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4. Using the exposure conditions outlined in Section 5.1, expose each imaging plate. If pos-
5. Turn on your erasing light source. We recommend a light box or a minimum l00-watt
6. Remove one imaging plate from its barrier envelope and place it with the blue side toward
7. Scan the imaging plate. If an image appears, the plate was not completely erased. Repeat
8. Repeat steps 1-4. This time, under low light conditions, remove the imaging plates from
9. Remove the scanned imaging plates and place them, in the dark, into a light-protected
10. Now repeat steps 6 and 7, exposing one plate (blue side toward light) to the erasing light
The time required to erase an imaging plate will vary depending on the quality and
intensity of the erasing light source. It should be fairly easy to find a light source that will
erase imaging plates in 2-3 minutes.
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sible, place an object, such as an extracted tooth, in the path of the X-ray beam.
incandescent light bulb (see Section 5.2).
the light for 2 minutes.
step 6, adding a minute to the exposure time. Continue to repeat until no image appears
on the monitor. Record the erasing time that resulted in no image. This is the time required
to erase an unscanned imaging plate.
the barrier envelopes and mount them on a carousel. Scan the imaging plates.
area (such as a light-tight drawer).
for 2 minutes, the next plate for 3 minutes, etc., until you find the point where no image
appears on the monitor. This is the time required to erase a scanned imaging plate.
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