Patent ID: 7102143

Claim:
A method for exposing an object to X-rays comprising the steps of: providing an X-ray machine including an X-ray tube equipped for emitting X-rays with an energy lower than or equal to 70 keV and a phototimer coupled to said X-ray tube for switching said tube on and off in accordance with an X-ray dose in the range from 0.75 up to 0.85 mR reaching said phototimer, placing an object between said X-ray tube and said phototimer, placing a cassette with a binderless storage phosphor panel or screen between said object and said phototimer and activating said X-ray tube for exposing said object, said cassette and said phototimer until said phototimer switches said X-ray tube off, wherein said binderless storage phosphor panel comprises a vacuum deposited phosphor layer ( 1 ) on a support ( 2 ), and wherein said support includes a layer of amorphous carbon ( 23 ) having a thickness between 500 μm and 2000 μm.