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  2. List of entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks

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    In the Family Guy episode "Road to Rhode Island" (which aired a year before the attacks), Osama bin Laden distracts a security guard at the airport while the X-ray machine detects weapons. This scene was cut after the September 11 attacks and was also removed from the Family Guy: Volume 1 DVD; however, the episode remains intact on the Family ...

  3. Millimeter wave scanner - Wikipedia

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    Millimeter wave scanners should not be confused with backscatter X-ray scanners, a completely different technology used for similar purposes at airports. X-rays are ionizing radiation , more energetic than millimeter waves by more than five orders of magnitude , and raise concerns about possible mutagenic potential.

  4. Explosive detection - Wikipedia

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    Specially designed X-ray machines using computed axial tomography can detect explosives by looking at the density of the items.. These systems that are furnished with dedicated software, containing an explosives threat library and false-color coding to assist operators with their dedicated threat resolution protocols. [ 9 ]

  5. Worst toy ever -- Airport security x-ray machine - AOL

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    I suppose in an era when every kid owns a boxcar's worth of toys, finding new ideas for play time toys is a challenge. However, I have to believe that we can do better than Wizard Industries ...

  6. CTX (explosive-detection device) - Wikipedia

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    The CTX (Computer Tomography X-ray) is an explosive detection device, a family of x-ray devices developed by InVision Technologies in 1990 that uses CAT scans and sophisticated image processing software to automatically screen checked baggage for explosives.

  7. Airport X-ray machine reveals 8-year-old boy hidden in woman ...

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  8. Rapiscan Systems - Wikipedia

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    Rapiscan X-ray backscatter scanner Advanced Technology (AT) X-ray systems for baggage scanning. Rapiscan Systems is an American privately held company that specialises in walk-through metal detectors and X-ray machines for screening airport luggage and cargo. The company is owned by OSI Systems. [1]

  9. TSA shocked to find 82 fireworks and 3 knives in a woman's ...

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    The incident unfolded at about 10 p.m. Dec. 15 when Transportation Security Administration officers flagged a woman who had put her carry-on bag through the X-ray machine at Terminal 4, the agency ...