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  2. Airport security - Wikipedia

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    CATSA uses x-ray machines to verify the contents of all carry-ons as well as metal detectors, explosive trace detection (ETD) equipment and random physical searches of passengers at the pre-board screening points. X-ray machines, CTX machines, high-resolution x-rays and ETDs are also used to scan checked bags. All checked baggage is always x ...

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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 ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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]

  6. Airport X-ray reveals extra passenger tucked inside traveler ...

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    An X-ray picked up another cat tucked inside a traveler’s luggage in November at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, according to previous reporting from McClatchy News.

  7. Full body scanner - Wikipedia

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    Full body scanner in millimeter wave scanners technique at Cologne Bonn Airport 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.

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  9. 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.