Phosphor screen scanning systems
AssigneePhormax Corporation
InventorsGary Cantu, Wayne Evans, Todd Lewis
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Abstract
A system for scanning an imaging plate, comprising: a continuous belt drive; a first scanning head mounted to the belt drive; a second scanning head mounted to the belt drive; and a laser positioned to direct a laser beam in a beam path across the imaging plate, wherein the continuous belt drive is positioned to sequentially move each of the first and second scanning heads in a path collinear with the laser beam path when moving across the imaging plate.
Claims33
A system for scanning an imaging plate, comprising:
- a continuous belt drive;
- a first scanning head mounted to the belt drive;
- a second scanning head mounted to the belt drive;
- and
- a laser positioned to direct a laser beam in a beam path across the imaging plate, wherein the continuous belt drive is positioned to sequentially move each of the first and second scanning heads in a path collinear with the laser beam path when moving across the imaging plate.
A system for scanning an imaging plate, comprising:
- a continuous belt drive;
- a plurality of scanning heads mounted to the belt drive;
- and
- a laser positioned to direct a laser beam in a beam path across the imaging plate, wherein the continuous belt drive is positioned to sequentially move each of the plurality of scanning heads in a path collinear with the laser beam path when moving across the imaging plate.
A method of scanning an imaging plate, comprising:
- directing a laser beam in a beam path across the surface of the imaging plate;
- and
- alternatingly moving first and second scanning heads across the surface of the imaging plate in a path collinear with the beam path wherein only one of the first and second scanning heads is positioned collinear with the beam path at a time.
A method of scanning an imaging plate, comprising:
- directing a laser beam in a beam path across the surface of the imaging plate;
- and
- alternatingly moving as plurality of scanning heads across the surface of the imaging plate in a path collinear with the beam path where in only one of the plurality of scanning heads is positioned collinear with the beam path at a time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.