Apparatus, system and method for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates

US8987672B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AGFA HEALTHCARE NV · BE

Inventors

• Patrick Sandmann · Munich, DE
• Anton Pirmann · Munich, DE
• Günther Schindlbeck · Munich, DE
• Johannes Holzl · Grasbrunn, DE
• Sven Behr · Berlin, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 2012
• Grant date: Mar 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G03B42/045
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus and a corresponding system and method for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate includes a receiving device, in particular a cassette, for receiving the storage phosphor plate, a removal device for removing the storage phosphor plate from the receiving device, and a reading device for irradiating the storage phosphor plate removed from the receiving device with stimulation light and for detecting emitted light excited thereby in the storage phosphor plate. In order to permit as reliable a removal and/or return of the storage phosphor plate from and to the receiving device as possible while providing a simple design, the removal device has at least one removal element, which can be coupled to the storage phosphor plate and which can move along a curved path.