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Regional silver content of radiographic film determined by x‐ray fluorescence compared with optical densitometry
Author(s) -
Oldendorf William H.,
Astrahan Melvin A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595243
Subject(s) - densitometry , radiography , x ray fluorescence , x ray , nuclear medicine , fluorescence , materials science , optics , computed radiography , medical physics , medicine , physics , radiology , computer science , image quality , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics)
The regional silver content of radiographic film measured by x‐ray fluorescence is compared to light absorption measured by a densitometer. Silver content analysis appears to permit a greater dynamic range of useful exposure levels than does light absorption densitometry. This improvement in latitude, however, is not considered great enough to warrant development of a complex system for scanning silver distribution in radiographic applications.