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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| 20070059665 | Image data processing for dental implant professionals A procedure for obtaining patient image data for planning and/or placing dental implants in a patient. The patient is scanned at a radiology facility and corresponding image data is obtained, for example, in a DICOM format. The image data is forwarded to a processing ce... | 03/15/2007 |
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