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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Walter Exelmans, Merksem, BE;
Assignee:
Agfa-Gevaert, Mortsel, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G01T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250588 ; 250589 ;
Abstract
A radiation image read out method and apparatus wherein a photostimulable phosphor screen that has been exposed to radiation is read and erased and wherein a signal representative of the residual image still left in the screen after erasure is obtained and thresholded. In this way screens that have not been erased to an acceptable extent can be identified.