- a
fluoroscope consists of an X-ray
source and a
fluorescent screen,
between which a
patient is placed. However,
since the 1950s most
fluoroscopes have...
- and
Pedoscope Company became the
largest manufacturers of shoe-****ing
fluoroscopes in the world. The risk of
radiation burns to
extremities was
known since...
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fluorescent screen,
between which a
patient is placed. However,
modern fluoroscopes couple the
screen to an X-ray
image intensifier and CCD
video camera...
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credited with
designing and
producing the
first commercially available fluoroscope, a
machine that uses X-rays to take radiographs.
Until Edison discovered...
- used in
stores to help sell footwear.
These were
known as Shoe-****ing
fluoroscopes. However, as the
harmful effects of X-ray
radiation were
properly considered...
- continuously: cathode-ray
tubes (CRT) and
plasma video display screens,
fluoroscope screens,
fluorescent lights,
scintillation sensors,
white LEDs, and luminous...
- PMID 22318388. Lewis, Leon; Caplan, Paul E (January 1, 1950). "The Shoe-****ing
Fluoroscope as a
Radiation Hazard".
California Medicine. 72 (1): 26–30 [27]. PMC 1520288...
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screens can. Such
intensifiers are used in X-ray
imaging systems (such as
fluoroscopes) to
allow low-intensity X-rays to be
converted to a
conveniently bright...
-
Cadmium tungstate was used as a
replacement of
calcium tungstate in some
fluoroscopes since the 1940s. Very high
radiopurity allows use of this scintillator...
- of the
dangers of
using fluoroscopes to
measure the size of children's feet, a
common practice at the time. The
fluoroscopes soon
disappeared from shoe...
