Storage phosphor plate assembly, X-ray cassette and system for reading out storage phosphor plates
AssigneeAgfa Healthcare NV
InventorsAnton Pirmann, Stephan Mair
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Abstract
A storage phosphor plate assembly includes at least one storage phosphor plate having a storage phosphor layer for storing X-ray information and a substrate layer on which the storage phosphor layer is provided. The substrate layer contains a permanent magnetic material, and a support plate contains a magnetic material, the at least one storage phosphor plate being held on the support plate due to magnetic forces. The invention further relates to an X ray cassette and a system for reading out storage phosphor plate. An easy and safe handling of storage phosphor plates of various sizes and/or forms, in particular during the read-out process in the read-out system, is achieved.
Claims13
A storage phosphor plate assembly comprising:
- at least one storage phosphor plate including a storage phosphor layer that emits emission light upon irradiation with stimulating light and stores X-ray information, and a substrate layer including a permanent magnetic material on which the storage phosphor layer is provided;
- a support plate including a magnetic material;
- and
- at least one marking element provided on the support plate and including a fluorescent material that emits fluorescent light upon irradiation with the stimulating light;
- wherein
- the at least one storage phosphor plate is held on the support plate by magnetic forces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.