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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1993
Shahram Hejazi, Webster, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Storage phosphor imaging system includes a source of stimulating light, a scanner for scanning a storage phosphor with a latent x-ray image with said stimulating light in a raster pattern to produce an emitted light x-ray image and a photodetector for converting the emitted light x-ray image into an x-ray image signal. The storage phosphor has associated with it a first bar code pattern of alternating bars and spaces for identifying the storage phosphor and a second bar code pattern of contiguous reflective/nonreflective cells for identifying storage phosphor exposure speed and storage phosphor size parameters. A first scanning bar code reader and a second bar code reader including a number of contiguous light emitter and photodetector assemblies, read the first and second bar code patterns, respectively, to produce signals used in identifying, reading and processing the storage phosphor and image signal.