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What Airport Body Scanners Can Actually See?

  Whenever you will be out for air travel, the primary step for airport security lies in going via the lengthy flying process. The process can get simpler whenever you are wearing slip-on shoes and a very minimal amount of jewelry. But a big question is always lying there that what do the x-ray security scanners can see? A standard outline of a person resembling a cut-off from a cookie-cutter is seen on the monitor. No matter what is your height, gender or type of body, the image remains the same. The scanner software can recognize non-metallic and metallic items which are hidden under the clotting. An image is processed by the machine which utilized yellow boxes for pointing out any areas which may require additional screening. When there remains no issue, an “OK” sign will appear on the screen without any box or outline. While exiting the airport scanners , this can be witnessed by the traveler. Before the emergence of Advanced Image Technology (AIT) scanners, backscatter screenin