Disclosed is a radiation image information reading method by scanning a stimulating ray on a radiation image converting panel surface to obtain a radiation image information stored on the radiation image converting panel, which comprises performing scanning of the stimulating ray while repeating successively irradiation and stopping thereof.
By use of the present invention, the noise caused by fluorescent afterglow, stimulation afterglow, stray light from outside of the apparatus or laser beam, etc., can be removed simply and correctly. Therefore, a visible image which is correct with good reproducibility corresponding to the real image and also good in sharpness can be obtained, whereby diagnosis with high reliability by radiation image is rendered possible.