The ethical dimension of terahertz and millimeter-wave imaging technologies: security, privacy, and acceptability

R. Ammicht Quinn; B. Rampp

doi:10.1117/12.818446

5 May 2009 The ethical dimension of terahertz and millimeter-wave imaging technologies: security, privacy, and acceptability

R. Ammicht Quinn, B. Rampp

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 7306, Optics and Photonics in Global Homeland Security V and Biometric Technology for Human Identification VI; 730613 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818446
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Terahertz and millimeter-wave imaging technologies, wherever they are applied to human beings, generate problems with the "naked" body. Security issues thus inevitably lead to ethical questions of privacy and intimacy. Less apparent but no less important are other issues such as discrimination and the question of reducing this problem through post processing of data; scalability; questions of controlling the controllers; questions of proliferation. Ethical research alone can not provide acceptability. However, ultimately innovative technologies will not achieve widespread and sustainable acceptance without a fundamental clarification of the ethically relevant issues.

Citation Download Citation

R. Ammicht Quinn and B. Rampp "The ethical dimension of terahertz and millimeter-wave imaging technologies: security, privacy, and acceptability", Proc. SPIE 7306, Optics and Photonics in Global Homeland Security V and Biometric Technology for Human Identification VI, 730613 (5 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818446

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available