title: Airport X-rays and floppy disks: no cause for concern.
abstract: A controlled study was done to test the possible effects of X-rays on the integrity of data stored on common sizes of floppy disks. Disks were exposed to doses of X-rays up to seven times that to be expected during airport examination of baggage. The readability of nearly 14 megabytes of data was unaltered by X-irradiation, indicating that floppy disks need not be given special handling during X-ray inspection of baggage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: E T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Rate
mesh_terms: D001359:Aviation; D016248:Computer Storage Devices; D014195:Travel; D014965:X-Rays