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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2006
Roland Müller, Munich, DE;
Walter Hofmuth, Munich, DE;
Rudolf Loistl, Unterhaching, DE;
Agfa-Gevaert HealthCare GmbH, Leverkusen, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus () for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor layer () includes a support () onto which a storage phosphor plate () is laid. The storage phosphor plate () comprises the storage phosphor layer () and a support layer () onto which the storage phosphor layer () is applied. Furthermore, a controller () is provided for processing X-ray information read out from the storage phosphor layer (). According to the invention, a distance sensor () serves to determine a distance of the distance sensor () from the storage phosphor plate () lying on the support (), and the controller () is designed such that it processes the X-ray information read out from the storage phosphor layer () dependently upon the distance determined by means of the distance sensor (). An unlevelness determined by means of the distance sensor () is taken into account by the controller () when processing the X-ray information read out. In this way, a good image quality of an X-ray image read out is guaranteed in a technically simple way.