a machine using X-rays and a computer, used in medicine to look for signs of disease, or in security operations to look for drugs, weapons, etc
Examples of 'body scanner' in a sentence
body scanner
Manchester airport is testing a body scanner that uses radiation to penetrate clothing and detect artificial substances.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Worshippers had to pass through a body scanner and were searched with metal and explosive detectors.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The body scanner used in most international airports would not be able to detect the device, which can be detonated by injection.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They advertise a hospital body scanner.
The Sun (2010)
Congress has so far insisted that passing through a full-body scanner should be optional - even though staff operating the machines never see the images produced.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Either that, or we will all be asked to walk through a full body scanner which lets officials look at our naked bodies.
The Sun (2010)
Potentially embarrassing medical aids would show up on the 'virtual strip searching' of a body scanner.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I'll be disappointed if full-body scanners are not installed at the door.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Body scanners used in hospitals would not be possible without superconductivity and liquid helium.