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WE‐G‐301‐01: Airport Security Imaging Systems: Design, Dose, Risks, and Quality
Author(s) -
Moulder J,
Kassiday D,
Segraves J,
Gray J
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.3613449
Subject(s) - backscatter (email) , medical physicist , medical imaging , quality (philosophy) , computer science , medical physics , telecommunications , medicine , physics , artificial intelligence , wireless , quantum mechanics
Imaging at ports of entry into the United States has become ubiquitous— cargo scanners at seaports; CT luggage scanners, x‐ray backscatter whole‐ body scanners, and millimeter wave imaging systems at airports. The use of x‐ray backscatter scanners has become quite controversial in that hundreds millions to over a billion of people will be exposed to very low levels of radiation, perhaps many times each year, in the U.S. alone. This special symposium has been developed for the medical physics community in order to provide technical information about these scanners and the risk of exposing large numbers of airline staff and passengers, including pregnant women and children, to ionizing or electromagnetic radiation. Since the primary purpose of these systems is to provide a security tool, one must also consider the quality of the images produced and the ability to detect contraband material.