BWI Among 15 U.S. Airports Testing Out CT Scanner For Luggage

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — We’ve all been there. The checkpoint chokepoint, when carry-ons hit the scanner at the airport.
But you’ve probably never seen one quite like the new scanner at BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, which uses computed tomography (CT) technology first developed for medicine.
Unlike conventional x-ray scanners that see in two dimensions, CT machines scan in three dimensions.
TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said the goal of these scanners is better security.
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