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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1999
Akiko Yanagita, Hino, JP;
Tsutomu Kawano, Hino, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an apparatus for processing a radiation image provided with a detector having a plurality of detecting elements which are arranged in two dimensional arrangement, for acquiring the radiation image, for converting the acquired radiation image into electric signals as image signals, and for outputting the image signals; and an image processor for applying an image processing to the image signals, the image processor includes a normalization processor for converting the image signals into normalized image signals which are proportional to an amount of radiation irradiated to the detector or to a logarithm of the amount of the radiation and includes a predetermined signal value.