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Image from an active millimeter wave body scanner. A full-body scanner is a device that detects objects on or inside a person's body for security screening purposes, without physically removing clothes or making physical contact. Unlike metal detectors, full-body scanners can detect non-metal objects, which became an increasing concern after ...
A millimeter wave scanner is a whole-body imaging device used for detecting objects concealed underneath a person’s clothing using a form of electromagnetic radiation. Typical uses for this technology include detection of items for commercial loss prevention, smuggling, and screening for weapons at government buildings and airport security ...
Backscatter X-ray is an advanced X-ray imaging technology. Traditional X-ray machines detect hard and soft materials by the variation in x-ray intensity transmitted through the target. In contrast, backscatter X-ray detects the radiation that reflects from the target. It has potential applications where less-destructive examination is required ...
They're all citing a new report that says a full-body scanner used by the Transportation Security Administration up until just last year could easily be tricked - allowing guns, knives and even ...
Rebecca Dolan, AOL The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun testing new software designed to make full body scanner images at airport security more
Photo, L-3 Communications The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is blaming math mistakes for elevated radiation levels recorded on some full-body scanners during routine maintenance at ...
Many considered this an invasion of personal privacy, as TSA screeners were essentially shown an image of each passenger's naked body. Newer body scanners have since been introduced which do not produce an image, but rather alert TSA screeners of areas on the body where an unknown item or substance may be hidden.
Photo, L-3 Communications In a lab in New Jersey, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Department of Homeland Security have begun testing software that would change the image ...