Patent ID: 7170079

Claim:
A method of reading out information items stored in a phosphor layer in which the phosphor layer is excited to emit emission light by a light source emitting stimulation light, the light source being moved relative to the phosphor layer, the emission light is sensed by a detector, and the detector is moved relative to the phosphor layer to consecutively sense the emission light emitted from individual regions in the phosphor layer, the individual regions of the phosphor layer being successively irradiated with the stimulation light and excited to emit the emission light, wherein the detector senses the emission light emitted from a region in the phosphor layer during an integration time (T I ) that is less than a forward-travel time (T V ) required for relative movement of the detector by a width (B V ) of the region in a forward-travel direction (V) and a first subregion of each region is irradiated with stimulation light and a second subregion of each region is excited by stimulation light scattered in the phosphor layer to emit emission light.