1-12. (canceled)
13. An optical fiber made of a glass having a drawing temperature less than 700 Celsius, and comprising quantum dots embedded within the glass, and wherein said glass in which said quantum dots are embedded comprises at least 35% by weight lead oxide.
14-18. (canceled)
19. The optical fiber of claim 13 wherein the quantum dots are made of a material selected from the group consisting of tellurides and antimonides.
20. The optical fiber of claim 13 wherein the fiber comprises a core and a cladding, and wherein the quantum dots are disposed in the core.
21. The optical fiber of claim 13 wherein the fiber comprises a core and a cladding, and wherein the quantum dots are disposed in the cladding.
22-28. (canceled)
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-12. (canceled)
13. An automated method for separating multiple digitized radiographic images, comprising the steps of:
receiving in a computer system multiple digitized radiographic images;
identifying by the computer system a plurality of case separation indicators embedded in the multiple digitized radiographic images, each case separation indicator including a visual attribute identifying a case; and
grouping in the computer system the multiple digitized radiographic images into multiple cases using the plurality of case separation indicators.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the case separation indicator is received prior to a number of radiographic images in a case.
15. (canceled)
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the visual attribute is a label.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the visual attribute is a unique marking.
18-26. (canceled)
27. An automated system for displaying digitized radiographic images, the system comprising:
a scanning device capable of producing digitized radiographic images;
a memory for storing the digitized radiographic images;
a display device for displaying the digitized radiographic images;
a processing device capable of
receiving from the memory multiple digitized radiographic images;
identifying a plurality of case separation indicators embedded in the multiple digitized radiographic images, each case separation indicator including a visual attribute identifying a case; and
grouping the multiple digitized radiographic images into multiple cases using the plurality of case separation indicators.
28. (canceled)