
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Publication number: 20130087713Abstract: A scintillator panel 1 and a radiation image sensor 10 which can achieve higher resolution and higher luminance are provided. The scintillator panel 1 comprises a radiation transmitting substrate 3, adapted to transmit a radiation therethrough, having entrance and exit surfaces 3a, 3b for the radiation; a scintillator 4, adapted to generate light in response to the radiation incident thereon, comprising a plurality of columnar bodies grown as crystals on the exit surface 3b; an FOP 6, arranged on an opposite side of the scintillator 4 from the exit surface 3b, for propagating the light generated by the scintillator 4; and a double-sided tape 5, disposed between the scintillator 4 and the FOP 6, for adhesively bonding the scintillator 4 and the FOP 6 together and transmitting therethrough the light generated by the scintillator 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Hirotake Osawa, Munenori Shikida
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Publication number: 20130043397Abstract: A scintillator panel 1 and a radiation image sensor 10 in which characteristics can be changed easily at the time of manufacture are provided. The scintillator panel 1 comprises a scintillator 3 having an entrance surface 3a for a radiation; a FOP 2, arranged on an opposite side of the scintillator 3 from the entrance surface 3a, for transmitting the light generated by the scintillator 3; and a resin layer 5, formed from a resin containing a color material on the entrance surface 3a side of the scintillator 3, for performing at least one of absorption and reflection of the light generated by the scintillator 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: February 21, 2013Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Hirotake Osawa, Munenori Shikida
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Publication number: 20120312998Abstract: A radiation image conversion panel which can improve its optical output and resolution is provided. A radiation image conversion panel 1 comprises a FOP 2, a heat-resistant resin layer 3 formed on a main face 2a of the FOP 2, and a scintillator 4 formed by vapor deposition on a main face 3a of the heat-resistant layer 3 on a side opposite from the FOP 2 and made of a columnar crystal. In this radiation image conversion panel 1, the main face 3a of the heat-resistant resin layer 3 has a surface energy of at least 20 [mN/m] but less than 35 [mN/m]. This can make the crystallinity of the root part of the scintillator 4 favorable, so as to inhibit the root part of the scintillator 4 from becoming harder to transmit and easier to scatter the output light.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Hirotake Osawa, Shintaro Toyama, Yutaka Kusuyama, Masanori Yamashita, Munenori Shikida
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Publication number: 20120025102Abstract: In a radiation image conversion panel (10), a radiation conversion layer (2) for converting an incident radiation into light is formed on a substrate (1). The radiation conversion layer (2) has a reflective layer (3), on a side opposite from a light exit surface (2a) for emitting the light, for reflecting the light to the exit surface (2a) side, while the reflective layer (3) has a helical structure comprising helically stacked phosphor crystals. Thus constructed radiation image conversion panel (10) can enhance the reflectance without forming a reflective layer made of a thin metal film or the like and exhibit a reflectance higher than that in the case where the reflective layer is formed by spherical crystal particles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: February 2, 2012Applicant: HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K.Inventors: Masanori Yamashita, Yutaka Kusuyama, Shintaro Toyama, Kazuhiro Shirakawa, Munenori Shikida