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1Resident, Department of Urology, St. Luke's Hospital, Guardamangia MSD09 - Malta.
Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to remove the myths and black art surrounding electronic imaging and prove beyond doubt that any mind competent in the workings of the human body is capable of producing good on-screen images from adequate equipment. Note that in this day and age of SI units imaging still uses inches to describe diagonal screen size and pixels per inch to describe resolution.
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