title: Digital film processing: a comparison of wet and dry processing methods.
abstract: Traditional film-based imaging has always relied on film processing that uses liquid chemicals--a method sometimes referred to as wet film processing. As digital imaging has become available for modalities ranging from radiography to magnetic resonance imaging, however, a digital-based processing method called dry film processing has been devised. Dry film processing transfers digital information to film using heat or a combination of heat and light, and the images are processed by the films themselves. In this article, we present an overview of each film processing method, along with a comparison between the methods as they are used by laser imagers and other imager types.
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States; D014962:X-Ray Film