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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2004
Werner Nitsche, Unterhaching, DE;
Michael Weinberger, Altenmünster, DE;
Ralph Thoma, Augsburg, DE;
Georg Reiser, München, DE;
Bernhard Sang, München, DE;
Werner Nitsche, Unterhaching, DE;
Michael Weinberger, Altenmünster, DE;
Ralph Thoma, Augsburg, DE;
Georg Reiser, München, DE;
Bernhard Sang, München, DE;
Agfa-Gevaert HealthCare GmbH, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
The present invention reduces the influences of electromagnetic fields during reading out of image signals from memory phosphor films. This is done by pre-amplifying the detection signals obtained from a detection device, in particular a CCD array, before further processing, for example by an analog-to-digital converter. An amplification register for electron multiplying can be used for the amplification. In this way individual photon sensitivity can be achieved when reading out X-ray images.