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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797708303321

Titolo

Airport passenger screening using backscatter X-ray machines : compliance with standards / / Committee on Airport Passenger Screening : Backscatter X-Ray Machines [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : The National Academies Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-309-37136-8

0-309-37134-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Disciplina

353.00722

Soggetti

Airline passenger security screening - United States - Evaluation

Airlines - Security measures - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

FrontMatter; Preface; Acknowledgment of Reviewers; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Radiation Physics Relevant to Advanced Imaging Technology; 3 X-Ray Backscatter Advanced Imaging Technology; 4 Dosimetry for X-Ray Backscatter Advanced Imaging Technology; 5 Radiation Protection Standards; 6 Review of X-Ray Backscatter Advanced Imaging Technology Studies; 7 Measurements, Dose Calculations, and System Design for X-Ray Backscatter Advanced Imaging Technology Systems; Appendixes; Appendix A: Statement of Task; Appendix B: Glossary, Acronyms, and Abbreviations; Appendix C: Organ Absorbed Doses

Appendix D: Summary of Statistics from Previous StudiesAppendix E: Biographies of Committee Members and Contractors