Process for reproducing radiation image using stimulable phosphor sheet having one-dimensionally extended partitions

A process for reproducing a radiation image, which comprises the steps of:

• scanning stimulating rays on a stimulable phosphor sheet in which a radiation image is recorded in the form of a latent image, the phosphor sheet comprising one-dimensionally extended partitions which comprise stimulating ray-reflecting material and which divide a plane of the phosphor sheet to give plural narrow sections, and a stimulable phosphor placed separately in the narrow sections, in such manner that the stimulating rays are scanned in a direction crossing the partitions, so that the stimulable phosphor produces emission;
• successively detecting photoelectrically the emission, so as to obtain a series of electric signals corresponding to the latent radiation image;
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• reproducing the radiation image from the electric signals.