Patent ID: 6707058
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A radiation image read-out method in which a stimulable phosphor sheet stored thereon a radiation image is two-dimensionally scanned by a stimulating light beam by projecting the light beam along a main scanning line extending in a main scanning direction and moving one of the stimulable phosphor sheet and the stimulating light beam in a sub-scanning direction relatively to the other so that the stimulable phosphor sheet is exposed to the stimulating light beam along a plurality of main scanning lines arranged in the sub-scanning direction at a predetermined pitch and stimulated emission emitted from the part of the stimulable phosphor sheet exposed to the stimulating light beam is photoelectrically converted to an electric image signal by a photoelectric convertor means, wherein the improvement comprises the step ofcontrolling the power of the stimulating light beam depending on the pitch at which the main scanning lines are arranged in the sub-scanning direction.