Digital X-Rays

An x-ray is a form of radiation, like light or radio waves, which can be focused into a beam. When x-rays strike a piece of photographic film or a screen, a picture is produced. Dense tissues in the body, such as bones, block (absorb) many of the x-rays and appear white on an x-ray picture. Less dense tissues, such as muscles and organs, appear in shades of gray, while x-rays that pass only through air, such as x-rays of the lungs or colon, appear black.Digital x-rays achieve the same high quality picture as with film. An added benefit to digital x-rays is that they can be enhanced and manipulated with computers and sent via a network to other workstations and computer monitors, allowing practitioners in remote locations to access the images and assist in diagnosis.