Radiographic imaging device
AssigneeFUJIFILM Corporation
InventorsNaoyuki Nishinou, Haruyasu Nakatsugawa
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Abstract
An electronic cassette that is equipped with a drive mechanism capable of accommodating a radiation detection section respectively in two casings and that is capable of changing the surface area of the radiation detection section to be externally exposed and the exposure position on the radiation detection section. Deterioration of the radiation detection section from radiation can be distributed due to control such that the same exposure position is not repeatedly employed. An electronic cassette is accordingly provided that does not suffer from uneven effects of deterioration from radiation within a single sheet radiation detection section even with repeated use.
Claims28
A radiographic imaging device, comprising:
- a flexible radiation detection section that is formed with pixels arrayed in a two dimensional matrix and that detects radiation and converts the detected radiation to radiographic image data;
- a first casing;
- a second casing;
- a first drive mechanism that at least one of accommodates the radiation detection section inside the first casing or feeds out the radiation detection section from inside the first casing;
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- a second drive mechanism that at least one of accommodates the radiation detection section inside the second casing or feeds out the radiation detection section from inside the second casing, wherein
- a portion at a first end of the radiation detection section is attached to the first drive mechanism, and
- a portion at a second end of the radiation detection section is attached to the second drive mechanism.
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