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X-Ray Darkroom - Design and Construction

The document discusses the design and construction of an x-ray darkroom. Key points include: - Darkrooms must be located strategically near x-ray rooms and shielded from light and radiation. Walls are painted light colors and rooms include safelights, ventilation, and locks. - Darkrooms contain loading benches, film bins, printers, and hatches to pass films to viewing areas. Manual or automatic film processors develop, rinse, fix, wash and dry films. - Automatic processors move films through tanks of developer, fixer, and wash solutions using rollers, while maintaining chemical levels, temperatures, and drying films.

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X-Ray Darkroom - Design and Construction

The document discusses the design and construction of an x-ray darkroom. Key points include: - Darkrooms must be located strategically near x-ray rooms and shielded from light and radiation. Walls are painted light colors and rooms include safelights, ventilation, and locks. - Darkrooms contain loading benches, film bins, printers, and hatches to pass films to viewing areas. Manual or automatic film processors develop, rinse, fix, wash and dry films. - Automatic processors move films through tanks of developer, fixer, and wash solutions using rollers, while maintaining chemical levels, temperatures, and drying films.

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**X-RAY DARKROOM:DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION**

Definition
- Place for handling and processing films without producing fog by
exposing the film to light or x-ray radiation.
Location of Dark Room
- Must be located in a strategic place and in close range to the x-ray
rooms and it should be serve by hatches (pass-boxes) form nearby imaging rooms.
- Away from damp and hot areas.
- Obtain water and power easily.
- Processed films can be checked or sorted out through neighboring
viewing area.
Contents of Dark Room
Walls painted with light color to reflect safe light
Lockable Door
Ample ventilation
Safelights

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Used for loading and unloading of cassettes and for
processing procedure.
Uses a filter which transmits a color that does not affect
the film such as red filter.
It can be direct or indirect.
Must be 1.2 m away from work area.
Loading bench
Film bin
Film I.D. Printer
Hatches/Pass box
Light-tight room
Warning light outside room
Wall shielding if adjacent to x-ray room
Design of Dark Room
- The size should have a minimum floor area of 10 m 2 and a ceiling
height of 2.5-3 m.
- The walls should be thick and coated with barium plaster while the
doors have led lining and the gaps are shielded around the door.
- The floors should be easy to maintain, non-porous, durable and non-
slipped flooring material such as plastic tiles.
- Walls and ceiling should be light in color and can easily be kept
clean.
- As for ventilation and heating, it must satisfy working condition for
staff and good film handling and storage conditions.
- The entrances for the dark room are the revolving, single, double and
maze.
Layout of Dark Room
Hangers for holding the film
Cassette hatches
Film storage hopper
Loading bench / cupboards
Manual processor ![download
(1)](attached://87823241e82f37ef746bfa6f89c89eac 150x84)
***Developing -*** Film is immersed in developer for 4 minutes
with temperature maintained at 20 C. Development will be continued if the image
seems to lack expected density at 4 minutes.
***Rinsing -*** To remove the chemical contents of the developer
from the surfaces of the film which is done by a plain rinse bath.
***Fixing -*** The film is immersed in fixer solution for 5
minutes after rinsing .
***Washing -*** The film is immersed in a tank through which
water is kept flowing.
***Drying -*** Hot air drying cupboards or by rapid drier
machines with temperature of 40-5- C.
Automatic processor
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Consists of chemical tanks , a roller transport system and a
dryer system for the processing of radiographic film.
Tanks required for developer solution , fixer solution and wash
tank for water .
Subsystems
***Transport -*** Helps the film to move through the
developer , fixer , wash and dryer at a controlled and consistent speed without
causing any damage.
***Replenishment - *** Helps to replace fresh chemicals
after the loss of chemicals during processing specifically developer and fixer
solution.
***Recirculation -*** Help to maintain solution activity
and the required agitation.
***Temperature control -*** Help to maintain the
temperature of the developer solution.
***Washing -*** Spraywash by the help of processors
situated in between the transport roller and tank immersion which is by water fed
into the tank by developer/heat exchanger.
***Drying -*** Dried by hot air drying and infrared drying.

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