-
The department of justice will now press ahead with plans to test another more sophisticated X-ray scanner.
BBC: Scanners ruled out for NI prison searches after pilot
-
Patton, an employee at LAX for 11 years, had claimed that Kennedy shoved her after she told him his bag was too big to fit through an X-ray scanner.
CNN: L.A. airport officials release videotaped incident involving Rep. Patrick Kennedy
-
Rapiscan Systems, which makes the backscatter X-ray scanner, installs one of a series of "privacy algorithms" that can dial up or down the images' resolution. (Of course, the fuzzier the result the harder it is to spot a weapon.) Similarly, millimeter scanner-maker L-3 can blur faces, chests and groins, depending on the customer's preference.
WSJ: Noah Shachtman: Has Airport Security Gone Too Far?
-
If a deeper muscle is affected, Dr Markham uses an X-ray or scanner to guide him.
BBC: 'Botox has changed my family life'
-
The company says its Single Pose Secure scanner uses an extremely low-dose X-ray, equivalent to spending two minutes on an aircraft.
FORBES: Airport Security