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RSS X-rayConfusion over Granger's NHS departure
News The rollout of the Pacs digital x-ray and scanning technology to health trusts across England was also completed in December. Confusion surrounds the future of the job running the NHS' £12.4bn flagship... [15 Jan 2008]
FBI proposes global biometric criminal database
News X is for X-ray Click on the links below to find out everything you'll need to know about biometric security. A is for Accuracy B is for Behavioural biometric C is for Cash machine D is... [15 Jan 2008]
Biometric fingerprint checks for UK visas
News X is for X-ray The fingerprint database contains the records of more than one million previous visa applicants.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics Click on the links below to find out... [14 Jan 2008]
PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate
News X is for X-ray During Prime Minister's questions this week the leader of the Conservatives David Cameron questioned Brown about his commitment to the ID card scheme, and needled him on... [10 Jan 2008]
Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly
News X is for X-ray Leicester's De Montfort University (DMU) and the University of Missouri are linking up in a £45,000 six-month project starting this month to develop fuzzy logic... [03 Jan 2008]
NHS completes Pacs digital x-ray project
News The NHS has completed a project to rollout digital x-ray and scanning technology to health trusts across England as part of the £12.4bn national NHS IT programme. The Picture Archiving and Communication... [27 Dec 2007]
Millions of L-driver details "gone missing"
News X is for X-ray In a speech to Parliament yesterday, transport minister Ruth Kelly said the details had been lost by a third-party contractor, Pearson Driving Assessments Ltd, in May of... [18 Dec 2007]
NHS network pilot to cut call costs
News The N3 broadband backbone is part of the £12.4bn NHS IT modernisation programme and is key to the delivery of new services such as electronic prescriptions and the Picture Archiving and Communications digital... [06 Dec 2007]
Photos: The super 3D body scanner
Photo The scan is also much quicker than conventional CT scans, as the machine's X-ray emitting gantry - the giant ring-shaped part that surrounds the patient - can rotate four times in a single second, which... [04 Dec 2007]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment X is for X-ray With the furore over 25 million missing child benefit records, the public sector's use of personal data has never been under greater scrutiny. Addleshaw Goddard's Paul... [23 Nov 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News X is for X-ray Fees for adult UK passports have risen by £45 between 1998 and 2006 to £66 with the introduction of the first biometric ePassports. The UK switched to ePassports in 2006... [10 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Unfair fallout
Comment Have an X-ray and you will clock up a further 50mrem or so each year. The MRI scanner happens to be one of the most powerful inventions available to medical science. But it had to be made safe and cuddly... [20 Sep 2007]
Supercomputer helps cut drug research time
Case Study As they accelerate the electrons produce ultraviolet and infrared light and X-rays a million times more intense than those generated by a hospital X-ray machine. Scientists are making... [18 Sep 2007]
Interactive Tools for Virtual X-Ray Vision in Mobile Augmented Reality
White Paper This paper presents a set of interactive tools designed to give users Virtual X-Ray vision. These tools address a common problem in depicting occluded infrastructure: either too much information is... [03 Sep 2007]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News X is for X-ray The use of biometrics to speed passage through airport security is gaining popular support. Asked whether they'd be happy to go through biometric security checks in... [27 Jun 2007]
