| US 7,498,597 B2 | ||
| Storage phosphor layer and system and method for erasing same | ||
| Andreas Bode, Munich (Germany); Georg Reiser, Munich (Germany); Ralph Thoma, Augsburg (Germany); Marc Weber, Munich (Germany); Stefan Stallmeister, Glonn (Germany); Stephan Baunach, Munich (Germany); Heike Minwegen, Bad Aibling (Germany); Rupert Dedler, Jengen-Weinhausen (Germany); and Robert Fasbender, Erlangen (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Agfa HealthCare N.V., Mortsel (Belgium) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 31, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/831,207. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 06119939 (EP), filed on Aug. 31, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0054201 A1, Mar. 06, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01N 23/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 250—588 | 22 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for erasing a storage phosphor layer, comprising:
a radiation source for producing and emitting erasing radiation,
a drive for producing a relative movement between the storage phosphor layer and the radiation source, the storage phosphor
layer lying or being moved in a holding plane, and
a reflector for reflecting radiation that is arranged to reflect erasing radiation reflected by the storage phosphor layer
in the direction of the storage phosphor layer, and
a further reflecting surface for reflecting erasing radiation, the further reflecting surface being positioned opposite the
reflector, when considered in a direction at right angles to the direction of the relative movement; and
wherein the reflector has a groove- or trough-shaped cross-sectional surface.
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