Patent ID: 6490339
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
An apparatus for forming and reading a radiation image of an object which comprises:a base portion of the apparatus designed to be placed on a level surface such that the base portion supports the apparatus, the base portion of the apparatus comprising a storage layer radiation screen; an imaging system which reads the storage layer screen, and a mechanism for moving the storage layer radiation screen relative to the imaging system during reading of the storage layer screen; and a top portion of the apparatus comprising an electromagnetic wave radiation source, wherein the top portion of the apparatus is supported by the base portion in a spaced apart relationship above the base portion so as to define an aperture within which an object whose radiation image is to be taken may be positioned, and the electromagnetic wave radiation source is positioned relative to the storage layer radiation screen such that radiation from the electromagnetic wave radiation source which traverses the aperture and the object within aperture is absorbed by the storage layer radiation screen.