1975 - Process to intensify underexposed photo negatives revealing details in images from deep space

* Askins used radioactive materials to enhance underexposed images from space revealing details in images from deep space never detected before * Method involved making a 2nd print using the radioactive materials, the resulting print is called an autoradiograph * This technology also used in photo restoration * In x-ray technology it lowers the amount of radiation a patient is exposed to.

Method of obtaining intensified image from developed photographic films & plates

Category:
Medical Technology, Chemical Photograpy

Completion Status:
yes

Patent Number:
4101780

Co-Inventor:
None