title: Doses to the scanned individual and to the operator from an X-ray body scanner system.
abstract: The X-ray body scanner (BS) is going to find common use as a body-checking equipment at the entrance borders of countries, to find illicit drugs or forbidden items which have been hidden inside the body cavities, or attached to the body parts of the passengers. Considering the tissue weighting factors of the sensitive organs, the total effective dose due to the scanning by the system was estimated to be 3.8 µSv per scan. The ambient dose equivalent rates within the distance range of 300-40 cm from the X-ray generator were measured to be 4.5 up to 50 µSv h(-1). It is concluded that, in general, BS systems could be a safe device for the operators and people who are being scanned. But using such systems should be justified for everybody and special care should be taken for children and pregnant ladies.
authors.affiliation: National Radiation Protection Department, Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority, PO Box 14155-1339, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Orouji
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hosseini Pooya
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jafarizadeh
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Khosravi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rais Mohammad
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D011247:Pregnancy; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D051598:Whole Body Imaging; D014965:X-Rays