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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1999
Albert Zur, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Edge Medical Devices Ltd., Raanana, IL;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a radiation image detector including an ionizing radiation sensing element which is operative to present an imagewise electrostatic charge distribution in response to imagewise ionizing radiation exposure thereof; a charge generator, in non-contact proximity with the radiation sensing element, which is operative to inject charge onto said radiation sensing element; an optical radiation source which projects visible radiation onto the radiation sensing element; and read circuitry, which detects information-bearing signals, representing said imagewise electrostatic charge distribution, the signals being created when the charge generator and the optical radiation source are concurrently activated in generally mutual registration.