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 ...

Before they were removed following an outcry over privacy, backscatter X-ray security scanners at airports also raised worries among some travelers and scientists about exposure to potentially harmful ...

The EOS scanner delivers one-tenth of the normal radiation dose of an X-ray. The clarity of the EOS films also is better than a standard X-ray, said John Thometz, medical director of orthopedic ...

Dear Doctor K: I travel a lot for business. Every time I go through an airport security scanner, I wonder how it might be affecting my health. Are these scanners harmful? Dear Reader: There are ...

A new computerized tomography (CT) scanner is providing patients at Samaritan Albany General Hospital higher quality images, speedier sessions and most importantly lower doses of radiation. The ...

COLUMBIA - A radiology clinic in Columbia said it has a machine that can reduce radiation from computed tomography (CT) scans up to 50 percent."When you bring your child in, you'd like it to be as ...

(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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Hsieh, M.D., covers healthcare economics, innovation, and policy. Radiologists have fielded numerous questions in recent ...

Davis Health deploys region’s first photon-counting CT scanner, enhancing imaging with sharper detail and lower radiation doses in Sacramento.

The New York Police Department this week unveiled new radiation scanners capable of identifying concealed weapons from a distance. As the New York Daily News reports, the scanners are small enough to ...