Three security scanners using millimeter waves were put into use at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on 15 May 2007, with more expected to be installed later. The passenger's head is masked from the view of the security personnel.
According to Farran Technologies, a manufacturer of one model of the millimeter wave scanner, the technology exists to extend the search area to as far as 50 meters beyond the scanning area which would allow security workers to scan a large number of people without their awareness that they are being scanned.
Medicine
Most widely used in former USSR nations,low intensity (usually 10 mW/cm2 or less) electromagnetic radiation of extremely high frequency (especially in the range 40 - 70 GHz, which corresponds to wavelength of 7.5 - 4.3 mm) is used in human medicine for the treatment of many types of diseases. This type of therapy is called Millimeter Wave (MMW) Therapy or Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Therapy. More than 10 000 devices are used for Millimeter Wave Therapy worldwide and more than a million people have been successfully treated with millimeter wave therapy during its documented history. Established in 1992, the Russian Journal Millimeter waves in biology and medicine is dedicated to the scientific basis and clinical applications of Millimeter Wave Therapy. More than 50 issues of it have been published.
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