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Visible Light 'X-Ray' Sees Through Solid Objects

Posted by samzenpus on from the I'm-looking-through-you dept.

disco_tracy writes "Some day we may not need X-rays to see inside people, thanks to a new way to decipher light that passes through opaque surfaces. Normally visible light becomes too scattered to detect after passing through opaque surfaces. But scientists in France have developed a way to reconstruct images from light passing through such surfaces by deciphering just how the material makes the light scatter. In the short term the research will help improve the strength of telecommunications signals and fiber optics cables, but years from now the technology could supplement or even replace traditional ultrasounds for baby imaging and X-rays for weapons detection at airports."

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  1. Cue a new fashion... by piemonkey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    tin foil underwear.

  2. Inconceivable by brainspank · · Score: 0, Redundant

    X-Ray. See through. Solid. You keep using those words. I do not think they mean what you think they mean.

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    It's only a model.
  3. opaque != translucent by jklovanc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    opaque:
          1. Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance.
    Translucent:
        1. Transmitting light but causing sufficient diffusion to prevent perception of distinct images.

    If an object is opaque there is no "light passing through such surfaces" that can be deciphered. It is call opacity but opaque means 0 light pass through.

  4. Re:We don't use X-rays to see in utero fetii by GrumblyStuff · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Stop using URL shorteners you cunt!