
Calibrating and adjusting the AEC
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Siemens AG
Register 3
SPB7-230.033.11
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M1000/3000 Nova
Medical Solutions
Rev. 06
05.06
CS PS SP
Installation and Start-Up
Incremental gamma
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Incremental gamma is defined as the slope of the gamma curve in the density region of
interest.
On the sensitometer strip it means that:
Incremental gamma = (blackening on the step closest above density region of interest -
blackening on the step closest below that step) / 0.15.
1
2
3
4
Optical density
0
Step above
Step below
Density region
of interest
0
1
3
5
7
9 11 13 15 17 19 21
Sensitometer step numbers
11
12
Step above
Step below
Density region
of interest
M
A
M
0
0
5
3
1