Hand Scanner and Autorads

[Steven Smith]

Jim Gerlach <GERLACHJ at QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:

>     Does anyone know of a good and preferably cheap alternative to the
>standard X-ray viewer? Any other suggestions for scanning X-rays with a hand
>scanner? Thanx in advance for any suggestions.

Jim,
  Have you tried scanning with the film on a mirror?  Granted, this will
distort your readins a bit in that light will have to travel through the
film twice in order to register.  Let me know if this works.

Sincerely,
Steve Smith
Harvard Genome Lab