Photographic aspects in Radiography: Light sensitivity salts of silver; photographic emulsion; Emulsion preparation, Formation of the latent image, x-ray film; construction of X-ray film; characteristics and control; screen films; nonscreen film; dental films; occlusal film; duplicating films; single coated and double coated films;speed of the film; antia abrasive supercoating ; Base material; substratum; coating; emulsion, Fogs; types of fogs

Module -2:

Intensifying screens: Fluorescence; application of fluorescence to radiography, construction of an intensifying screen; Intensifying factor; relative speeds of intensifying screen; factor affecting the speed of screens; Mounting, Un-sharpness relative to the speed of the screens, Identification; cleaning and general care of intensifying screens.

Module-3:

X-ray cassette: Basic construction and functional requirements, Types of cassettes, Identifying of cassettes; records necessary for cassettes; general care of cassettes and storage; testing a cassette for light leakage; Testing for film screen contact, Sensitometry; Principles of sensitometry, Characteristic curve; Measurements from the characteristic curve;

Module-4:

The X-ray dark room: Layout plan of a dark room for a small medium and big hospital; Size of darkroom; light proof entrances; cassette hatches, General construction of room to provide light-proofing, Chemical; Radiation; disposition of equipment; loading-bench-design; film hoppers; safe light types; test for safe light; hangers types Care of hangers; ventilation; darkroom illumination and colour schemes; testing safety of illumination; Darkroom procedure

Module-5:

Chemistry of processing: X-ray developers; basic constituents, types of developer for manual processing; automatic processing; rapid theatre processing, fine grain developerdevelopment; effects on development of time; temperatureagitationdeveloper activity; x-ray fixers; basic constituents and function of fixer; inclusion of hardening and other agents; Fixing

Module-6:

Silver recovery: Methods of silver recovery; economic reasons

Module-7:

Dry camera – Thermal and Laser camera construction, processing , its uses, Heat sensitive film and light sensitive films and companies. Automatic film processor(wet camera) and its construction, processing and uses. Scintillation detectors – scintillation crystal, photomultiplier tubes, Photo diodes, Photocell, photocathode.

Textbooks:

1. Basic Radiologic Physics – K.Thayalan ,
2. Radiographic Imaging – D.N & M O Chesney,
3. Textbook of Radiology for Residents & Technicians (English, Paperback, Bhargava Satish