Abstract: A digital X-ray machine and operating control system includes and X-ray source and software operated processor control system. The operator may enter patient characteristics affecting radiological density into a control panel so that a processor determines X-ray signal strength. The X-ray beam is collimated, passes through the patient and the support table and then through an ion chamber. A scintillator device converts the X-rays to light in the 600-650 nm range, and passes the light in a straight line from the X-ray source through a beam attenuator in the form of a spectral filter controlling the light transmission. The light then passes through an optical lens gathering the light and finally into a CCD camera. The CCD is sensitive to light in the 600-650 nm range and converts the light to electrical pulses for producing an X-ray image of the patient. Imaging software optimizes the image of the radiograph to diagnostic quality.