The radiation risk from full-body scanners used to improve airport security is low and unlikely to raise an individual's risk of cancer, U.S. experts said on Wednesday. Airports in Britain, the ...

Going to the airport requires passengers to make many choices, including one of the most pressing these days: whether or not to use the full body scanner? While some studies have said the level of ...

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 ...

Amidst protests and rallies over airport security procedures, what's often overlooked is that flying itself dwarfs the radiation doses delivered by the new body scanners. "Most people are unaware ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. There are two kinds of exposures to think about with regard to airport ...

(USA TODAY) -- Controversial full-body X-ray scanners at U.S. airports underwent more than 700 inspections last year with all tests showing radiation levels below standards used by their manufacturer ...

The Director of the Center for Radiological Research’s statements to DigitalJournal.com come at a critical time for travellers: the Transportation Security Administration in the U.S. is beefing up its ...

Echolight, a global innovator in bone densitometry, will be exhibiting at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) ...

Do children undergoing a PET/CT scan have higher radiation risks? Yes. Children are more sensitive to radiation than adults. All radiation carries a theoretical risk of inducin ...

Multiple shakedowns have been conducted at the West Baton Rouge Parish Detention Center this year following suspected drug ...