Patent ID: 7734325

Claim:
An imaging system for imaging an object, comprising: a support member adapted to receive the object in an immobilized state; an imaging unit; for imaging the immobilized object in a first imaging mode to capture a first image, the first imaging mode being selected from the group consisting of: x-ray mode and radio isotope mode; and for imaging the immobilized object in a second imaging mode that uses light from the immobilized object, different from the first imaging mode, to capture a second image, the second imaging mode being selected from the group consisting of: bright-field mode, fluorescence mode, and luminescence mode; a movable phosphor plate to transduce ionizing radiation to visible light, the phosphor plate being mounted to be moved, without moving the immobilized object and the support member, between a first position proximate the support member for and during capture of the first image and a second position not proximate the support member during capture of the second image; and a capture system for capturing either the first image or the second image of the object.