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| EEVblog:
--- Quote from: AutogolazzoJr on October 30, 2018, 10:32:21 pm ---Here is the imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/BbXQRhR --- End quote --- Please DO NOT use this xray machine on yourself, this can be SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS to your long term health. We applaud a 15yo building their own xray machine, but we are deeply concerned for your safety. The fact that your xrayed your own hand shows how little you are taking safety seriously. |
| Gyro:
You see all those bright pixel dots on the images of your hand and foot - and particularly on the closeup photo of the tube, those are strikes by soft x-rays and other particles. A medical X-ray head has a Aluminium (or other metal) filter to get rid of these, leaving only the hard X-rays. Soft X-Rays from a 'dirty' source are absolutely the worst as they are absorbed by flesh rather than passing straight through. You took quite a high dose of them there. |
| InductorbackEMF:
As neat as it is to see please do not try xraying your self again. Try chicken bones or something else. :) (Oh and i would frame the picture of your hand on a wall) Alex. |
| AutogolazzoJr:
It was a bad idea. However, I later realized how bad of an idea it was, so I stopped doing it. I told you that everything was done remotely. That wasn't (obviously). I used lead protection on the rest of my body, and I believe it was a safe dose (EDIT: it's not. Soft x-rays). As I said, I no longer do it. Thanks to all of you whom are concerned with me. I don't use the x-ray machine anymore, but I might soon. For all the pictures taken after the flesh ones, I completely left the room. |
| AutogolazzoJr:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on October 30, 2018, 11:02:54 pm --- --- Quote from: AutogolazzoJr on October 30, 2018, 10:32:21 pm ---Here is the imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/BbXQRhR --- End quote --- Please DO NOT use this xray machine on yourself, this can be SERIOUSLY DANGEROUS to your long term health. We applaud a 15yo building their own xray machine, but we are deeply concerned for your safety. The fact that your xrayed your own hand shows how little you are taking safety seriously. --- End quote --- I do and did take safety seriously. The exposure lasted one second. I used a Geiger counter to make sure I wasn't receiving too much of a dose. I used lead to shield the rest of the room and my body. More info above, and thank you for concerning my safety. As a teenager, I lack judgement. I obviously need to be taking this more seriously, which I did after I took those pictures. If I actually revive this project, I will take even more safety measures to make sure nobody gets injured. |
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