In this video i begin looking at a Kodak DirectView CR500 Computed Radiography scanner.
A computed radiography system exposes special x-ray plates in regular x-ray equipment but the image is not stored photographically. It's stored in special materials on the imaging plate.
To reveal the image stored on the plate it's digitally recovered using a CR Reader, which is what the Kodak CD500 is. The cassette is offered up the the machine where it extracts the imaging plate from the cassette, scans a red laser over the plate which makes the material fluoresce blue. The blue light is picked up using photomultiplier tubes and then digitised and processed so the image can be viewed on a computer.
The imaging plate is then exposed to bright visible light to erase it for re-use.
Part 1: Disassembly of the main components.
Part 2: Looking closer at the main components.
