ROMULUS — The Transportation Security Administration announced that Detroit Metro Airport is one of the first eight in the country to receive new software on its 15 body scanners. 

According to reports, the software will show only generic outlines if an object is detected; if no object is found the screen will simply say “OK.” 

The goal is to improve the procedure by making it quicker and more private. The system will likely be operational in a few weeks and installed on all 15 advanced-imaging millimeter-wave scanners at Metro’s North and McNamara terminals. 

The TSA has faced harsh criticism and pressure from rights and privacy advocates over the scanners. The Department of Homeland Security is also facing a lawsuit by the Electronic Privacy Information Center claiming that TSA employees had “cancer clusters” from the scanners and mischaracterized findings from safety tests.