Method for readout of a stimulable phosphor screen

Method of obtaining an electrical representation of a radiation image comprising the steps of:

• exposing a stimulable phosphor plate comprising a stimulable phosphor having a stimulating wavelength range to said radiation image, thereby recording said radiation image on said phosphor plate,
• stimulating said stimulable phosphor plate with stimulating light having a wavelength within said stimulating wavelength range of said stimulable phosphor during at least one stimulation time period causing said stimulable phosphor sheet to emit stimulated light ,
• detecting said stimulated light emitted by said stimulable phosphor plate by use of a photoelectric conversion means during at least one readout time period,
• converting the detected stimulated light into said electrical signal representation,
• characterised in that at least one of said readout time periods lies at least partially outside said stimulation time period(s).