Re: Digital X-Ray Can Scan Body in 13 Seconds

[Peter Fear <fearp@mail.upstate.edu>]

Probably - but you need to remember that was in South Africa (the other USA)

and that most of the diamond mine workers are black and I'm sure the owners

of DeBeers are white.



Pete

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----- Original Message -----

From: "Susan L Gawarecki" <loc@icx.net>

To: "RADSAFE" <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>

Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 1:09 PM

Subject: Digital X-Ray Can Scan Body in 13 Seconds





> Considering the current ALARA atmosphere, wouldn't there be an ethical

> issue about X-raying workers every work day, even if it is only 25% of a

> "conventional full-body X-ray series"?

>

> --Susan Gawarecki

>

> > Digital X-Ray Can Scan Body in 13 Seconds

> >

> > BALTIMORE (AP) - A digital X-ray system once used to search South

> > African miners for stolen diamonds will now allow Baltimore trauma

> > doctors to scan a patient's entire body in 13 seconds.

> ...

> > With the Statscan, a clear image of the entire body pops up on a

> > computer screen in seconds after the scan is completed, allowing

> > quick access to information at a time when diagnosing a patient's

> > injuries is most crucial.

> ...

> > Besides faster and clearer images, the machine, which costs about

> > $400,000, also exposes patients to 75 percent less radiation than a

> > conventional full-body X-ray series, doctors said.

> ...

> > ``This is space-age stuff,'' said Herman Potgieter, who invented the

> > machine in the late 1980s for South African mine owners trying to

> > fight widespread diamond theft by their workers. He developed the

> > system as a safe, fast way to search workers finishing their shifts

> > for hidden or swallowed diamonds.

> ....

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