Backscatter X-ray is an advanced X-ray imaging technology. Traditional X-ray machines detect hard and soft materials by the variation in x-ray intensity transmitted through the target. In contrast, backscatter X-ray detects the radiation that reflects from the target. It has potential applications where less-destructive examination is required, and can operate even if only one side of the target is available for examination.
Backscatter technology produces an image that resembles a chalk etching.
An image of Susan Hallowell, Director of the Transportation Security Administration's research lab taken with backscatter x-ray system.
An X-ray machine is a device that uses X-rays for a variety of applications including medicine, X-ray fluorescence, electronic assembly inspection, and measurement of material thickness in manufacturing operations. In medical applications, X-ray machines are used by radiographers to acquire x-ray images of the internal structures of living organisms, and also in sterilization.
A radiology room table. The X-ray housing is turned by 90° for a chest radiograph
XR150 - portable pulsed X-ray battery powered X-ray generator used in security.
Acquisition of projectional radiography, with an X-ray generator and a detector.
Mobile fluoroscopy units can produce images continuously.
