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

My I ask the dumb question of the day ?????

Can you actually see the diamonds (as is implied) in this x-ray ?

I have seen many foreign object x-rays of the abdomen over the years and ... the rings show nicely, but the diamonds would have been missed without the metal ring.

Am I missing something here ????

thanks,

Doug

Douglas Jackson
St.Louis, MO
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NIXON, Grant (Kanata) wrote:
8690460B2BFFD4118194006008F5E26DABCB9F@kanataexch.nordion.com"> 
While this email makes a political point, the question should probably
concern what should be considered "reasonable" within the ALARA framework
for this profession. To answer that, we ought to look at what other diamond
mines are doing before infering that this is a racial issue.

Grant

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Fear [mailto:fearp@mail.upstate.edu]
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 1:47 PM
To: RADSAFE
Subject: Re: Digital X-Ray Can Scan Body in 13 Seconds


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
Peter Fear
Radiation Safety Office
SUNY Upstate Medical University
750 E. Adams St.
Syracuse, NY 13210

Phone:   (315)464-6510
FAX:      (315)464-5095
E-mail:   fearp@mail.upstate.edu

----- 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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Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director
Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
102 Robertsville Road, Suite B, Oak Ridge, TN 37830
Toll free 888-770-3073 ~ www.local-oversight.org
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