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Transportation Security Administration officials demonstrated new advanced imaging technology software Tuesday at Honolulu Airport. A TSA?official scanned Cy Okinaka.
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New software in airport screening devices removes passenger-specific images and instead uses generic outlines identical for all travelers, officials said Tuesday.
Officials with the Transportation Security Administration unveiled the just-installed software Tuesday at Honolulu Airport.
The software, called Automated Target Recognition, only depicts anomalies on a traveler, without portraying an outline of the passenger’s body.
The software was installed into the advanced imaging technology machines, which have drawn controversy because of how detailed the original images were. The machines screen passengers for metallic and nonmetallic threats, including explosives, without physical contact.
TSA had begun installing the new software in existing machines in July 2011. The agency recently purchased 300 more scanning machines for $44.8 million. The new machines will be deployed at airports nationwide with the new software.
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