JP2004109996A5

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Publication number: JP2004109996A5
Application number: JP2003294017A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2003-08-15
Publication date: 2006-10-05
Anticipated expiration: 2023-08-15

Claims

A radiation image reading apparatus that holds a photostimulable phosphor sheet and reads image information accumulated in the photostimulable phosphor sheet from a cassette in which a code storage element is arranged at a predetermined position,
An insertion slot for inserting the cassette;
Code reading means for reading code information from the code storage element of the cassette inserted into the insertion port on a one-sided basis;
Conveying means for taking in the cassette from which the code information has been read by the code reading means into the apparatus;
A width adjusting means for adjusting the cassette, the code information of which has been read by the code reading means, to a center reference;
Separating means for separating the cassette that has been width-adjusted by the width-releasing means so that the photostimulable phosphor sheet can be read; and
A radiation image reading apparatus comprising: reading means for reading image information accumulated in the photostimulable phosphor sheet that can be read by the separating means.

The cassette code information includes size information of the cassette,
The radiographic image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the width aligning unit performs width alignment of the cassette based on the code information.

The cassette code information includes size information of the cassette,
The radiographic image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transport unit takes the cassette into the apparatus so as to be an upper reference based on the code information.

4. The width adjustment of the cassette by the width adjusting means is performed after the cassette is taken into the apparatus by the conveying means. 5. Radiation image reader.

An insertion shutter that closes after the cassette is taken into the apparatus from the insertion port by the conveying means;
5. The radiographic image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the width adjusting unit adjusts the width after the insertion shutter is closed. 6.

The cassette has a structure that is separated into a front plate and a back plate,
6. The radiographic image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the width adjusting means has a structure that holds only the front plate and does not hold the back plate.

On the width adjusting means, there is a width adjusting sensor that changes from OFF to ON when the width adjusting means holds the cassette.
The radiation image reading apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when the width adjusting means holds the cassette, the operation is stopped if the width adjusting sensor is not turned ON. .

8. The radiation image according to claim 1, wherein the reading unit reads image information by the reading unit while sub-scanning the photostimulable phosphor sheet with a center reference. Reader.

Erasing means for erasing image information remaining in the photostimulable phosphor sheet from which image information has been read by the reading means;
The photostimulable phosphor sheet from which image information has been erased by the erasing means is united so that the photostimulable phosphor sheet is held in the cassette, and the cassette united by the uniting unit is centered The radiographic image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for conveying and discharging.

The radiographic image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein image information is read from a plurality of cassettes having different sizes.

A radiographic image reading device for reading radiographic image information from a photostimulable phosphor sheet attached to a back plate side of a cassette in which a front plate and a back plate can be separated,
An insertion slot for inserting the cassette;
A width adjusting means for adjusting the width of the cassette inserted from the insertion port;
Separating means for separating the front plate and the back plate of the cassette;
Reading means for reading radiation image information accumulated in the photostimulable phosphor sheet;
A unit for combining the front plate and the back plate;
The width adjusting means is configured to hold only the front plate of the cassette,
The separating operation of the front plate and the back plate by the separating device and the combining operation of the front plate and the back plate by the combining device are performed in a state where the front plate is held by the width adjusting device. A radiation image reading apparatus characterized by the above.

The radiographic image reading apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the cassette is held by the width adjusting means by holding a frame of a front plate by a protrusion provided on the width adjusting means.