Patent Document ID: 5436952
Application ID: 08145089
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A telerecording system for producing x-ray images comprising: an x-ray image intensifier video means for converting a radiation image into a video image, and including a single semiconductor image converter which produces a series of converter images; detector means for controlling said single semiconductor image converter by identifying the presence of blooming in said converter images and, in the presence of blooming, for causing a first converter image in said series containing blooming to be acquired by said single semiconductor image converter and for subsequently causing a second converter image in said series to be acquired by said single semiconductor image converter which is exposed attenuated in comparison to said first image so that no blooming is present in said second converter image; memory means for storing said first converter image before acquisition of said second converter image; mixing means for superimposing said first converter image stored in said memory means and said second converter image to produce an image free of blooming; and means for displaying said image free of blooming.