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Deep Vision
01 Sep 2007
How does a port choose the right X-ray screening system for its operations? It depends what you’re looking for. Felicity Landon reports
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Look to software for improved outputs
01 Sep 2007
X-ray scanning technology is somewhat mature, according to Rapiscan’s Peter Kant. “We have multiple players in the market to deliver it, and the technology today isn’t all that different from last year or the year before. “There was a huge jump three or four years ago, but it is now fairly stable.” Of course, if someone drives a truck into the portal, then the structure and/or equipment may well have to be replaced.
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Dodging detection delays
01 Sep 2007
Removing the human element could avoid the time-consuming interpretation of X-ray images, as Felicity Landon finds out
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Mobile solutions win over French officials
01 Sep 2007
Smiths Detection, part of the global Smiths Group, recently delivered two HCV-Mobile systems to French customs, to screen trucks for narcotics, contraband and counterfeit goods. It is the first time the French government has purchased mobile scanners for customs applications. The contract includes an option to buy two more HCV-Mobiles.





