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Bit Depth

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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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Digital image compression
Bit depth is the number of colors a given pixel in an image is allowed.
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A digital image can be described with respect to several characteristics or fundamental parameters, including the matrix, pixels, voxels and bit depth. (1,3,5,9) These characteristics can affect the appearance of the digital image, particularly its spatial resolution and density resolution.
Digital image processing
Capture bit depth is 16 bits per channel (48 bit), and preservation and delivery is 24 bit.
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