According to a scanner that produces the "naked" images of passengers has begun on the airport in Manchester. Authorities say speed up security checks before revealed no hidden weapons or explosives.
However, full-body scanners will also appear breast augmentation, piercings and a clear black and white outlines of the genitals of passengers.
The airport has insisted that the pictures are not pornographic and is immediately destroyed.
Sarah Barrett, director of customer experience at the airport, said most passengers do not like the traditional pat down "from the search.
At Terminal 2, Manchester Airport, which introduced the machine, passengers no longer need to pull their coats, shoes and belts, and go through security checks.
Ms Barrett said: "This scanner has completely removed the dispute to undress."
Ms Barrett said the black-and-white image, and will only be seen by an officer in a remote location before deleting.
"The images are not erotic or pornographic, and can not be stored or captured in any way," he said.
The passengers could refuse to be scanned, he added.
The scan costs £ 80,000 per. They work by transmitting electromagnetic waves to passengers when standing represented at a booth. A virtual three-dimensional image is then created from the reflected energy.
Ms Barrett said radiation has been "super safe".
She said: "The passengers can go through this machine is 5000 times per year to each without looking back. The amount of transmitted radiation is making very small."
The Transportation Department will decide whether permanently installed in a period of one year.
The scanner, made by Rapiscan Systems, has already been tried at Heathrow Airport between 2004 and 2008.
A spokesman for BAA Heathrow said that the technology was "very effective" and the airport operator was taking into account a possible further use in the future.
The scans will be rolled out gradually to the airports in the U.S., after use in Los Angeles and New York.
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