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intensifying screen

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intensifying screen [in′ten·sə‚fī·iŋ ‚skrēn]
(graphic arts)
A layer of material, such as a salt screen or a metal screen, that is placed next to an x-ray film to increase the effect of x-rays on the film.


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In 1896, Putin sandwiched a film against a fluorescent intensifying screen and x-rayed a hand.
Production of quality radiographs requires properly functioning x-ray machines, proper darkroom design and procedures, optimal technique factors, patient positioning, and the correct film and intensifying screen combinations[5].
The unit will continue to serve diagnostic imaging applications with such products as x-ray film, intensifying screens, cassettes, processors and chemicals, used in diagnostic imaging departments, cardiac catheterization laboratories, independent imaging clinics, and professional offices such as dental offices.
 
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