title: Automatic processing: effects of temperature and time changes on sensitometric properties of ULTRA-SPEED and EKTASPEED films.
abstract: The effects of changes in the processing temperature and time of automatic processors were studied with Kodak ULTRA-SPEED and EKTASPEED dental x-ray films. Speeds and inherent contrasts were derived for the two films from sensitometric curves at seven different temperatures and at five different processing times. As opposed to manual processing, only a slight change in film fog was observed with increases in automatic processing temperature or time. Film speed and contrast could be increased by increasing the processing temperature or time. The EKTASPEED film was more sensitive to these changes than was the ULTRA-SPEED film. Temperature had a stronger influence than processing time. All films were of archival storage quality except those processed at the low processing times of 2.5 or 3.5 minutes, and at the low processing temperature of 21 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University School of Dentistry.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Thunthy
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weinberg
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011861:Radiography, Dental; D014962:X-Ray Film