How are dental radiographs (x-rays) instantly processed?
There are two methods to process x-rays automatically.. 1. Is that the machine itself is a new digital radiography x-ray device and uses a special phosperous plate with like crystals that capture light instead of film to capture the image and then a laser discharges the light to read and transfer the information about the light to a computer which displays the image and then can be viewed on a monitor. This technology is called DR (Digital Radiologrphy) Permanant plate. Another plate method is CR (Computed Radiography) a plate that is used instead of a film cassette on older analog x-ray machines and then placed inside a device that reads the phosperous plate that is connected to a computer. 2. You can also do it the old fashion way and print the first film and then put the film into a digital film scanner that works much like a paper scanner but at much higher resolution and is fda approved for film scanning. The film scanner is then hooked to a computer which allows viewing of the im
