Bodysearch technology uses X-ray imaging to remove hazards and humiliation from personnel searches

Smuggling of weapons, drugs, and valuable materials on the body across international borders and through security-sensitive installations presents difficult social problems such as the safety of the officers and the privacy of the subjects. The Bodysearch system, which uses low-exposure X-rays to image a person´s body, solves some of these problems by providing a safe, fast, and effective way to unobtrusively search a person´s body. At the same time the implementation of Bodysearch challenges society to decide if it is ready to go the next step and use more widespread inspections of persons in order to reduce the opportunities for criminal acts against society