Body Cavity Scanners
At least one company is touting its technology:
Nesch, a company based in Crown Point, Indiana, may have a solution. It’s called diffraction-enhanced X-ray imaging or DEXI, which employs proprietary diffraction enhanced imaging and multiple image radiography
Rather than simply shining X-rays through the subject and looking at the amount that passes through (like a conventional X-ray machine), DEXI analyzes the X-rays that are scattered or refracted by soft tissue or other low-density material. Conventional X-rays show little more than the skeleton, but the new technique can reveal far more, which makes it useful for both medical and security applications.
Mooman • January 14, 2010 6:35 AM
Regardless of the privacy concerns (and I have many), nothing seems to be mentioned about the possible health implications associated with full body scanning.
Even a trip to the dentist involves the patient having to wear a protective apron to get an x-ray. If that’s what you have to do for a dental procedure confined to a very small area of a person, what potential damage could be inflicted by a full body scan if the machine is wrongly configured?
When I see the word ‘proprietary’, I would question such technology even more.