Imaging system for mamography employing electron trapping materials
CA 2112381 C · Owner: Storti, George M. · Inventors: Soltani, Peter K.; Storti, George M.; Lindmayer, Joseph
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A high resolution photostimulable storage phosphor screen (12) for breast imaging using X-rays. The phosphor material for storing the image, SrS;Ce,Sm, is appropriately milled to a fine powder and dispersed, using appropriate methods, with high particle packing density, on a supporting substrate. The coated substrate forms a planar imaging screen for mammography. The phosphor screen (12) of the present invention can record high quality digital (as opposed to analog) images for diagnostic breast imaging.
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- Filed June 22, 1992 and granted January 28, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 22, 2012.
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