x-ray high-tech
Super scanners at UK airports
News Bags are scanned from four angles to produce detailed double X-ray images.silicon.com Retail & Leisure Airport operator BAA confirmed it had now installed the advanced threat identification... [09 Jul 2008]
Microsoft users surf the skies from the web
News The program, which was developed by Microsoft's research arm, marries together images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and others. Roy... [14 May 2008]
Vital Images Solution Costs Less Than Traditional Medical Tests, Helps Save More Lives
White Paper Among the many high-tech tools that are changing medicine today is an advanced imaging solution from a company called Vital Images, based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, that gives doctors the equivalent of... [29 Feb 2008]
Biometric airport security flies high with passengers
News X is for X-ray Iris scanning isn't the only UK airport biometric tech to get off the ground. Asked whether they'd be happy to go through biometric security checks in... [27 Jun 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.01.07
Round-Up My niece, a radiographer, was required to X-ray the rectum of a guy who was complaining of a pain in the backside. Moving on, although technology is still a relatively young industry (when compared to... [19 Jan 2007]
Police crackdown to see drivers fingerprinted
News X is for X-ray It's the second high tech police trial announced this week - earlier it was revealed that officers will be trialling helmet-mounted... [22 Nov 2006]
The A to Z of biometrics
News X is for X-ray X is for X-ray X is for X-ray X is for... [20 Jul 2006]
Anti-terror scanning tech tested on London commuters
News Luggage will also be screened, using a traditional x-ray machine, while a new high-tech CCTV camera system is being tested which alerts security staff to unattended... [11 Jan 2006]
Body scanners to check UK rail passengers for bombs
News Airport-style scanning technology and x-ray machines could be introduced across the UK mainline rail network in an attempt to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks on the transport network. The first... [31 Oct 2005]
