Image Quality; Automatic Image Quality Control - Kodak DryView 8700 User Manual

User Guide

Image Quality

DryView Laser Imaging film delivers diagnostic-quality, continuous-tone images
along with sharp alphanumerics and optimum contrast. This high-quality silver-based
film provides radiologists with the same diagnostic information they are accustomed
to viewing – including the spatial resolution, contrast, and gray levels. Plus, because
it is a totally dry imaging process, there is no image quality variability due to "wet"
chemistry.

Automatic Image Quality Control

DryView Laser Imaging film is system-matched for Kodak's unique Automatic Image
Quality Control (AIQC) technology. This fully automated system, which is a standard
feature of DryView Laser Imaging systems, is designed to ensure that contrast,
density, and other image quality parameters meet preset user preferences,
film-to-film, lot-to-lot.
When using the Kodak DryView 8700/8500 Laser Imager, information on each film
cartridge will allow the system to automatically determine film type, the number of
sheets remaining, and the film manufacturing lot. The AIQC uses this information to
automatically calibrate the imager's electronics and optimize image quality without
operator intervention.
The AIQC also reads a special density patch printed on each 14" x 17" or 11" x 14"
sheet of DryView Laser Imaging film as it passes through a built-in densitometer.
Slight density variations are corrected automatically.
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