Abstract
Imaging plates containing photostimulable phosphorus materials have an ability to detect two-dimensional images in a wide wavelength range from X-rays to visible light. They have advantages of a high sensitivity, a wide dynamic range of more than five orders of magnitude, a fast processing time, easy aquisiton with computers, and erasability. In the present paper, some characteristics of the imaging plates with an emphasis on the responce for laser pulses are reviewed.
