THE PROCESSING AREA RADIOGRAPHIC FILM PROCESSING

PROCESSING AREA VIEWING SECTION

DARKROOM

VIEWING SECTION VIEWBOX ILLUMINATION INTENSITY-500-1000 FOOT CANDLES

VIEWING AREA

PROCESSING AREA

PHOTOMETER IS USED TO MEASURE VIEWBOX ILLUMINATION INTENSITY

VIEWING STATION

VIEWING AREA HOT LIGHT MOST OF MODERN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS USE AUTOMATIC PROCESSORSMOST OF THOSE ARE DAYLIGHT PROCESSORS

AUTOMATIC DAYLIGHT PROCESSORS

AUTOMATIC DARKROOM PROCESSORS

AUTOMATIC DARKROOM PROCESSORS

MANUAL PROCESSING

DARKROOM

BASIC COMPONENTS OF DARKROOM

STORAGE SHELVES

WORKBENCH

BASIC COMPONENTS: PROCESSOR

BASIC COMPONENTS: CHEMISTRY MIXING TANKS

BASIC COMPONENTS: FILM DUPLICATOR

DUPLICATING FILM EXPOSED TO ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

BASIC COMPONENTS: FILM FLASHER

BASIC COMPONENTS: SILVER RECOVERY SYSTEM

BASIC COMPONENTS FILM BIN

FILM BIN AUDIO ALARM

FILM BIN ANATOMY

CONTAINS INDIVIDUAL SLOTS THAT HOLD FILMS OF DIFFERENT SIZES

TYPICAL DARKROOM FILM BIN

OTHER FILMS 8 x 10 10 x 12 11 x 14 14 x 17
FRONT

RADIOGRAPHIC FILM SIZES

14 X17 11 x 14 10 x 12 8 x 10 7 x 17 6 x 12 14 x 36 35 x 43 28 x 35 25 x 30 20 x 25 18 x 43 15 x 30 35 x 91

DARKROOM LIGHT
WHITE LIGHTS SAFELIGHTS

WHITE LIGHT IS USED FOR:

EQUIPMENT REPAIR AND DARKROOM CLEANING

SAFELIGHTS USED
DURING FILM PROCESSING

SAFELIGHT BULBS INCANDESCENT RECESSED WITHIN METALLIC LIGHT FIXTURE

RED FILTER-- KODAK GBX-2 OR GS-1 AMBER FILTER --WRATTEN 6B

SAFELIGHTS
REDGREEN LIGHT SENSITIVE FILM ORTHOCHROMATIC AMBER BLUE LIGHT SENSITIVE FILM TOTAL DARKNESS FOR PANCHROMATIC FILM

AT LEAST 3 FEET FROM THE FILM TRAY

7.5 W

AT LEAST 4 FEET FROM THE FILM TRAY

15 W

FILM TRAY

FILM TRAY

DARKROOM DESIGN LATENSIFICATION

INCCREASED SENSITIVITY TO SAFELIGHT ILLUMINATION AFTER FILM WAS EXPOSED

LEAD SHIELDING IF ADJACENT TO X-RAY ROOM

1/16 INCH OF LEAD IN THE WALLS ALL THE WAY TO THE CEILING.

IF ADJACENT TO X-RAY ROOMS

PASS-BOXES NEEDED TO PASS FILMS DIRECTLY FROM THE X-RAY ROOM TO DARKROOM

VENTILATION
SYSTEM MUST BE LIGHTPROOF AND ABLE TO FILTER OUT DUST

HUMIDITY 40-60%
> 60%--FILM FOG <40% STATIC ARTIFACTS

SIZE
BIG ENOUGH!!!?

COLOR
WALLS AND CEILING CAN BE PAINTED IN ANY COLOR

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TEMPERATURE
50-70 F FOR FILM STORAGE TO SLOW DOWN THE AGING PROCESS OF THE FILM

WOULD YOU STORE IT LIKE THIS???

STORE YOUR FILMS STANDING ON THE EDGE TO AVOID PRESSURE MARKS. USE FILM STORAGE CARTS OR SHELVES

DARKROOM ENTRANCE: REVOLVING DOOR

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DARKROOM ENTRANCE: SINGLE DOOR

DARKROOM ENTRANCE: DOUBLE DOOR

DARKROOM ENTRANCE: MAZE

COLOR OF THE MAZE

DARK-- NOT OT REFLECT WHIT LIGHT INTO THE DARKROOM

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DARKROOM TESTING
WHITE LIGHT LEAKS SAFELIGHT FOG

SAFELIGHT TEST

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