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X-RAY ROOM [2 records]

Record 1 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
CONT

Whenever possible, restraining devices should be used to secure the animal in place during an x-ray examination. Using restraints allows the operator to step back from the table or leave the room during the x-ray examination, thus minimizing the operator's exposure to scatter radiation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
CONT

Un examen aux rayons X peut capter les squelettes des chiots à partir d’environ 49 jours. Il permet également d’en déterminer le nombre de façon plus précise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
CONT

Una serpiente pitón que había tragado varias pelotas de golf fue operada con éxito por veterinarios australianos y pronto volverá a su hábitat natural [...] Tras el examen de rayos x, los veterinarios extrajeron del estómago del pitón varios objetos extraños que resultaron ser pelotas de golf.

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Record 2 2003-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Air Safety
CONT

Commercial cargo at Blaine travels through a new fourteen million-dollar facility. At this facility, a commercial truck with a container full of foreign goods can have its cargo cleared and entered into the U.S. in less than a minute. That same conveyance can be selected for inspection and required to back up to the loading dock or old to pull ahead to the mobile X-ray vehicle.

CONT

... we showed our immigration cards to pass on to the flight waiting room. Since we passed through all these points relatively quickly, we had to wait an hour or so before boarding. When it was finally time to board, we walked outside, ran our bags through a security X-ray vehicle, and proceeded to the jet.

Key term(s)
  • mobile X-rays vehicle
  • mobile X ray vehicle
  • mobile X rays vehicle
  • mobile truck X rays

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
CONT

[...] au 1-6-1999, la douane employait 20 005 agents, utilisait 23 avions, 8 hélicoptères, 68 bateaux, 2 216 véhicules dont 257 motos, 7 véhicules à rayons X, 2 camions de surveillance radar, 262 équipes «maître-chien» pour la détection des stupéfiants et des explosifs.

Spanish

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