WO2000019477A3 - Multiple-head phosphor screen scanner - Google Patents

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WO2000019477A3
WO2000019477A3 PCT/US1999/022104 US9922104W WO0019477A3 WO 2000019477 A3 WO2000019477 A3 WO 2000019477A3 US 9922104 W US9922104 W US 9922104W WO 0019477 A3 WO0019477 A3 WO 0019477A3
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rotatable frame
screen
phosphor storage
phosphor screen
laser light
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PCT/US1999/022104
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French (fr)
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WO2000019477A2 (en
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Gary Cantu
Wayne Evans
Todd Lewis
Eric G Rawson
Perry Q Anderson
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Phormax Corp
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Priority claimed from US09/260,890 external-priority patent/US6268613B1/en
Application filed by Phormax Corp filed Critical Phormax Corp
Priority to CA002345266A priority Critical patent/CA2345266A1/en
Priority to EP99958635A priority patent/EP1123502A4/en
Priority to AU15961/00A priority patent/AU1596100A/en
Priority to KR1020017003809A priority patent/KR20010089279A/en
Publication of WO2000019477A2 publication Critical patent/WO2000019477A2/en
Publication of WO2000019477A3 publication Critical patent/WO2000019477A3/en

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/04—Scanning arrangements, i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versa
    • H04N1/12—Scanning arrangements, i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versa using the sheet-feed movement or the medium-advance or the drum-rotation movement as the slow scanning component, e.g. arrangements for the main-scanning
    • H04N1/126—Arrangements for the main scanning
    • H04N1/129—Arrangements for the main scanning using an element rotating or oscillating about an axis not covered by any other group or code
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/04—Scanning arrangements, i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versa
    • H04N1/10—Scanning arrangements, i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versa using flat picture-bearing surfaces
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/04—Scanning arrangements, i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versa
    • H04N1/12—Scanning arrangements, i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versa using the sheet-feed movement or the medium-advance or the drum-rotation movement as the slow scanning component, e.g. arrangements for the main-scanning
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N2201/00—Indexing scheme relating to scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, and to details thereof
    • H04N2201/04—Scanning arrangements
    • H04N2201/0402—Arrangements not specific to a particular one of the scanning methods covered by groups H04N1/04 - H04N1/207
    • H04N2201/0424—Scanning non-straight lines

Abstract

A multiple-head scanning device (20) for reading an image stored on a photostimulable phosphor storage screen (10), comprising, a rotatable frame having a center (13) and an outer perimeter (15); a photomultiplier tube (40) mounted to the rotatable frame at a location proximal the center (13) of the rotatable frame; a plurality of radially extending optical trains (12) mounted to the rotatable frame at 120 degrees to one another, each optical train (12) configured to direct incident laser light towards phosphor storage screen (10) and to direct response radiation emitted by phosphor storage (10) screen in response to the incident laser light towards the photomultiplier tube (40).
PCT/US1999/022104 1998-09-25 1999-09-23 Multiple-head phosphor screen scanner WO2000019477A2 (en)

Priority Applications (4)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA002345266A CA2345266A1 (en) 1998-09-25 1999-09-23 Multiple-head phosphor screen scanner
EP99958635A EP1123502A4 (en) 1998-09-25 1999-09-23 Multiple-head phosphor screen scanner
AU15961/00A AU1596100A (en) 1998-09-25 1999-09-23 Multiple-head phosphor screen scanner
KR1020017003809A KR20010089279A (en) 1998-09-25 1999-09-23 Multiple-head phosphor screen scanner

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US10184098P 1998-09-25 1998-09-25
US60/101,840 1998-09-25
US09/260,890 US6268613B1 (en) 1999-03-02 1999-03-02 Multiple-head phosphor screen scanner
US09/260,890 1999-03-02

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WO2000019477A3 true WO2000019477A3 (en) 2000-11-23

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US6773160B2 (en) 2000-05-02 2004-08-10 Alara, Inc. Phosphor imaging plate and cassette handling system

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JPH032746A (en) * 1989-05-31 1991-01-09 Rigaku Corp Method and device for reading latent image
US5144135A (en) * 1989-09-24 1992-09-01 Jules Hendrix Image plate scanner

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JPH032746A (en) * 1989-05-31 1991-01-09 Rigaku Corp Method and device for reading latent image
US5144135A (en) * 1989-09-24 1992-09-01 Jules Hendrix Image plate scanner

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See also references of EP1123502A4 *

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