Radiation conversion panel, and apparatus for and method of reading radiation image information from radiation conversion panel

An apparatus for reading radiation image information stored in a radiation conversion panel for recording therein radiation image information by being irradiated with a radiation and for allowing recorded radiation image information to be read by being scanned with reading light, comprising:

• reading means for scanning said radiation conversion panel, which has a marker for acquiring scanned position information representing a position where the radiation conversion panel is scanned by the reading light, with said reading light, to read said radiation image information and said scanned position information;
• storing means for storing said radiation image information in association with said scanned position information;
• correcting means for correcting said radiation image information associated with said scanned position information read by said reading means, based on a residue of past radiation image information remaining in said radiation conversion panel after said radiation image information has been read therefrom, and associated with said scanned position information;
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• wherein said radiation conversion panel comprises a radiation solid-state detector for storing said radiation image information as electric charge information and generating a current depending on said electric charge information when irradiated with said reading light.

An apparatus for reading radiation image information stored in a radiation conversion panel for recording therein radiation image information by being irradiated with a radiation and for allowing recorded radiation image information to be read by being scanned with reading light, comprising:

• reading means for scanning said radiation conversion panel, which has a marker for acquiring scanned position information representing a position where the radiation conversion panel is scanned by the reading light, with said reading light, to read said radiation image information and said scanned position information;
• storing means for storing said radiation image information in association with said scanned position information;
• correcting means for correcting desired radiation image information stored in said radiation conversion panel and associated with the scanned position information read from said radiation conversion panel by said reading means, based on a residue of the radiation image information and the scanned position information remaining in said radiation conversion panel and read therefrom by said reading means;
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• wherein said radiation conversion panel comprises a radiation solid-state detector for storing said radiation image information as electric charge information and generating a current depending on said electric charge information when irradiated with said reading light.

A method of reading radiation image information stored in a radiation conversion panel for recording therein radiation image information by being irradiated with a radiation and for allowing recorded radiation image information to be read by being scanned with reading light, comprising the steps of:

• scanning said radiation conversion panel, which has a marker for acquiring scanned position information representing a position where the radiation conversion panel is scanned by the reading light, with said reading light, to read said radiation image information and said scanned position information;
• storing said radiation image information in association with said scanned position information;
• correcting said radiation image information associated with said scanned position information, based on a residue of past radiation image information remaining in said radiation conversion panel after said radiation image information has been read therefrom, and associated with said scanned position information;
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• wherein said radiation conversion panel comprises a radiation solid-state detector for storing said radiation image information as electric charge information and generating a current depending on said electric charge information when irradiated with said reading light.

A method of reading radiation image information stored in a radiation conversion panel for recording therein radiation image information by being irradiated with a radiation and for allowing recorded radiation image information to be read by being scanned with reading light, comprising the steps of:

• scanning said radiation conversion panel, which has a marker for acquiring scanned position information representing a position where the radiation conversion panel is scanned by the reading light, with said reading light, to read said radiation image information and said scanned position information by reading means;
• storing said radiation image information in association with said scanned position information;
• correcting desired radiation image information stored in said radiation conversion panel and associated with the scanned position information read from said radiation conversion panel by said reading means, based on a residue of the radiation image information and the scanned position information remaining in said radiation conversion panel and read therefrom by said reading means;
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• wherein said radiation conversion panel comprises a radiation solid-state detector for storing said radiation image information as electric charge information and generating a current depending on said electric charge information when irradiated with said reading light.