AW: [ RadSafe ] New Airport X-Rays Scan Bodies, Not Just Bags

[Ted de Castro]

As Franz says -  the issue is - at least with me - this invasive virtual 
strip search technique.

If you are doing ALARA calculations I think the incredibly small added 
dose is well within the flight to flight variance of altitude/cosmic dose.

When we resort to this - the terrorists have won!

Sandy Perle wrote:
> ALARA is alive and well in USA, to an extreme extent.
> 
> In this case, the extra dose, estimated to be 10 microrem is almost non-radiation dose. The privacy aspects is an issue and has to be evaluated against the risks trying to be mitigated. The article and Stu,s 0comments are about the dose received, the doctor's comments, and had nothing to do about the image resolution considerations.
> 
> I would be surprised that anyone considers this 10 microrem dose to be an issue.
> 
> Sandy Perle
> 
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