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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2001
Roger S. Brahm, Canandaigua, NY (US);
William A. Meredith, Rochester, NY (US);
Dennis J. O'dea, Farmington, NY (US);
David J. Steklenski, Rochester, NY (US);
Xiaohui Wang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for radiographically imaging elongated objects comprising: a vertical main frame; a base mounted on said main frame; a first support on said base for supporting a first cassette containing a first storage phosphor imaging plate; a door hingedly mounted on said base for movement between open and closed positions; said door having a light-tight enclosure for supporting a second cassette containing a second storage phosphor imaging plate removably mounted within a cassette shell; and a first mechanism for removing said cassette shell from said second storage phosphor imaging plate which remains supported within said light-tight enclosure; such that, when said door is in said closed position, said second storage phosphor imaging plate overlaps said first storage phosphor imaging plate, whereby an elongated object can be radigraphically imaged onto said overlapping first and second storage phosphor imaging plates.