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.