Discuss some advantages of digital over traditional X-rays.

Digital images have several advantages over images on film. Digital X-rays do not have to be developed. They are immediately available and can be viewed directly on a computer screen, making them accessible to more than one person at a timethat is, to anyone on a computer network. They are more flexible as well: Areas can be enhanced, emphasized and highlighted, and made larger or smaller. In addition, the quality of a copy of a digital X-ray is as good as the quality of the original, and they can be immediately transmitted over telephone lines for a second opinion.