Backscatter

MESERVE: An x-ray technology called Backscatter already used to see inside vehicles may soon be used to look underneath the clothes of travelers to reveal weapons, contraband and a whole lot more.

CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2005 2005

(February 21, 2007) # Phoenix Airport to Use 'Backscatter' X-Ray on Travelers: Sky Harbor International Airport here will test a new federal screening system that takes X-rays of passenger's bodies to detect concealed explosives and other weapons.

Signs of the Times 2010

The Z Backscatter Vans, or ZBVs, as the company calls them, send a narrow stream of X-rays off and through nearby objects and read which ones bounce back.

Scanner Vans Allow Drive-By Snooping 2010

The same privacy defenders who refer to full-body airport scanners as "virtual strip searches," like Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, are asking similar questions about whether the common use by law enforcement of so-called Z Backscatter Vans would comply with the Constitution.

G.W. Schulz: Airports Aren't the Only Place to Find Companies Selling X-Ray Scanners G.W. Schulz 2010

Backscatter Passenger Imaging uses low intensity X-ray technology to show items in pockets or concealed on the person.

Body scanners can store, send images, group says 2010

(Backscatter X-ray machines, not surprisingly, more or less facilitate X-ray vision.)

Aaron Greenspan: Airport Security Is a Computer Problem 2010

The Z Backscatter Vans, or ZBVs, as the company calls them, send a narrow stream of X-rays off and through nearby objects and read which ones bounce back.

X-Ray Vans Allow Drive By Snooping On America's Streets 2010

But after the tragedy, Ralph Sheridan, CEO of the company that makes the Backscatter-based BodySearch machine, found himself speaking to a newly receptive government audience in Washington.

Technology: A High-Tech Home Front 2007

Passengers may also be virtually frisked with the controversial Backscatter X-ray, which is "almost like Superman's X-ray vision, where you can look through the person's clothes and see what they're carrying," says Harry Martz, of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

Technology: A High-Tech Home Front 2007

MESERVE: Backscatter machines could be powered up at Los Angeles International Airport and New York's JFK before the end of the year if this pilot program in Phoenix shows the public will accept Backscatter, and that the $100,000 machine provides better security than an old-fashioned, cost-effective pat-down.

CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2007 2007