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Infrared System Screens Singapore Arrivals

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SINGAPORE, April 17 -- An "infrared fever screening system" now greets passengers arriving at Changi airport from southern China and Hong Kong, two areas hardest hit by the SARS virus, Reuters reported yesterday. The thermal-imaging thermometer, which automatically checks the temperature of air travelers as they step off the plane, is Singapore's latest weapon in combatting SARS. "Walking through the sensor generates a heat-sensitive image. A burst of red dots on a computer screen depicts a fever and nurses stand ready to whisk passengers away for further tests," the Reuters article said. The...Read full article

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    Published: April 2003
    defenseheat-sensitiveinfrared fever screening systemNews & FeaturesSARS virusSensors & DetectorsSingapore Technologiesthermal-imaging thermometer

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