title: Imaging plate illuminates many fields.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Photon Factory, National Laboratory for High-Energy Physics, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Amemiya
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miyahara
mesh_terms: D001345:Autoradiography; D003461:Crystallography; D013679:Technology, Radiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction