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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ivor Brodie, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Malcolm Thackray, Cronulla, AU;
Assignee:
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ; G03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
430 21 ; 430-9 ; 430 16 ; 430363 ; 430373 ; 430413 ; 430414 ; 430432 ; 430945 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for intensification and reflective read-out of underexposed films, radiographs, and the like are shown which include means for converting a metallic silver particle image to a highly reflective image. The film containing the highly reflective image is placed in a black-walled cavity which may contain a particle-free liquid, such as water. The image is raster scanned by a laser beam, and light reflected from the image is detected by a photomultiplier. The photomultiplier output is digitized and the digitized signal is stored for subsequent computer enhancement and display.