xeroradiography

xeroradiography
Radiography using a specially coated charged plate instead of x-ray film, developing with a dry powder rather than liquid chemicals, and transferring the powder image onto paper for a permanent record; edge enhancement is inherent. SYN: xerography.

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xe·ro·ra·di·og·ra·phy .zir-ō-.rād-ē-'äg-rə-fē n, pl -phies radiography used esp. in mammographic screening for breast cancer that produces an image using X-rays in a manner similar to the way an image is produced by light in xerography
xe·ro·ra·dio·graph·ic -.rād-ē-ō-'graf-ik adj

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n.
X-ray imaging produced by exposing an electrically charged plate and then dusting it with a fine blue powder. The powder is then transferred to paper. This technique has been superseded by computerized radiography.

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xe·ro·ra·di·og·ra·phy (zēr″o-ra″de-ogґrə-fe) a dry, totally photoelectric process for recording x-ray images, using metal plates coated with a semiconductor such as selenium.

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