In favor of adhesion a radiation image phosphor or scintillator panel comprises as an arrangement of layers, in consecutive order, an anodized aluminum support, a precoat layer and a phosphor or scintillator layer comprising needle-shaped phosphor or scintillator crystals, wherein said precoat layer has a thickness in the range from 4 μm to 15 μm when consisting of an organic polymer selected from the group consisting of cellyte, poly-acrylate, poly-methyl-methacrylate, poly-methylacrylate, polystyrene, polystyrene-acrylonitrile, polyurethane, hexafunctional polyacrylate, poly-vinylidene-difluoride, epoxy functionalized polymers or wherein said precoat layer has a thickness in the range from 1 μm to less than 5 μm when consisting of an organo-silane based polymer.