Methods and apparatus for imaging elongate objects
US7304321B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 14, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B37/04
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A storage phosphor cassette for use in recording radiographic images of elongated objects. The cassette comprises a shell and a single storage phosphor plate. The shell includes first and second opposite open ends. The single storage phosphor plate is housed within the shell and is adapted to be at least partially removable from the shell through the first and second open ends. A radiation image of the elongate object can be read by extracting a first portion of the single plate through one of the two opposing ends of the cassette and scanning the first portion of the single storage phosphor plate to obtain a first partial image, and then extracting a second portion of the single plate through the other of the two opposing ends of the cassette and scanning the second portion of the single storage phosphor plate to obtain a second partial image. The first and second partial images can be combined to form the image of the elongate object.
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