alb_004@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoTerrifying reality of what airport security could actually see through an X-ray machinewww.unilad.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1102arrow-down130
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minus-squareilmagico@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·7 months agoMillimeter waves is what they use in airport scanners,not x-rays.
minus-squareknightly the Sneptaur@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoSome still use xray backscatter scanning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_X-ray
minus-squarekingthrillgore@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoAnd if I recall correctly TSA union had to fight for YEARS to get film dosimeters. Something every hospital requires for radiology/nuclear medicine staff
Millimeter waves is what they use in airport scanners,not x-rays.
Some still use xray backscatter scanning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_X-ray
And if I recall correctly TSA union had to fight for YEARS to get film dosimeters. Something every hospital requires for radiology/nuclear medicine staff