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CMOS – Complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor. A type of digital x-ray sensor.

APS-CMOS – Active pixel sensor type of CMOS sensor. A type of digital x-ray sensor.

CCD – Charge coupled device. A type of digital x-ray sensor.

.jpg – Common image file format. This format is often used with point-and-shoot digital cameras.

DICOM – Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine. An image file format that allows the file to carry additional information such as patient name, date image was taken and more.

Line Pairs Per Millimeter – A measure of resolution of the sensor. This refers to a diagnostic test in which a microscope is used to determine how many lines of the image can clearly be seen in the space of a millimeter.

Megapixel – The term used to express the number of image sensor elements in a device. Each megapixel of resolution captures 1 million individual dots, or pixels, of image information.