Disadvantages

• CR is still not an approved method for most higher quality radiologic applications (aerospace), due to the possibility of digital manipulation to the captured image, the inherent geometric unsharpness and resultant lower spatial resolution as compared to film (radiographic) images, SNR (signal vs. noise)issues and sensitivity to scattered radiation, and the general lack of procedural consensus among primes and OEM's.

• Imaging plates (IP's) are quite expensive and can be easily damaged, if the system being used requires manual handling of the IP's. Theoretically, IP's may be reused thousands of times, but constant use will always result in damage to the IP and image artifacts, eventually to the point of necessary replacement.