Radiation image reading device

A radiation image reading device comprising:

• a light scanning unit which scans excitation light to a surface of a recording medium having a radiation image recorded thereon along a scan line;
• a light detection unit including a light detection region of an elongated shape which extends along the scan line, the light detection unit detecting signal light emitted from the surface of the recording medium by the scanning of the excitation light within a detection surface that intersects the surface of the recording medium, extends along a length direction of the light detection region and includes the scan line;
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• an optical filter which is disposed between the light detection unit and the surface of the recording medium,
• wherein each of a transmittance when the excitation light reflected from the surface of the recording medium is transmitted through the optical filter and a transmittance when the signal light emitted from the surface of the recording medium at an angle larger than a predetermined angle with respect to a direction perpendicular to the scan line within the detection surface is transmitted through the optical filter is smaller than a transmittance when the signal light emitted from the surface of the recording medium at an angle smaller than the predetermined angle with respect to a direction perpendicular to the scan line within the detection surface is transmitted through the optical filter, and
• wherein when a scan region of the excitation light and a detection region of the signal light have a centering alignment relationship within the detection surface, an equation of θ=tan−1{(W2−W1)/2D} is established on the assumption that a width of the scan region is indicated by W1, a width of the detection region is indicated by W2 and is greater than the width of the scan region, a distance between the scan region and the detection region is indicated by D, and the predetermined angle is indicated by θ.