At 01:08 AM 10/3/2010, you wrote:
http://www.rickbucich.com/blog/2010/07/remembering-siliconfilm.html http://www.visualimpressions.com/Digital_Film.pdf Jim On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Eric Goldstein wrote: > Jerry I'm waiting for someone to market "digital film." With a bit of > a stretch of the lexicon, you could say that it is already in use in > the medical imaging arena... > > > Eric Goldstein > > --
I have a very vague recollection of that silicon-film writeup, but am pretty sure I have actually bought memory cards with the label "Digital Film" on them. Not sure which format or who made them. I suppose that name had already been copyrighted by someone so it only appeared for a short time. The idea of a "Drop-in" digital replacement for 35mm cartridges was pursued by more than one company but I don't think any of them got past the prototype, or even the mock-up stages.
In the medical arena, I have no idea what it's called, but for at least 10-12 years my X-rays have all been digital, (except in small practices), and I have been able to get CD's of the images for my own curiosity and also to pass on to new docs as I have moved from the San Diego area to Mid-Oklahoma.
I sometimes send them to friends, who seriously dislike seeing them, not sure why. I can recognize my own chest and can even recognize my lungs based on a scar created by Valley Fever about 20 years ago. My chest looks somewhat like a barbed wire fence plus a lot of wiring and electrical leads.
I believe that most of the X-rays are now made using equipment that is manufactured by newer companies, I hardly ever see Pickett or Triplett (Triplett was mostly industrial X-ray systems anyhow).
It's sad to realize that my favorite electronics instrument company, HP, has sold their medical equipment business to Phillips.
Back to the main subject, I am sure that around here somewhere there are memory cards that have the words "Digital Film" as part of the nomenclature.
DAW
