Scanning and enhancing an X-ray?

I am working on a creative project and am trying to scan an old X-ray of my ankle and enhance it in Photoshop CS3 to extract the image detail (the bone) from the background. The X-ray is, of course, very dark - when you hold it up to the light you see lots of detail but when you scan it the resulting image is extremely dark and there's very little contrast between the bone imagery and the background. I tried to adjust the image to bring out the detail, but am pretty new to Photoshop so did not have much luck.
Are there any special steps I can take to improve the scan and/or any Photoshop operations that can be used to separate the detail from the background?
Thanks,
Steve C.

Scanning an x-ray is exactly like scanning a negative except I think the densities are greater in the x-ray making it a bigger challenge for typical flatbed transparency scanners. If you're having problems with "shadow" detail, you may be revealing the weaknesses of your scanner. It may be necessary to have someone scan your ankle with a higher end scanner.
I worked on a project several years ago where I scanned about thirty x-rays which were then hand colored. Perhaps a different project than yours but the mid range flatbed scans I did at the time worked quite well. Today I'd probably try the drum scanner.

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I am trying to connect my wife's Ipod Classic to our Windows Vista computer. I get a Scan and Fix Message for the Ipod from Windows. I don't let it scan and click continue. Itunes is frozen and won't recognize the ipod. This has happened since upgrading to Itunes 10.7. Also Itunes is choppy in playing all video content since upgrading to Itunes 10.7.
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Failed Hardware Scan and other issues E440

Hi all,
This is probably more rant than anything, but I wanted to give a heads up to others too.
I have a ThinkPad E440 that is a year old. From the very first time I turned it on, there have been issues. The first hardware scan (via Lenovo Solution Center - LSC) showed a warning for the Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 Local Connection Test. There were also tons of System Events that always show up in the "Configuration History" part of the LSC. You can look at the calendar and tell exactly which days I used the computer because there will be System Events generated each day. Things like app crashes and failed drivers.
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Being in IT, I included a letter with the laptop that outlined the issues that should have been in the case. I also printed the hardware scans and what the system events looked like.
When I got the laptop back, the sheet inside said they had replaced the Speaker because of Distorted Sound. This was not even on the list even though I had noticed it. I didn't even power up the laptop before calling them again - yes, I was furious! Plus our power was out...
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I also found two pictures of the repair person in the recycle bin...
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Part Description                                           Symptom
IMAGE                                                             Replaced due to engineering change
System board                                                 Network card error
Hard disk drive                                                Network card error
ECA-WIRELESS                                            <no symptom listed>
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Hi amycdero and welcome to the HP Forum,
I understand that you are having scanning and printing issues after upgrading to Mavericks OS X v10.9.1. I will try my best to help you resolve this issue.
In this document for Mac OS X: Scanning Software Does Not Open or Stops Responding are steps the may help you with your scanning issue.
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I see you are running into issues with your scans save location. I would like to try and assist.
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I see that you are having some issues when attempting to do a scan or a copy.
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Officejet Pro 8600 e. New.
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Hi artrum,
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HP has released a cool new app for scanning on Windows 8. If you have a copy of WIndows 8, you can download HP Scan and Capture from the Microsoft Store or by clicking on this link:
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Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
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Could it be that the App isn't there for me - I am in the UK, and I don't get any chance to install from the Store (or from your link).
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To follow on...
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Waiting for an answer and a solution, best regards
Hi,
Sorry you have to wait longer because I can not find your printer model under Google. Must be very old ?
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HP Scan and Capture collate

I'm using the HP Scan and Capture app on an HP Envy desktop using Windows 8.1 and an HP Officejet 6500A Plus multi-function scanner.
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This is a nuisance for a four-page document, and it is unworkable for a 25-page document.
The work-around is to use the printer's native software, which does properly collate two-sided documents. However, the native software is not as user-friendly as Scan and Capture.
I thought the new HP app working with a new HP Envy with an HP scanner should be able to handle the collate function. Am I missing something here?

Hello Aprun,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
I have tried this on my lab equipment and came up with the same results. It would appear that you have found out the best work about for this issue. If anything changes with this, I will let you know.
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HP Photosmart 5525 problem with scanning and copying

Hello Everyone,
I bought a new HP Photosmart 5525 few months ago and it was working fine with everything but suddenly it stopped scanning and copying. while copying it doesnt do anything and while scanning it gives the error message
" Scanner communicatioon cannot be established. Ensure your product is powered on, check the connection, and ensure your network is functioning properly"
i tried everything but i couldn't fix it. i would really appriciate any sort of help.

Welcome to the HP Community @Sekhon ,
I read about the issue you're having with copying and scanning from your Photosmart 5525 unit, and wanted to reach out to you.
I would personally think that there could be a "Scanner failure" with your printer, and would like you to check out a post from my colleague @RnRMusicMan below and follow the guide he suggested to someone else with the same issue. If the copies still do not work when done troubleshooting, call technical support directly to discuss your printer replacement options with HP.
Photosmart 5525 Scan Problem (Component is broken)
Please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region. http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-phone-assist.html
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What is the best way to scan and sort old photos in iPhoto

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First let me apologize for posting a reply that was only suitable for advanced users. Photoshop is broad and powerful therefore has a huge learning curve. In fact I would state no one knows and uses all of Photoshop. When we first get Photoshop it intimidate us and we're very uncomfortable using it. Many thing are not intuitive there in much learning involved. After some time we begin to know something and we are able to do some thing. Learning become rapid and we start playing in Photoshop. It is very important to play with Photoshop. Playing with Photoshop and asking for help with in forums like this IMO is the best way to learn.
Photoshop Power lies in layers, selection and automation. However it takes knowledge to use photoshop well so most powerful tool you have ins Photoshop is the gray matter between your ears. Most at one time or another want to watermark or put a logo on their image. So its best to automate this process. All run into a problem in the process. "Size" We find our assets vary in size and aspect ratios. Landscape, Portraits, Panoramas and others. This complicates automation. Vector graphics works best when size vary greatly. If you can not work out how to create a vector solution like a custom shape. Create your Logo and watermark large thing scale down better the up. Text scale well for text uses vectors graphics however if you rasterize text it will not scale well.
I do not type or do English well so let me do some screen captures. I can not stress enough how important Black, White, Grays and Blending is when it come to image processing. Become friends with Multiply, Screen, Overlay and Luminosity blending.....
However when there is a white or black background though you can blend them you can not add a style like a drop shadow, emboss or make it invisible setting fill to 0 so only the style is visible. When there is contrast between the logo and background it is easy to separate the two. To select the background and delet it to have the logo with a transparent background. Many tools can be used to create the selection hee I use my action kill white.
Vector Shape would work better for scaling However it would be best to create the logo from scratch in a vector program like illustrator but I never had the resources to justify the Creative suite. I only had Photoshop. Recently Adobe gave me and other a year subscription to the creative suite for our participation here. I still have not installed anything but Photoshop, A while back I found a program that can create vector patf for black and white art work. It will not be as good as using something like illustrator. However vector paths can be edited in Photoshop and cleaned up some. Here is the PSD it 13MB because od the gradient http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/AmPm24-7.psd

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