Detection of drug transport using X-ray techniques;Röntgendiagnostik des drogentransports

Archiv fur Kriminologie

Volumn 218, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-21

  Vogel, Hermann ^a,c   Haller, Dirk ^a   Laitenberger, Christina ^b   Heinemann, Axel ^b   Püschel, Klaus ^b  

^a Abteilung Röntgendiagnostik   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Backscatter imaging; Body packer; Drug transport

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; COSMIC RADIATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FLUOROSCOPY; PACKAGING MATERIAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SOCIAL SECURITY;

AIRCRAFT; CONDOMS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FOREIGN BODIES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; STREET DRUGS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33748635633     PISSN: 00039225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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