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Chapter 39

Digital Imaging, Dental Film, and Processing

TermDefinition
Automatic Processor Machine that automates all film-processing steps.
Beam Alignment Device Assists in the positioning of the position indicator device.
Bitewing Image view that shoes the crowns of both arches on one film.
Calcium Tungstate Common type of phosphor.
Cassette Contains extraoral films during exposure.
Cephalometric Film Shows the bony and soft tissue areas of the facial profile.
Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) Solid-state image sensor used in intraoral digital imaging.
Digital Image Electronic signals captured by sensors and displayed on computer monitors.
Digitize Scanning of traditional film-based radiographs into a digital image.
Duplicating Film Film designed for use in film duplicating machines.
Emulsion Coating on the x-ray film that contains energy-sensitive crystals.
Extraoral Film Film designed for use in cassettes.
Film Speed Sensitivity of the emulsion on the film to radiation.
Intensifying Screen Part inside an extraoral cassette that converts x-ray energy into visible light, which in turn exposes screen film.
Intraoral Film Film designed for placement in the patient’s mouth.
Label Side Colored side of the film that faces the tongue.
Latent Image Invisible image on the x-ray film after exposure but before processing.
Occlusal Radiographic view that shows large areas of the maxilla or mandible.
Panoramic Film Used in cassettes to provide a wide view of both the upper and lower jaws.
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