Process for the collection and presentation of an X-ray image stored in a phosphor layer

A process for the collection and presentation of an X-ray image stored in a phosphor layer, the process comprising the steps of:

• collecting information in an area of the phosphor layer and in an area adjacent to, and outside of, the phosphor layer;
• dividing the information collected into a number of lines;
• determining a line limit for each of the lines, said line limit dividing the information in the respective line into line image information and line edge information, whereby each individual line limit is established at an intensity value which forms an average value between a maximum intensity and a minimum intensity in a selected section of the information of the respective line;
• deducing, from the line limits determined for the individual lines, an image limit which divides the information collected into the image information and the edge information, whereby the image information corresponds to the information collected in the area of the phosphor layer, and the edge information corresponds to the information collected in the area adjacent to, and outside of, the phosphor layer;
• and
• presenting the image information.