No More Nude Image

Nude images from airport body scans are a thing of the past.

The Transportation Security Administration has equipped all of its advanced imaging technology units with the required advanced target recognition technology, replacing the nude images produced by backscatter X-ray scanners, TSA Administrator John Pistole says in a May 24 letter (.pdf) to Congress.

TSA was unable to meet the original deadline of June 2012, but beat the extended deadline of May 31, 2013, by 2 weeks, Pistole reports.

He adds that the next generation of advanced imaging technology must include ATR capabilities.

The change was mandated by the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to move away from the body-revealing images developed by backscatter X-ray scanners in lieu of more generic body shapes. Rapiscan, maker of the full-body scanners, failed to meet the deadline for creating less revealing images; TSA has canceled the company's contract.

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