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It takes a skilled professional to properly diagnose such things even when the right equipment is used. These vans were designed for scanning vehicles more than

It takes a skilled professional to properly diagnose such things even when the right equipment is used. These vans were designed for scanning vehicles more than people, and for objects much larger than a tumor. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they are completely unable to detect cancerous growths.

trhway 11y ago
i'm not asking for professional diagnosis, just a quick BigData/Image analysis (a small plugin for the Palantir system which processes these images anyway) on an original image what this one i'd guess was significantly downscaled from: https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/.NkPNDYF.jgT.0R6ruZMwQ--/aD05NTY7dz0xNDQwO3NtPTE7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/z-backscatter-x-ray-van.jpg https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/.NkPNDYF.jgT.0R6ruZMwQ--/a... (i mean you can see the guy's balls even on that downscaled image :) I think all these Big Brother total surveillance technologies can have huge public benefit if/when public actually gets access to it. After all it is our tax dollars that paid for it and normally we're supposed to get access to the info government procures on our dime.
- johncolanduoni 11y ago
  > I'm not asking for professional diagnosis, just a quick BigData/Image analysis There is a reason these kind of analyses are still done by humans, even with extremely high resolution images, with the proper contrast. Big Data is not a solution to every analysis problem. > i mean you can see the guy's balls even on that downscaled image And if he had testicular cancer, it would be a tiny speck on those balls. Also, compare the humans you see in that image to a picture of a simple chest X-ray. Notice how you can see barely any internal structure? This image can diagnosis that they all have two lungs, but not much else.
  - BuildTheRobots 11y ago
    > even with extremely high resolution images, with the proper contrast For people not aware, here's a £22,000 (ish)[1] medical imaging grade monitor. I've seen more expensive. The cheap ones start around £4k... [1] http://www.nigelohara.com/barco-k9602004-pid382491.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwzJexBRCa_pGo8IK0ilASJABfGldb8rELUh6FcNrnJwdWYJybgvbo-YNdtbTXK5a9HLekQBoCSI_w_wcB http://www.nigelohara.com/barco-k9602004-pid382491.html?gcli...

trhway 11y ago

i'm not asking for professional diagnosis, just a quick BigData/Image analysis (a small plugin for the Palantir system which processes these images anyway) on an original image what this one i'd guess was significantly downscaled from: https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/.NkPNDYF.jgT.0R6ruZMwQ--/aD05NTY7dz0xNDQwO3NtPTE7YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b24-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/z-backscatter-x-ray-van.jpg https://s.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/.NkPNDYF.jgT.0R6ruZMwQ--/a... (i mean you can see the guy's balls even on that downscaled image :) I think all these Big Brother total surveillance technologies can have huge public benefit if/when public actually gets access to it. After all it is our tax dollars that paid for it and normally we're supposed to get access to the info government procures on our dime.

johncolanduoni 11y ago
> I'm not asking for professional diagnosis, just a quick BigData/Image analysis There is a reason these kind of analyses are still done by humans, even with extremely high resolution images, with the proper contrast. Big Data is not a solution to every analysis problem. > i mean you can see the guy's balls even on that downscaled image And if he had testicular cancer, it would be a tiny speck on those balls. Also, compare the humans you see in that image to a picture of a simple chest X-ray. Notice how you can see barely any internal structure? This image can diagnosis that they all have two lungs, but not much else.
- BuildTheRobots 11y ago
  > even with extremely high resolution images, with the proper contrast For people not aware, here's a £22,000 (ish)[1] medical imaging grade monitor. I've seen more expensive. The cheap ones start around £4k... [1] http://www.nigelohara.com/barco-k9602004-pid382491.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwzJexBRCa_pGo8IK0ilASJABfGldb8rELUh6FcNrnJwdWYJybgvbo-YNdtbTXK5a9HLekQBoCSI_w_wcB http://www.nigelohara.com/barco-k9602004-pid382491.html?gcli...