Radiation image read-out method and apparatus

Abstract From the Canadian patent

In a radiation image read-out system in which a stimulable phosphor sheet carrying a radiation image stored thereon is exposed to a stimulating ray which causes it to emit light in the pattern of the stored image and the emitted light, is photoelectrically read out preliminary read-out is conducted, to investigate the image input information on the phosphor sheet by use of a stimulating ray having stimulation energy lower than stimulation energy in final read-out for obtaining a visible image. The image input information is displayed e.g. on a CRT, to manually set final read-out and image processing conditions or directly sent to a control circuit for automatically setting them. Preliminary …