These are certainly not diagnostic images. That doesn't mean that they're not useful.
The color depth of grayscale film is 9 bits (at least this is what the human eye can distinguish). The resolution of a large sheet of film might only be 1024 x 4096.
The color depth of 9 bits is difficult to reproduce consistently across the entire surface of phosphor tube.
Most diagnostic images still use film.
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These are certainly not diagnostic images. That doesn't mean that they're not useful. The color depth of grayscale film is 9 bits (at least this is what the human eye can distinguish). The resolution of a large sheet of film might only be 1024 x 4096. The color depth of 9 bits is difficult to reproduce consistently across the entire surface of phosphor tube. Most diagnostic images still use film.
It was obviously stolen by Roy Scheider when he found out it was going to be used for nefarious purposes.