Patent ID: 7622730

Claim:
An image read out method for a storage phosphor screen which has been subjected to radiation to form a latent image therein, the method comprising: exposing the storage phosphor screen to a first stimulating radiation from a first side of the storage phosphor screen to release a first stimulated radiation in the pattern of the stored latent image, wherein the first stimulating radiation is at a first power level, a first scan speed, and a first set of scanning parameters; photoelectrically detecting the first stimulated radiation; exposing the storage phosphor screen to a second stimulating radiation from the first side of the storage phosphor screen to release a second stimulated radiation in the pattern of the stored latent image, wherein the second stimulating radiation is at a second power level, a second scan speed, and a second set of scanning parameters, wherein the second scanning exposure is higher than the first scanning exposure, and wherein the second set of scanning parameters differ in at least one parameter from the first set of scanning parameters; photoelectrically detecting the second stimulated radiation, the first stimulated radiation having a greater amount of high spatial frequency image data than the second stimulated radiation; and combining the photoelectrically detected first and second stimulated radiation to form a combined image signal.