Any one know of the best way to scan an image off a film like those used in a x-ray or MRI?
Those films are typically viewed by placing them on a light box. This obviously requires lighting from behind. Common document scanners work by measuring the light reflected off the document.
Truth be told, they are MRI images of my head. I want to digitize each and pull them into my 3D cad software and build a 3D model of my skull. Then print it on my 3D printer.
We read MRI’s with DICOM readers, but I imagine you would be able to somehow use that to create the 3D image in a program. X-rays are harder because they aren’t calibrated (most of the time) and obviously only have certain views taken whereas the MRI will give you many more slices and is electronically calibrated
I was figured the scanners light source - which is in front of the film, would just create reflections on the films surface. And not reflections of the image on the film, just “glare”.
As a typical engineer, I’m trying to solve problems I’ve not yet run into (and my not even exist)