Patent ID: 7426259

Claim:
An imaging system that removes an electrical charge from a sensor, comprising: a generator that generates x-rays; a sensor that stores an electrical charge created by the generated x-rays; a reflective plate that is positioned above the sensor; a light source, wherein the light source is detached from the sensor and the reflective plate and is between the plane corresponding to the lower surface of the reflective plate and the plane corresponding to the lower surface of the sensor; and a controller that determines whether the electrical charge should be removed from the sensor, and when it is determined that the electrical charge should be removed from the sensor, the controller controls the light source to illuminate the reflective plate so that the light from the light source is distributed on a top surface of the sensor wherein, the sensor is an array of sensors that includes a layer of x-ray sensitive material, and the reflective plate is positioned to be in contact with the surface of the x-ray sensitive material.