Re: Shoe store fluoro units??

[loesch@viper.eh.doe.gov (Robert M. Loesch)]

I second John's interest.  I remember as a kid standing on the floor units
with my feet stuck into two holes and looking down thru the screen.  It
really kept the kids busy while mom perused the newest styles.  Have always
wondered about the dosimetry (both to the feet and from the screen - don't
think they had image intensifies then).



>Until some time in the 1950's many shoe stores in the US has fluoroscopy 
>units that allowed a customer to check the fit of their shoes.
>
>Someone must have done dosimetry on these units, but I cannot find any 
>references.  
>
>I'd also be interested in when they were banned, and by whom
>
>John Moulder (jmoulder@its.mcw.edu)
>Radiation Biology Group
>Medical College of Wisconsin
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