Imaging plate illuminates many fields

• DOI: 10.1038/336089a0
• Publication Date: 2003-06-12T22:09:17Z
• Authors: Y. Amemiya; J. Miyahara
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; Crystallography; X-Ray Diffraction; Autoradiography; Technology, Radiologic

The erasable phosphor imaging plate developed for medical radiography has found new uses in the laboratory. X-ray diffraction, protein crystallography and autoradiography have all benefited from this technology transfer from the clinic.