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    Backscatter X-ray is an advanced X-ray imaging technology. Traditional X-ray machines detect hard and soft materials by the variation in x-ray intensity...
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    (Rutherford backscattering) Bragg diffraction from crystals, used in inelastic scattering experiments (neutron backscattering, X-ray backscattering spectroscopy);...
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    An X-ray machine is a device that uses X-rays for a variety of applications including medicine, X-ray fluorescence, electronic assembly inspection, and...
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    scanners" generally use backscatter X-ray). To create an image in conventional radiography, a beam of X-rays is produced by an X-ray generator and it is projected...
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  • goggles. Cargo scanning includes the use of X-ray radiography, dual-energy X-ray radiography, backscatter X-ray radiography, muon radiography, muon tomography...
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    millimeter wave scanners do not generate ionizing radiation. X-ray-based scanners Backscatter X-ray scanners use low dose radiation for detecting suspicious...
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    Backscatter X-ray – Advanced X-ray imaging technology Detective quantum efficiency – Quality metric for imaging detectors High-energy X-rays – X-ray with...
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    single backscatter scan exposes the target to between 0.05 and 0.1 microsievert of radiation. In comparison, the exposure from a standard chest x-ray is almost...
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  • Backscatter is the reflection of waves, particles or signals. The term may also refer to: Backscatter X-ray, a new type of imaging technology Backscatter...
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    Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) is a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) technique used to study the crystallographic structure of materials. EBSD...
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    full body scanner used for body imaging; a competing technology is backscatter X-ray. Millimeter wave scanners themselves come in two varieties: active...
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    scattering Backscatter Materials science Metallurgy Mineralogy Rachinger correction Structure determination Ultrafast x-ray X-rays X-ray generator Guinier...
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    27, 2007). "Do 'Backscatter' X-Ray Systems Pose a Risk to Frequent Fliers?". HowStuffWorks. Retrieved March 18, 2007. Backscatter" X-Ray Screening Technology...
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    Cargo scanning (category X-rays)
    gamma-ray systems. They also deliver about 1000 times higher dose of radiation to potential stowaways. Dual-energy X-ray radiography Backscatter X-ray radiography...
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    American Science and Engineering (category X-ray equipment manufacturers)
    plasma astrophysics in general. AS&E provides both transmission X-ray and backscatter X-ray, equipment for airports, seaports, critical infrastructures,...
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  • flaws in backscatter X-ray scanners". phys.org. Retrieved 2024-03-07. Greenberg, Andy. "Researchers Easily Slipped Weapons Past TSA's X-Ray Body Scanners"...
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    delivered through the use of pencil beam scanning. In backscatter X-ray imaging a pencil beam of x-ray radiation is used to scan over an object to create...
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  • the machines were replaced either by millimeter wave scanners or backscatter X-ray machines.[citation needed] As well as having been implemented in US...
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    revenue during 2005–⁠2007. Rapiscan manufactures a controversial backscatter X-ray system for screening airport passengers, the Rapiscan Secure 1000...
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    eXtenSion tool, an extension for Apache web servers. An alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS) is a spectrometer that analyses the chemical element...
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  • that are used in these vans is linked to increased rates of cancer. Backscatter X-ray Police surveillance in New York City THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW...
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    Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), along with X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), is a subset of X-ray absorption spectroscopy...
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    can be detected as a result of terahertz radiation. In the U.S., backscatter x-ray scanners make up the majority of devices used. Scientists fear that...
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  • removal of trousers removal of underwear and bra Backscatter X-ray machines, Millimeter wave scanners, T-ray scans, and other modern technology provide the...
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  • forms, millimeter wave technology (MM-wave technology) or backscatter X-rays (similar to x-rays used by dentists). Full-body scanners were introduced into...
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    ProPublica has revealed potential public health concerns relating the backscatter X-ray technology. After a 3-year legal battle with ProPublica and a brief...
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    scanners as a primary screening modality in airport security, first as backscatter X-ray scanners, which use ionizing radiation and which the European Union...
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  • X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES), also known as near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS), is a type of absorption spectroscopy that...
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    Electromagnetic hypersensitivity Atomic Age Background radiation Backscatter X-ray Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment...
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  • Beretta, Glock, and Browning. The agency has also deployed van mounted backscatter X-ray screeners from Basix Technologies for detecting Improvised Explosive...
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