an infant got x-rayed (was Re: Pablo Picasso's sculptures got x-rayed)
Some people probably remember my previous postings of x-ray
photography. Yesterday's news went like this:
Baby is sent through X-ray machine at LAX
A woman places her month-old grandson in a bin for
carry-on items. Doctors later determine he did not get a
dangerous dose of radiation.
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-baby20dec20,0,4869996.story
(or try http://tinyurl.com/y99935 if above is broken. also
check page 2 for video.)
I don't know if any journalist got hold of the x-ray image of
that infant, but for those who are curious, this should help:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/dreamanatomy/images/1200%20dpi/Z3.jpg
(or try this: http://tinyurl.com/ymogu7 if above is broken)
Look at this link for caption:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/dreamanatomy/da_g_Z-3.html
Another curious note is this:
In the several seconds the baby spent in the machine, the
doctor added, he was exposed to as much radiation as he
would naturally get from cosmic rays — or high energy from
outer space — in a day. (quoted from LA Times link above)
Is this really true? Then what's the point of asking for hand
inspection of films? (if it's carried on anyway) The bar graph
in the article (as well as the video) indicates that the
radiation dose of the x-ray luggage screener is 1 mREM and
this indeed is not that much.
From: Ryuji Suzuki <rs@silvergrain.org>
Subject: Pablo Picasso's sculptures got x-rayed
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:41:30 -0400 (EDT)
> I sent this news out to my friends but I forgot to send it to this
> list, which is probably most interesting place to share this news.
>
> French national Picasso museum in Paris started an interesting
> exhibiton, where x-ray and CT scan images of Picasso's sculptures,
> mostly from 1920 to 1950s, are shown. CT is a heavily post-processed
> version of x-ray image, which can provide image of a slice of the
> specimen rather than seeing through the entire thickness of the
> specimen.
>
> The artist's website:
>
> http://www.x-lucchesi.com/
>
> He seems to have used radiographic images for other things as well...
> click on "expos finalisées" and then "musée rayons x" and then click on
> the ">" sign to see a few.
>
>
> PICASSO XRAYS
> Photographies Xavier Lucchesi
>
> Du 20 septembre 2006 au 8 janvier 2007
> Tous les jours sauf le mardi
> de 9h30 à 18h00 jusqu'au 30 septembre
> et de 9h30 à 17h30 à partir du 1er octobre.
>
> http://www.musee-picasso.fr/homes/home_id23985_u1l2.htm
>
> You can find press release in PDF form from this link, but they don't
> seem to have any image. You can see an image here:
>
> http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/0922/022.html
>
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