Thermal developing appts. and thermal developing method and program

Abstract

An image processing apparatus, comprising: an exposing device for exposing an image forming material so as to form a latent image on the image forming material based on image data; a thermal developing device for developing and visualizing the latent image on the exposed image forming material so as to form an image; a measuring device for measuring the image density of the image on the developed image forming material; a calibrating device for forming a table to define a relation between an image signal and image density on the basis of plural different test image data and measured-image densities thereof; a counting device for counting the number of the image forming material developed within predetermined time; and a controlling device for controlling the exposing device, the thermal developing device, the measuring device, the calibrating device and the counting device; wherein the controlling device stop forming the table for predetermined time when the counting device counts the number of the developed image forming material more than predetermined number.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a thermal development device, a thermal development method and a program, and in detail relates to a thermal development device, a thermal development method and a program capable of processing the film with an appropriate density when forming a medical diagnostic image on the film. Background technique [0002] Since medical laser imagers express diagnostic images in shades, there is a strong hope for the basic function of stabilizing the output density for a long time. In addition, when photographing / printing the front, side, and lumbar spine of the chest, it is characterized by many ways of use: For one patient, take several pictures such as front, side, lateral flexion, and lateral back flexion, up to 4 consecutive pictures. photography. [0003] In such a medical laser imager, in order to make the digital / video signal (designated density signal) from each modality form a certain density on the film, there is a so-called...

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In addition, when heaters are overlapped to avoid heater gaps, temperature abnormalities are likely to occur on the drum surface corresponding to the overlapped portion.

Based on the measured value of the abnormal density part, a calibration LUT is formed to offset it. Using this calibration LUT, when printing a diagnostic image later, an appropriate density gradation cannot be obtained, causing adverse effects on diagnosis.

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