Patent ID: 7620230

Claim:
Image carrier for the storage of X-ray information and a system for processing the imaging carrier which includes a central memory and a read device, the image carrier including an electronic memory for the storage of data that is read by the read device, wherein the data stored in the electronic memory of the image carrier are stored in different data groups; wherein a patient data group contains at least one reference code referring to data stored in the central memory relating to a patient whose X-ray information is stored in the image carrier, wherein the data stored in the central memory relating to the patient comprise at least one of the name, birth date, or gender of the patient, a processing data group contains at least one reference code referring to data stored in the central memory relating to control of a further processing or a reproduction of image data obtained from the X-ray information stored in the image carrier; wherein data in the electronic memory that are specific for the image carrier are stored in an image carrier data group and comprise at least one of the image plate size, sensitivity, or erasure property; wherein the data in the electronic memory include no reference code referring to data stored in the central memory that are specific for the image carrier; wherein data in the electronic memory relating to a processing state of the image carrier are stored in a state data group; wherein the data in the electronic memory include no reference code referring to data stored in the central memory relating to the processing state of the image carrier; and wherein the read device reads the electronic memory to read the data stored in the different data groups.