Fwd: Re: Any record of a prostate brachy seed pt alarming an airport metaldetector?

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

> From personal experience, I designed and tested a prototype metal
>detector for Philips many years ago and the sensitivity of these
>detectors can be made very acute so I would suspect that in some cases
>the implanted seeds in a prostate could trigger the system. It is not
>uncommon for implanted orthopaedic devices to also trigger some of these
>detectors, depending upon how their sensitivity has been adjusted.
>
>--
>Darrell O. Poole
>M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando


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