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X-ray image erasure method

US6078053A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 12, 1998
Grant dateJun 20, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G13/054
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Erasure of an x-ray imaging device is performed by applying high voltage and erasing light simultaneously. The polarity of the high voltage may be reversed during the erasure operation. This produces an erasure that eliminates non-uniformities or ghosts arising from a previous image.

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