So Recently - because of binge running - I ended up with pain in my right thigh. So I had to visit an orthopedic doctor who diagnosed me with a pulled
sciatica. We got an X-Ray done to make sure it wasn't the spine that was digging into the nerve to cause pain. It wasn't. No I usually digitize my medical records myself - the prescriptions and lab reports. This time I had an X-Ray film that I needed to scan with a regular scanner.
Drawing inspiration from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM5XzDYfG60 here is what I got:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCxS96lavBB-zBv7s0uxZX4OEzNmZRhKCzpgDhDAiJe2X1j_dx9jByi9h7ET-QH83s_ShL7mh3Y2YRN8ywvSKnQy1tPQHy4kfm-JSnTULujA-x89dLqXC48BPE0DC7N65eUe9F04X6Yw0/s640/img217.jpg) |
Trial 1: Regular scan on Epson L550. Regular settings |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeKvNUK3jrnzA7Lemgby2wiMONulXyDZEIrrfEsSHYJxo5WQCMb8ibd9h0aOZKDQkD5V2uzp8A7gQ98EeBQL9O07IkD5t38LumXz5OrOqAZTZJeWtLeYlabp1mZzOkJ5WfBpJaOL9Lyh4/s640/img218.jpg) |
Trial 2: My friend has a Lenovo yoga 500 laptop - the one whose screen can be
flipped 360 degrees and turned into a tablet PC. I did just that and used it as a backlight
for the X-Ray film. I created a 1920x1080 sized image in mspaint with nothing but white in it.
I used IrfanView to display the image fullscreen and placed the laptop over the X-Ray film on the scanner.
Performed the scan with regular settings and got immediately improved results!
All I needed to do was to somehow remove the magenta and light green lines caused by scanning the screen.
Some sort of diffuser was needed.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIdkVRf9F8Q6RtdqiEFhxsfrtHFRFejS0PWixgdx7c5osEAJZLxi0_45wBgLGYMqgoZM5eJlrX4-NQoPA_1Yp9BLANGke66GjVydEFq1S183eI0mOo6OD5SCrNr2nhOq4P45t3Smp8amU/s320/2017-01-15+13.40.53.jpg) |
Lenovo yoga 500 as a backlight |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0oVRNfONVQ_57CFPWS1z63ypOTgjYtwf0MKbRMOg_T-EuSp76hv_hANCRHezfqUQhCUUPyhzPJhqsLN-80OR-l7IwSEwV1E_KiNx8cCTAv6LQytKG_Ceoa58pyJr3Z2VU4yS0xEBp-U/s320/2017-01-15+13.41.38.jpg) |
Lenovo Yoga 500 as backlight |
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![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Tvki6lue4Ya9eCK64cYNgLRRP7-8e9lJLSJemvIFk0ODqr9w8aSrnWMzF91v6yYx5ff_Sn8qaKwujBgZRb7XTPTflaRAqhMaZWBsodcw9vhz1JNMp0w98CRNlMM0KO0m93Sxto1d5fI/s640/img219.jpg) |
Trial 3: Used a copier paper as a diffuser between the tablet PC screen and X-Ray: No Joy |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4cFFSZ2y2LaFipHXHbCoE_HbeqtN81dEZ7s_ttLNdUEZsZCBdWDevMK9E6qoKXBF2ZA5Sixc8Zz5ibXipxTo4Nab3kixiZJ2QHx3mWkaAnykibD767A6cOLNyQ8_KSU4cmhobYmJesvk/s320/2017-01-15+13.41.27-2.jpg) |
75 gsm copier paper as diffuser |
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