Researchers at Hiroshima University (HU) in Japan have developed a way to leverage the cameras on smartphones to provide ...

Prompt, individual-based dose assessment is essential to protect people from the negative consequences of radiation exposure ...

The new “strip search” scanning machines at airport security checkpoints are increasingly causing furor over issues of privacy, decency and health. Over the weekend, a passenger in San Diego, software ...

Before they were removed following an outcry over privacy, backscatter X-ray security scanners at airports also raised worries among some travelers and scientists about exposure to potentially harmful ...

The inexpensive setup could help save countless lives during radiation emergencies In A Nutshell Researchers tested a cheap ...

Radiation monitoring has long depended on bulky, specialized instruments that are scarce outside hospitals, research labs, and nuclear facilities. Now a wave of research is turning the cameras and ...

Dear Doctor K: I travel a lot for business. Every time I go through an airport security scanner, I wonder how it might be affecting my health. Are these scanners harmful? Dear Reader: There are ...

The EOS scanner delivers one-tenth of the normal radiation dose of an X-ray. The clarity of the EOS films also is better than a standard X-ray, said John Thometz, medical director of orthopedic ...

A new computerized tomography (CT) scanner is providing patients at Samaritan Albany General Hospital higher quality images, speedier sessions and most importantly lower doses of radiation. The ...