Detecting contraband on a person is an ongoing challenge that correctional facilities continuously fight.
As more facilities move away from physical searches and outdated scanning technology toward using newer, state-of-the-art security x-ray systems, that challenge has resolved somewhat yet finding certain contraband such as drugs remains difficult.
Screening with color is the latest advancement in detection technology body scanning and a viable option when the focus is on hard-to-detect contraband like illegal drugs.
Difficulty of Accurate Detection With Older Full-Body X-Ray Systems
The problem with even some top-tier full-body x-ray systems that produce highly-defined imaging is that these images must still be interpreted by a human.
Something as small as a little packet of an illicit substance can very easily blend in with the shadows and highlights of clothing and body parts or appear as a questionable area on the image that still leaves a question and further investigation is still required.
So although the latest body scanning systems have greatly improved security scanning and vastly reduced the need for body searches, the need for those searches could be further reduced if there were a way to determine what each questionable part of the digital image actually is.
New Developments Offer Color Differentiation
Recent developments that address this issue specifically include security x-ray systems that utilize high-definition scanning combined with color screen highlighting to make finding drugs easier.
A newer system highlights in red outlines suspect areas on the image that could potentially be contraband, pinpointing areas that require more attention, speeding up the scanning process and making it more accurate.
Even Newer Devices Detect Organic vs Inorganic Material
A second system goes even further with advanced detection technology body scanning software that can differentiate between organic and inorganic materials and can decipher the image by measuring x-ray absorption to determine object density.
Items like clothing, electronic devices, weapons, and other items, and then items that are not human tissue and not any of the other categories (such as drugs) can all be individually identified.
Each category of materials is then color-coded to be plainly visible to the operator exactly what they are looking at.
A Big Win for Correctional Facilities
Using these amazing new developments in detection technology body scanning, correctional facilities can now gain the ability to prevent nearly all contraband of any type from entering the facility.
Advanced security x-ray systems that utilize extra-high definition density scanning plus color-coded threat labeling make the job of security screening faster and easier for operators and more reliable overall for catching even the most minute items trying to pass through the facility doors.