Patent ID: 7355196
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
1. A radiation image signal acquiring method, comprising the steps of: i) scanning a stimulable phosphor sheet, on which a radiation image of an object has been stored, with stimulating rays, which cause the stimulable phosphor sheet to emit light in proportion to the amount of energy stored on the stimulable phosphor sheet during exposure of the stimulable phosphor sheet to radiation, and ii) detecting the light, which is emitted by the stimulable phosphor sheet when the stimulable phosphor sheet is scanned with the stimulating rays, whereby an image signal representing the radiation image of the object is acquired, wherein the scanning of the stimulable phosphor sheet with the stimulating rays is performed from an object image-carrying edge area, in which a radiation image pattern representing the object has been stored, the object image-carrying edge area being one of edge areas of the stimulable phosphor sheet.