A system has been described for reading out a plurality of stimulable
phosphor screens, plates or panels, after exposing said screens to X-rays
having an energy in the range from 25 up to 150 kVp, the screens being
selected from the group consisting of binder containing powder screens
and binderless, crystalline or amorphous phosphor layer screens; wherein
said phosphors are divalent europium activated alkali halide type
phosphors wherein said halide is at least one of bromide or a combination
of bromide with at least one of chloride and iodide, or divalent europium
activated alkaline earth metal halide phosphors, wherein said halide is
at least one of fluoride, chloride, bromide and iodide or a combination
thereof, and wherein said screens are consecutively subjected to
following steps of stimulating said phosphor screens by means of
stimulation energy; detecting stimulated emission energy, emitted by the
phosphor screen upon stimulation; converting detected energy into a
signal representation of said radiation image; erasing said phosphor
screen by exposing it to erasing energy; wherein differences in maximum
wavelength of stimulation spectra of said differing screens are in the
range from 10 nm up to 100 nm, wherein differences in maximum wavelength
of stimulated emission spectra of said differing screens are in the range
from 10 nm up to 150 nm, and wherein filtering means are provided for
preventing stimulation radiation from being detected by detecting means,
and for transmitting radiation emitted upon stimulation.