Travellers may soon be able to pass through airport security without removing laptops and liquids from their cabin baggage thanks to a computed tomography checkpoint scanner developed by Smiths Detection.Unlike conventional X-ray scanners, which create a 2D view from fixed generators and detectors, the CT gantry inside the HI-SCAN 6040 CTiX rotates at a constant speed as the baggage is carried through it on a conveyor belt."It spins around the object taking hundreds of views at slightly different angles and then reconstructs the raw scan data into volumetric 3D images," said Kevin Riordan, head of airports and checkpoint solutions at Smiths Detection. "The comprehensive data collected is used to make more precise measurements and very accurate judgments on substances within the bag.
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