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TSA Hopes Next Body Scanners Have Automated Target Recognition

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Thursday, March 25th, 2010

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The Department of Homeland Security and its industry partners are working to develop automated target recognition (ATR) capabilities for whole body imaging systems so that the machines purchased with FY '11 funds incorporate this advanced feature, a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official told Congress. The ATR capability that will hopefully be built into the 500 Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) systems that are planned to be purchased and deployed by the end of 2011 would also be retrofitted on the first…

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