<Li> X-ray spectromicroscopy has been used to analyse the reactions of pigments in paintings . For example, in analysing colour degradation in the paintings of van Gogh </Li> <Li> Airport security luggage scanners use X-rays for inspecting the interior of luggage for security threats before loading on aircraft . </Li> <Li> Border control truck scanners use X-rays for inspecting the interior of trucks . </Li> <Ul> <Li> X-ray art and fine art photography, artistic use of X-rays, for example the works by Stane Jagodič </Li> <Li> X-ray hair removal, a method popular in the 1920s but now banned by the FDA . </Li> <Li> Shoe - fitting fluoroscopes were popularized in the 1920s, banned in the US in the 1960s, banned in the UK in the 1970s, and even later in continental Europe . </Li> <Li> Roentgen stereophotogrammetry is used to track movement of bones based on the implantation of markers </Li> <Li> X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is a chemical analysis technique relying on the photoelectric effect, usually employed in surface science . </Li> <Li> Radiation implosion is the use of high energy X-rays generated from a fission explosion (an A-bomb) to compress nuclear fuel to the point of fusion ignition (an H - bomb). </Li> </Ul>

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