Thursday, January 24, 2013

A description of "passive" Terahertz scanning




My Note: Digital Barriers acquired ThruVision and it's passive THz technology. The following is the company's description of passive terahertz.

ThruVision's technology is passive. Like CCTV cameras our products do not emit energy onto the people being screened. Some other body scanning technologies emit X-rays and other types of 'active' radiation during the screening process. Our products operate by receiving natural Terahertz energy from all people and objects.
Our safe people screening systems can be used to screen women during pregnancy. As our products are completely passive people can be screened an unlimited amount of times with absolutely no risk to their health.
Respectful technology
It is important to find the right balance between security and civil liberties. The TS4 is often referred to as non-invasive as it does not image intimate body details. This allows the respectful screening of all people with no requirement for same gender operators.
Stand-off detection
The TS4 incorporates an advanced approach to the focusing of the received Terahertz energy. This novel approach enables our customers to detect concealments across a range of stand-off distances of up to 10m. This enables our products to be used to screen people without requiring them to stop specifically to be screened.

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