[ RadSafe ] evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter units based on image characteristics

[Clayton J Bradt]

The link below is to an interesting paper on imaging characteristics of 
x-ray backscatter units.  It would seem that weapons and explosives are a 
lot more difficult for them to detect than has been advertised.


"An evaluation of airport x-ray backscatter units based
on image characteristics." Leon Kaufman & Joseph W. Carlson

<http://www.springerlink.com/content/g6620thk08679160/>


Clayton J. Bradt
Principal Radiophysicist
NYS Dept. of Health

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