| FDAW | film digitizer acquisition workstation |
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| FDDI | film distribution data interface |
| FFD | Fellow in the Faculty of Dentistry; focus-film distance |
| FR | failure rate; film-screen radiograph; fasciculus retroflexus; febrile reaction; feedback regulation;... |
| FSR | Fellow of the Society of Radiographers; film screen radiography; force sensing resistor; fragmented ... |
| film, pa | An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from back-to-front (posteroanterior). As opposed to an AP (anteroposterior) film in which the rays pass through the body from front-to-back. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| film speed | The relative sensitivity of film emulsion to light or radiation exposure; speed is inversely related to detail resolution. (05 Mar 2000) |
| latitude film | Film that does not show large contrast differences with differences in exposure; the slope of the H and D curve is low. Synonym: latitude film. (05 Mar 2000) |