Patent ID: 8254524

Claim:
A system comprising: one or more emission modules operable for emitting at least ionizing radiation energy; means for preventing the release, in any single emission, of more than a first threshold of ionizing radiation energy from the one or more emission modules; means for at least one of measuring or determining cumulative ionizing radiation irradiations of one or more body parts by the one or more emission modules; means for preventing an emission of ionizing radiation from the one or more emission modules responsive to measured or determined cumulative ionizing radiation irradiations of the one or more body parts if the emission of the ionizing radiation from the one or more emission modules would allow the irradiation of the one or more body parts by more than a second threshold of cumulative ionizing radiation energy; and means for resetting, in response to the remote signal, the circuitry for at least one of measuring or determining cumulative ionizing radiation irradiations, the resetting to allow at least one additional emission of ionizing radiation from the one or more emission modules.