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Old 01-18-2010, 12:37 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Body scanners can store, send images, group says – amFIX - CNN.com Blogs

I am trying to figure this out. Is the TSA using software to cripple/change the image, or are the cameras themselves not good enough?
Millimeter wave radar can distinguish objects from noise at sizes just over a millimeter. They're altering the images significantly.
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Or is one type more detailed than the other version? I know that 10 years ago, the Sony nightshot camera with a simple IR filter & light could see through clothes. With the advances in cameras and medical imaging, it seems possible.
Yes, they can see through clothes*

* - only thin clothes made of certain fabrics, in very specific lighting conditions, and almost any point&shoot digital camera can do this with a proper filter
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