Airport safety-xrays

[Paul William Shafer <paulwilliam_s@YAHOO.COM>]

Dear radsafe:



As many of you know already, there are x-ray machines

used at some US prisons which are used to whole body

x-ray persons entered the prisons.  These machines can

detect ceramic/plastic knives and plastic explosive

packages on the surface of bodies or even embedded

inside the human body.  Perhaps these devices should

be used at boarding areas at airports.



Do anyone know what the shallow/deep dose equivalents

would be for a whole body x-ray scan which this type

of system?  



Would an electron beam tommography unit work in this

type of application?  What would the dose equivalent

be using this?



Thanks,



Paul Shafer

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