The baggage scanners do use x-rays. Much stronger than the body scanners, in fact, since (as you pointed out) the goal is to see through things. So yes, a dosim

The baggage scanners do use x-rays. Much stronger than the body scanners, in fact, since (as you pointed out) the goal is to see through things. So yes, a dosimeter would react to them. I was about to say "hopefully nobody's sticking their hand inside one", but then I found this: http://io9.gizmodo.com/5973513/what-a-human-being-looks-like-going-through-an-airport-x-ray-machine http://io9.gizmodo.com/5973513/what-a-human-being-looks-like...