Patent ID: 6696691
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A storage phosphor cassette for use in recording radiographic images of elongated objects comprising:first and second storage phosphor plates having first and second length dimensions; an elongated shell having first and second opposite open ends at the length ends of said shell; a first assembly for closing off said first open end of said shell and for mounting said first storage phosphor plate in said shell from said first open end; and a second assembly for closing off said second open end of said shell and for mounting said second storage phosphor plate in said shell from said second open end in a cantilever manner, wherein said first and second storage phosphor plates are mounted in said shell such that they form a substantially continuous storage phosphor composite for recording an elongated radiographic image and such that they are completely enclosed within said shell; wherein said first assembly and said first plate are removable from said shell as a single unit, and wherein said second assembly and said second plate are removable from said shell as a single unit; an elongated narrow ruler located on the inside or outside of said cassette, said ruler being x-ray translucent and opaque to produce an image of said ruler in said first and second storage phosphor plates; wherein said first and second storage phosphor plates are substantially rigid.