Apparatus and system for reading out X-ray information stored in storage phosphor plates
AssigneeAgfa Healthcare NV
InventorAnton Pirmann
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Abstract
An apparatus and a corresponding system for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate includes a reading device for irradiating the storage phosphor plate with stimulation light and for detecting emitted light excited thereby in the storage phosphor plate, and a transport device for transporting the storage phosphor plate relative to the reading device and having a roller drive and at least one roller that can be set rotating about the axis of rotation thereof by the roller drive. In order to simplify the design of the apparatus and of the system while providing as reliable a transport of the storage phosphor plate as possible, the roller includes at least one magnetic area that has a helical progression.
Claims14
An apparatus for reading out X-ray information stored in a storage phosphor plate, the apparatus comprising:
- a read-out device configured to irradiate the storage phosphor plate with stimulating light and to detect emission light which is stimulated in the storage phosphor plate;
- a transport device configured to transport the storage phosphor plate relative to the read-out device, the transport device including a roller drive and at least one roller configured to rotate about a rotational axis of the at least one roller by the roller drive;
- wherein
- the at least one roller includes a magnetic area arranged along a helical course.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.