1. Another approach to night vision technology called thermal imaging is being used by the military and may ultimately evolve into the next generation of night vision equipment. 2. But two experts in thermal imaging will contend at the trial that images on an infrared video show shots being fired toward the compound. 3. Kyllo appealed his conviction, arguing that the thermal imaging of his home violated his Fourth Amendment protection from unreasonable police search. 4. Larry Wilson, a detective in Plano, Texas, who uses thermal imaging, says the decision will not severely hamper police investigations. 5. More technology, too, like thermal imaging detectors that can help find for indoor pot but that are under constitutional challenge as illegal search devices. 6. Parisky is testing thermal imaging as a method to detect breast cancer as compared to a benign lesion. 7. So Elliot asked for help from Daniel Haas, an Oregon National Guard expert on thermal imaging. 8. The agent found an expert on thermal imaging who used a device that could detect heat emissions from distant objects that would otherwise be invisible. 9. Thermal imaging works by sensing heat patterns, enabling a user to see even through smoke and fog, night or day. 10. And even if thermal imaging is comparable in accuracy to polygraphs, Horvath said it would not be suitable for rapid mass screenings. |
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