What backscatter could really see.
Nov 21, 2013, 6:39 am
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What backscatter could really see.
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Well as a guy who repairs the systems, I can tell you a few things. All three photos are from the same Backscatter X-Ray system. When they say it does not penetrate the skin, you can see for your self it does. The radiation penetrates organs just fine. The fatter you are the less penetration. On vertical lift systems, the X-ray rotates slowly from 3' to ground which gives higher doses than in test measurements that the MFG tells the techs to mesure above 3'. thats why you can see the shin bones and even outlines of the femors in the scans. Also can easily make out the lungs and ribs, intestines and such. The techs don't usually get personal radiation dosimeters either. You don't usually find image #2 online because the companies don't want to show that ALL xrays systems penetrate the skin. They use software to mask internal structures.
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Well as a guy who repairs the systems, I can tell you a few things. All three photos are from the same Backscatter X-Ray system. When they say it does not penetrate the skin, you can see for your self it does. The radiation penetrates organs just fine. The fatter you are the less penetration. On vertical lift systems, the X-ray rotates slowly from 3' to ground which gives higher doses than in test measurements that the MFG tells the techs to mesure above 3'. thats why you can see the shin bones and even outlines of the femors in the scans. Also can easily make out the lungs and ribs, intestines and such. The techs don't usually get personal radiation dosimeters either. You don't usually find image #2 online because the companies don't want to show that ALL xrays systems penetrate the skin. They use software to mask internal structures.
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Nov 21, 2013, 9:00 am
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Wow -- it's amazing that the tech was able to store and transmit those images, because, as we all know, the TSA told us many times that they couldn't store and transmit imagery from the Cancer Boxes. 
And, of course, they told us that there is no need to worry about the Gumby images from the MMW machines because they don't generate explicit images anymore.
And, of course, they told us that there is no need to worry about the Gumby images from the MMW machines because they don't generate explicit images anymore.
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Has anyone carried a radiation detector, such as a film badge or TLD, though the NOS? What were the readings?
Also. recently, I went through security at LHR and was told by the agent that I had a metal inplant in my right leg, which is correct. He then said he had to touch it, and then said, "Oh, you have a lot of swelling." This medical information was correct.
Also. recently, I went through security at LHR and was told by the agent that I had a metal inplant in my right leg, which is correct. He then said he had to touch it, and then said, "Oh, you have a lot of swelling." This medical information was correct.
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I want to show you something. It's my shocked face.
Terrorism is violence perpetrated to instill fear. Mission accomplished. We have become the greatest threat to our own freedom and, it would seem, our own lives.
Terrorism is violence perpetrated to instill fear. Mission accomplished. We have become the greatest threat to our own freedom and, it would seem, our own lives.
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Terrorism isn't "violence", it is any action planned to instill fear.
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