Radiographic Latent Image

Radiographic Latent Image

Define latent image. Discuss the processing of a radiographic film in detail.
Answer.

A radiographic film is a recording medium used in dental radiography. When this film is exposed to the information-carrying beam of photons exiting an object, the photosensitive silver halide crystals in film emulsion interact with these photons and are chemically changed. These chemically altered crystals are said to constitute the latent image of film.

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Radiographic latent image

Processing is the term that is used to describe the sequence of events that are required to convert the invisible latent image contained in sensitized emulsion to a visible permanent radiographic image.

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Radiographic Film Types of Processing

• Manual method
  • Time-temperature method
  • Visual method
  • Rapid processing method
• Automatic method
• Monobath method
• Daylight method
• Digitalized processing method
• Self-developing films