Patent ID: 7479647

Claim:
An apparatus for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor layer, comprising: a support onto which a storage phosphor plate is laid or on which the storage phosphor plate is guided, the storage phosphor plate including a storage phosphor layer and a support layer onto which the storage phosphor layer is applied; an irradiation device that irradiates the storage phosphor layer with stimulation radiation to stimulate the storage phosphor layer to produce emission radiation; a detection device for reading out the X-ray image information stored in the storage phosphor layer by collecting the emission radiation which the storage phosphor layer emits as a result of the stimulation radiation; controller for processing X-ray image information read out from the storage phosphor layer by the detection device; a distance sensor for determining a distance of the distance sensor from the storage phosphor plate lying or guided on the support; the controller processing the X-ray image information read out from the storage phosphor layer by the detection device in response to the distance determined by the distance sensor.