A radiological imaging apparatus and method corrects fixed pattern noise (FPN)
generated within the apparatus and suppresses increases in random noise attendant
upon FPN correction to provide radiological imaging having improved reliability
and image quality. The apparatus has a signal processing circuit that digitizes
analog output from a read-out circuit, four FPN memories for storing four dark
outputs, a light memory for storing a light output after X-ray exposure of a subject,
a CPU for controlling the signal processing circuit as well as FPN and light memories,
and a shift resister 7 controlled by the CPU. The method involves averaging
multiple dark outputs and subtracting the FPN data average so obtained from the
light output which includes the X-ray imaged to enhance picture quality. Since
the FPN correction uses FPN data that has been averaged over multiple dark outputs,
the method also suppresses random noise generated by the FPN correction for enhanced
imaging accuracy.
