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Kodak and Computed Radiography
Modern computed radiography, using storage phosphor imaging plates, can be traced to 1973, when George Luckey,
a research scientist at Eastman Kodak Company, filed a patent application titled Apparatus and Method for
Producing Images Corresponding to Patterns of High Energy Radiation. In 1975, when George’s patent (US 3,859,527) was
approved, Kodak also patented the first scanned storage phosphor system, thus giving birth to modern computed
radiography.
Kodak ACR2000 Computed Radiography System
For large images on flexible plates in a portable system
Only the ACR-2000 packs the powerful combination of portability and flexible phosphor imaging plates – plates as long as the job requires. Wrap our flexible plates around pipes. Bend them over an aircraft wing. The KODAK INDUSTREX ACR-2000 Digital System lets you do more with bigger plates right in the field.
Our “go anywhere” ACR-2000 Digital System is small and portable so you can pack it in your pickup. Or take it on a ship. Or push it on a cart through a factory. Just plug your ACR-2000 into a power source and the system is ready to read images. With an internet connection, you can even transmit them real time to the home office. On the road, use a laptop for reviewing images to make sure you have the results you need. Never again return for retakes; you can see your results in about a minute. No chemicals, no films, no mess – and no environmental issues from processing chemicals. And the imaging plate can be used over and over. That means you can travel light.
With the ACR-2000’s phosphor imaging plate, you can shoot one image instead of the five or more you may need to shoot on film. That’s because a phosphor imaging plate has ten times the dynamic range of film. The ACR-2000’s simple but powerful image visualization software lets you focus on suspect areas and draw out details. With fewer images to examine and the ability to adjust them, a more thorough analysis is possible. And the software is so intuitive that you can quickly master it. Best of all, the ACR-2000 delivers the high image quality you expect from KODAK INDUSTREX Products.
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