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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1991
Masashi Aonuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of erasing a radiation image information which remains on a stimulable phosphor sheet on which the radiation image information is stored and recorded. This method is employed in a medical diagnosis system. The medical diagnosis system basically comprises a console, an X-ray controller, a radiation image information recording and reading apparatus, and an image output apparatus. Further, the residual radiation image information erasing method referred to above comprises the steps of specifying an area for recording the radiation image information stored and recorded on the stimulable phosphor sheet, based on exposure information, and erasing only radiation image information which remains in the specified recording area on the stimulable phosphor sheet.