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

US9500751B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AGFA HEALTHCARE NV · BE

Inventors

Patrick Sandmann · Munich, DE
Günther Schindlbeck · Munich, DE
Heribert Hammer · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 13, 2012
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 3, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03B42/045
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An apparatus, a corresponding system, and a method for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor panel includes an input device, into which a cassette with a storage phosphor panel therein can be input, and a read-out device, in which the storage phosphor panel can be irradiated with stimulation light and the emission light excited in the storage phosphor panel is detected. In order to enable the cassette that has been input to be locked and/or opened as reliably as possible in conjunction with a simplified construction, at least one mechanical element which can be mechanically driven by a movement of the cassette upon the cassette being input into the input device locks and/or opens the cassette in the input device.

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