Patent ID: 7049601

Claim:
An image reading method in which a solid-state detector for recording image information by accumulating charges generated by irradiation of a recording electromagnetic wave carrying the image information is used, an image signal corresponding to the image information is read for every pixel from the solid-state detector with the image information recorded therein by the irradiation of the recording electromagnetic wave, and the image signal is corrected based on a correction region signal read from a correction region where the incidence of the recording electromagnetic wave in the solid-state detector is suppressed, wherein the correction region is set as a correction pixel region formed in units of pixels, a plurality of the correction pixel regions are provided so as to be dispersed and distributed in an area where the recording electromagnetic wave is irradiated, and each image signal read from a read pixel positioned in a region other than the correction pixel regions is corrected based on a correction signal read from a correction pixel adjacent to the read pixel, and each correction pixel is used to correct a plurality of read pixels.