Abstract: A storage phosphor reader includes a multicassette autoloader for vertically oriented storage phosphor cassettes, the autoloader having a front, back, and opposite sides. The autoloader includes an input bin for receiving multiple vertically oriented storage phosphor cassettes stacked together in face-to-face contact such that said cassette faces face front and back; wherein each of said cassettes contains a storage phosphor which is removable from said cassette; and an output bin located beside said input bin, said output bin having a storage phosphor read location at which a storage phosphor is removed from and replaced in a storage phosphor cassette positioned at said storage phosphor read location, and having an output region for read cassettes to be subsequently removed from said output bin.

Abstract: A storage phosphor reader includes a multicassette autoloader for vertically oriented storage phosphor cassettes, the autoloader having a front, back, and opposite sides. The autoloader includes an input bin for receiving multiple vertically oriented storage phosphor cassettes stacked together in face-to-face contact such that the cassette faces face front and back; wherein each of the cassettes contains a storage phosphor which is removable from said cassette; an output bin located beside but spaced from the input bin; and a storage phosphor read location at which a storage phosphor is removed from and replaced in a cassette positioned at the storage phosphor read location; wherein the storage phosphor read location is located at the back of the autoloader and located in a path in line with the backs of the input bin and the output bin.

Abstract: A multicassette autoloader for vertically oriented storage phosphor cassettes includes a front, a back and opposite sides. The autoloader includes an input bin for receiving multiple vertically oriented storage phosphor cassettes stacked together in face-to-face contact, wherein the cassettes are oriented front-to-back with faces facing the autoloader sides, and wherein each of the cassettes contains a storage phosphor which is removable from the cassette; a storage phosphor read location at which a storage phosphor is removed from and replaced in a storage phosphor cassette positioned at the storage phosphor read location; and an output bin for receiving storage phosphor cassettes from the storage phosphor read location for subsequent removal.

Abstract: A storage phosphor cassette including a shell having a cavity and a storage phosphor assembly having a substantially rigid plate. The rigid plate is adapted to be removably contained within the cavity of the shell and is also comprised of a material which is optically and/or radiographically transparent. A single storage phosphor screen is supported on one side of the substantially rigid plate such that both surfaces of the storage phosphor screen are optically and/or radiographically visible. In a preferred embodiment, the rigid plate can be comprised of one or more layers of clear acrylic, or at least one layer of glass disposed intermediate two layers of clear acrylic.

Abstract: A durable x-ray film cassette particularly suited for mammography. The cassette includes a premolded tubeside and screenside panels encased in secondary molding process into a molded framework in which the screenside panel and the tubeside panel are joined by an integrally molded living hinge molded to the top edge of an upstanding back wall of the tubeside panel to allow close positioning of the X-ray film to the patient's chest wall. Relative movement between the closed screenside and tubeside panels is suppressed by means of a locating feature including a locating tab and a locating notch formed in at least one pair of facing framework lateral side segments.