Photostimulable plate reading device

A photostimulable plate reading device, comprising:

• at least one photostimulable plate carrying image data and having two opposite surfaces;
• illuminating means for homogeneously illuminating a first one of the two opposite surfaces of the at least one photostimulable plate with light emitted in a first wavelength range, the illumination causing the at least one photostimulable plate both to emit light in a second wavelength range by photostimulated luminescence and to scatter light in the first wavelength range;
• filtering means for allowing substantially 1000000 times more light emitted in the second wavelength range to pass than light emitted in the first wavelength range, the filtering means facing a second one of the two opposite surfaces of the at least one photostimulated plate;
• and
• detecting means composed of a two dimensional array of pixels for detecting the light allowed to pass and for obtaining image data therefrom, wherein the photostimulable plate is bonded to the filtering means and the filtering means is bonded to the detecting means.

A photostimulable plate reading device, comprising:

• at least one photostimulable plate carrying image data;
• illuminating means for homogeneously illuminating the at least one photostimulable plate with light emitted in a first wavelength range, the illumination causing the at least one photostimulable plate both to emit light in a second wavelength range by photostimulated luminescence and to scatter light in the first wavelength range;
• filtering means for preventing the light scattered in the first wavelength range from passing and for allowing the light emitted in the second wavelength range to pass, the at least one photostimulable plate being arranged between the illuminating means and the filtering means;
• and
• detecting means composed of a two dimensional array of pixels for detecting the light allowed to pass and for obtaining image data therefrom,
• wherein the photostimulable plate is bonded to the filtering means and the filtering means is bonded to the detecting means.