Last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an exhaustive document that details how its regulations will soon apply to up-and-coming mobile medical applications. This is a particularly touchy topic for lots of people probably because such applications are likely to usher in a new era of digital information vulnerability. Remember when you purchased …
TSA Body Scanners: Are They Safe?
Amidst growing concerns over airport safety, in 2007 TSA implemented their first full body scanners, which use either millimeter wave technology or backscatter X-rays to develop images of individuals that look through clothing. The purpose of using these devices in airports is to detect any foreign objects or illegal substances that an individual may be …
An X-Ray Vision of the Future
Since the discovery of the effects of varying frequencies of energy, X-rays have been used widely in the medical field. The technology seeped into science fiction and pop culture, with characters like Superman who has X-ray vision, and in movies such as “Total Recall”, where Arnold Schwartzenegger enters a full body X-ray scanner. X-ray technology …
A Day in the Life of an X-Ray Tech
The average Joe may not realize the differences between an X-ray tech and a radiologist but they indeed do exist. When a person wheels into the x-ray room, the one actually using the machine to produce inner images is the X-ray technician. At her area’s county hospital, Onika Donaldson takes X-rays of patients with complex …