Real-time readout method of an imaging plate using wavelength-shifting fibers and a streak camera

A novel high-speed readout method of an imaging plate using wavelength-shifting fibers and a streak camera was developed aiming at real-time imaging. Imaging plate is scanned by a line-shape laser to read out all the pixels in one axis of imaging plate at the same time. Released photostimulated luminescences are detected from backside of the plate by the fibers and the streak camera. With preliminary experiments, it is confirmed that a radiation image can be measured by this method.