Sentences with phrase «backscatter x-ray»
Would backscatter x-ray machines or millimeter wave scanners deployed at many airports have been effective in spotting the new underwear bomb?
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AS&E says the radiation dose from a backscatter x-ray, less than 10 microrems, is the same received from natural sources during two minutes of an airplane flight at 30,000 feet.
Barry Steinhardt, associate director of the American Civil Liberties Union, calls backscatter x-ray imaging «nothing more than an electronic strip search.»
In early November 2010, the Transportation Safety Administration began forcing air travelers to submit to a nude body scanner (also known as «AIT devices,» or «backscatter x-rays») or accept an «enhanced pat - down.»
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He brings a variety of in situ and ex situ characterization methods to bear on the these materials, including high - resolution x-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction, Rutherford backscattering, scanning transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, atom probe tomography and scanning probe microscopy.
Acronyms: XRF = x-ray fluoresencence; RBS = Rutherford Backscattering; XRD = x-ray diffraction; SEM = scanning electron microscopy; AFM = atomic force microcopy; PES = photoelectron spectroscopy, with x-rays (XPS) and ultraviolet (UPS); KP = Kelvin probe measurements, SECM = scanning electrochemical microscopy, PL = photoluminescence; FTIR = Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
The Secure 1000 uses advanced x-ray backscatter technology and image processing software to detect potential threats on passengers at aviation checkpoints.