E' game March 4, 2010, in Fiumicino, the testing of body scanners (body scan) imaging devices of ' whole body used for the screening of airport security. In the U.S. and Holland are used for some time now and the trial is taking place not only in Italy, France and Britain.
The body scanner is a device for millimeter-wave, low frequency electromagnetic emissions, which detects the presence of any material, metallic and non metallic of all types of objects hidden on a person. It looks like a cabin, with open entry and exit, the passenger must cross into both arms. In the case where the body scanner detects an object, the monitor means that portion of the body where there is the anomaly, on which a security guard performs a deep hand. The scan lasts three seconds, the whole process of control is not longer than 30 seconds.
The body scanner is a safe device: the Ministry of Health has issued a positive opinion for use of this technology. For privacy reasons, the machine and reproduces only in the case of positive detection, a stylized outline standard, not the image of the person who is undergoing testing, the head is excluded from scanning the images should be erased. The analyst is in another room and can not see the person being scanned, but is in contact with other officials may detain the person if something appears suspicious.
are excluded from the body scanner only those passengers who have mobile prostheses also if, in the testing phase, the passenger does not want to undergo the scan can be inspected by a thorough and complete manual control.
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