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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1988
Yoshimi Takasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A method of detecting stored radiation energy level on a stimulable phosphor sheet comprises the steps of storing a predetermined level of radiation energy on a stimulable phosphor sheet for test before image read-out is carried out by scanning a stimulable phosphor sheet carrying a radiation image stored thereon with stimulating rays which cause the stimulable phosphor sheet to emit light and detecting the emitted light by a photomultiplier, carrying out the scanning and light detection for the stimulable phosphor sheet for test, and detecting a voltage Vo generated at a bleeder resistor of the photomultiplier at each scanning position. In the course of carrying out image read-out from the stimulable phosphor sheet carrying the radiation image stored thereon, a voltage V generated at the bleeder resistor is detected at each scanning position, and the voltage V is compared with the voltage Vo. Based on the value V-Vo, a radiation energy level exceeding the predetermined level is detected.