A friend of mine from Oz, a Captain, came through Manchester last year when they were trialing this, and his wife was put through the machine without him realising it and without her knowing what it was all about - she was newly pregnant at the time and my friend was very unhappy about his wife being put through the machine without being told what it was.
Your captain friend's wife could not possibly have gone through this or any other body imaging machine at Manchester Airport last year, as no such equipment was in place.
