Scanner for dental x-rays. I need some advice, plaese!

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"Costas Soros" <csoros@dent.auth.gr> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody!
> I'm interested in bying a scanner for digitizing intraoral dental x-rays
> (dimensions: 40mm x 30mm). Normally a film/slide scanner would do the job,
> however the dimensions of an intraoral film are slightly bigger than those
> of slide (35mm, right?). If it were not for this, I would have already
> bought a microtek filmscan 2700 which is cheap, compact (very important
> for a dental office) and seems efficient.
>
> How can I surpass the problem of dimensions, without having to invest in
> really expensive scanners?
> (Please, avoid to inform me about indirect ways of digitizing x-rays, such
> as capturing with a digital camera by means of the light-box. I know all
> about, it is not functional)
>
> I thank you in advance.
>
> Costas Soros, DDS.
>
A medium format film scanner or a flatbed with transparency adapter with
2.25 X 2.25 inch capacity will do the job.

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"MCheu" <mpcheu@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 23:23:45 GMT, "CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Costas Soros" <csoros@dent.auth.gr> wrote in message
>>news:417175B1.5090507@dent.auth.gr...
>>> Hi everybody!
>>> I'm interested in bying a scanner for digitizing intraoral dental
>>> x-rays
>>> (dimensions: 40mm x 30mm). >>> I thank you in advance.
>>>
>>> Costas Soros, DDS.
>>>
>>A medium format film scanner or a flatbed with transparency adapter
>>with
>>2.25 X 2.25 inch capacity will do the job.
>>
>>--
>>CSM1
>
> In the absence of a transparency adapter, would not a simple piece
> of
> white paper + a 1200dpi or 2400dpi flatbed also work?
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>
> MCheu

I doubt that enough light would be reflected back from the paper. Most
would come from the surface of the film. After all, you need a light
emitting adapter to scan color negatives or slides on a flat-bed
scanner.


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James V. Silverton
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