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DHS Taking Two Paths in Developing ATR Algorithms for Body Imagers

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Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

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In the quest to enhance the whole body imaging technology that is being deployed to the nation's airports the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is taking two approaches in fostering the development of software that can automatically detect objects concealed on a person's body, a department official says. The Transportation Security Administration is currently working with the suppliers of the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machines to develop the Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) algorithms, James Tuttle, head of the Explosives Division…

Congress

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