1 Scope and object
1.1 Scope
This technical report applies to darkrooms in X-ray facilities where any of the following unprocessed radiographic or photographic materials sensitive to light are handled:
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— all types of screen film;
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— non-screen film;
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— photographic film for indirect radiography, as used for recording:
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• output images of x-ray image intensifiers;
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• other radiological images after transfer;
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— photographic material for copying radiograms;
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— photographic material for making permanent images of information recorded by electronic means, and presented on display tubes; for example: using hard copy cameras, or printed by other electronic means, for example: laser; or used in diagnostic equipment, such as for general reconstructive tomography; digital imaging; ultrasound; magnetic resonance techniques; in nuclear medicine.
This technical report is a part of a series of Particular Publications (standards and technical reports) which will describe test methods for the constancy of properties of various subsystems of diagnostic x-ray equipment, as described in IEC 1223-1.