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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Juergen Mueller, Munich, DE;
Herbert Gebele, Sauerlach, DE;
Thomas Zehetmaier, Neufam, DE;
Ralph Thoma, Augsburg, DE;
Agfa-Fevaert Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device ( ) for reading out information stored in a phosphor carrier ( ) and to an X-ray cassette ( ) which contains the phosphor carrier ( ) and such a device. The inventive device ( ) has a radiation source ( ) that can emit a first radiation source ( ) with which the phosphor carrier ( ) can be exited such that the carrier emits a second radiation ( ). This second radiation ( ) comprises an image of the information stored in the phosphor carrier ( ). The device ( ) additionally has a receiving means ( ) which contains a number of point elements (PD , . . . PDn) in order to receive the second radiation ( ) emitted from the phosphor carrier ( ) in a point-by-point manner. The second radiation of a point of the phosphor carrier ( ) can thus be received by each one of the point elements (PD , . . . ,PDn).