Re-Erasing An Image Plate - AGFA DX-G User Manual

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Re-erasing an Image Plate

At the end of a digitizing cycle, the digitizer returns an erased image plate.
• GenRad: If the image plate has not been used for more than 48 hours.
• Mammography: If the image plate has not been used for more than 24
hours.
• If an image plate has been exposed to an exceptionally high X-ray dose. In
this case, deep layers of the image plate may still retain a latent image
after standard erasure. Leave the image plate to rest at least one day
before re-erasing it.
To re-erase an image plate:
1. Check that the digitizer is ready for operation:
The status indicator is continuously lighting up in green.
2. Press the Erase button on the touch panel at the front side of the digitizer.
The digitizer switches to erase mode.
The status indicator is continuously lighting up in blue.
3. Put the cassettes containing the image plate on the cassette buffer [1] of
the digitizer as shown below.
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WARNING:
In specific cases, you must re-erase the image plate before re-
using it in order to prevent ghost images from interfering with
the image of interest.