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    This document provides an overview of radiographic film processing and darkroom design. It discusses the key components of a processing area including the viewing section, viewboxes, and automatic processors. Proper darkroom design is important, including adequate ventilation, humidity control between 40-60%, temperature between 50-70°F for film storage, and lead shielding if adjacent to x-ray rooms. The document also covers darkroom lighting, including using safelights of appropriate intensity and wavelength for the film type, as well as entrance designs such as revolving doors to prevent light leaks into the darkroom.

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    This document provides an overview of radiographic film processing and darkroom design. It discusses the key components of a processing area including the viewing section, viewboxes, and automatic processors. Proper darkroom design is important, including adequate ventilation, humidity control between 40-60%, temperature between 50-70°F for film storage, and lead shielding if adjacent to x-ray rooms. The document also covers darkroom lighting, including using safelights of appropriate intensity and wavelength for the film type, as well as entrance designs such as revolving doors to prevent light leaks into the darkroom.

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    Radiographic Film Processing: Darkroom

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    This document provides an overview of radiographic film processing and darkroom design. It discusses the key components of a processing area including the viewing section, viewboxes, and automatic processors. Proper darkroom design is important, including adequate ventilation, humidity control between 40-60%, temperature between 50-70°F for film storage, and lead shielding if adjacent to x-ray rooms. The document also covers darkroom lighting, including using safelights of appropriate intensity and wavelength for the film type, as well as entrance designs such as revolving doors to prevent light leaks into the darkroom.

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    RADIOGRAPHIC FILM PROCESSING

    DARKROOM

    THE PROCESSING AREA

    PROCESSING AREA VIEWING SECTION

    VIEWING AREA

    PROCESSING AREA

    VIEWING SECTION VIEWBOX ILLUMINATION INTENSITY-500-1000 FOOT CANDLES

    PHOTOMETER IS USED TO MEASURE VIEWBOX ILLUMINATION INTENSITY

    VIEWING STATION

    VIEWING AREA HOT LIGHT

    MOST OF MODERN MEDICAL IMAGING DEPARTMENTS USE AUTOMATIC PROCESSORS MOST 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 28 25 20 18 15 35

    x x x x x x x

    43 35 30 25 43 30 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

    FILM TRAY

    AT LEAST 4 FEET FROM THE FILM TRAY


    15 W

    FILM TRAY

    LATENSIFICATION
    INCCREASED SENSITIVITY TO SAFELIGHT ILLUMINATION AFTER FILM WAS EXPOSED

    DARKROOM DESIGN

    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

    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

    DARKROOM ENTRANCE: SINGLE DOOR

    DARKROOM ENTRANCE: DOUBLE DOOR

    DARKROOM ENTRANCE: MAZE

    COLOR OF THE MAZE


    DARK-- NOT OT REFLECT WHIT LIGHT INTO THE DARKROOM

    DARKROOM TESTING

    WHITE LIGHT LEAKS SAFELIGHT FOG

    SAFELIGHT TEST

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