What Superman Sees

X-Ray of speech

This is me (female subject) saying “både” (“both”). The sequence is an excerpt from a 20 second X-Ray film registred at the Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm in March 1997.

In this sequence I noticed that the lips form an interesting image as the mouth opens; I assume it’s from lipstick of uneven thickness and application, which can be seen when the mouth is fully open. I wonder what kind of heavy elements are in there that help screen higher-energy photons. The effect is absent for the male subject (and apparently “pion” in Swedish means “peony” rather than “meson made of up and down quarks.” Silly Swedes.)

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