New computed radiography using scanning laser stimulated luminescence.
This short paper summarizes the basic concept and the technology of a new computed radiographic system which uses an energy-storage phosphorus panel called "Imaging Plate" as an image sensor. The "Imaging Plate" can be used to obtain radiographs in exactly the same way as the screen-film combination is used in conventional radiography. The system eliminates the drawbacks of conventional screen-film radiography by combining digital image processing and digitization of the x-ray energy pattern utilizing scanning laser stimulated luminescence.
D000703:Analog-Digital Conversion; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D011859:Radiography / Q000379:methods*; D013382:Subtraction Technique