Patent ID: 8049195
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates, comprising: an input unit into which a plurality of cassettes are input, the cassettes holding storage phosphor plates to be read out, a read-out unit which is located beneath the input unit and in which storage phosphor plates can be read out, a storage phosphor plate being removed from a cassette located within the input unit and conveyed to the read-out unit located beneath the input unit in order to read out the storage phosphor plate and conveyed back into the cassette located within the input unit after having read out the storage phosphor plate, an output unit which is adjacent to the input unit and from which cassettes can be output, and a moving device for moving the cassette located within the input unit, the storage phosphor plate of which has been read out in the read-out unit located beneath the input unit, along a substantially horizontal path of movement to the output unit adjacent to the input unit.