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Bit Depth
(redirected from Pixel depth)

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Bit Depth
A description of the number of colours or shades of gray a monitor can display or a scanner can process; the higher the bit depth, the higher the number of colour hues that can be supported


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Both pixel size and pixel depth are factors that critically affect the visibility of small low contrast objects or signals, which often are relevant information for diagnosis [3].
At 30-bit pixel depth, four times more shades of gray would be the minimum, and the typical improvement would be eight times or more -- Broader color space: HDMI 1.
Enhanced linaging System: Support for 8, 16 and FP32 Real (scientific edition only) image pixel depths per channel.
 
 
 
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