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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2005
Masaya Shimoji, Hachioji, JP;
Masayuki Nakazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Taguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Yamano, Hino, JP;
Masaya Shimoji, Hachioji, JP;
Masayuki Nakazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Taguchi, Hachioji, JP;
Akira Yamano, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta Medical & Graphic, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In medical image recording apparatus, exposure unit forms a latent image on film by exposing based on a testing exposure data for correction of density characteristics of the leading edge and/or the trailing edge of film, and heat developer heat-develops the latent image and records it on film, and density measurer measures the density characteristics of the heat-developed testing exposure image, and then, controller determines the correction areas of the leading edge and/or the trailing edge of film based on the result of the density measurement and corrects the density characteristics of the leading edge and/or the trailing edge of film for the correction areas at the image recording stage of a diagnostic image data.