With all of the focus on homeland security many people have forgotten that the original application for high-energy screening technology was manifest verification and contraband interdiction. Smugglers rob nations of millions of dollars in uncollected duties every year. In fact‚ the duties that are recovered by employing high-energy screening technology help pay for the technology over time.
BIR offers permanent and movable x-ray inspection facilities for ports and border crossing applications where manifest verification is conducted and most smugglers are caught. These systems employ linear accelerator x-ray sources and BIR x-ray detectors to create images of uncompromising quality and clarity. Two millimeter pixel resolution is achievable with most systems allowing operators to see details as small as the buttons on a TV remote control lying in a truck load of televisions.
Only high-energy transmission x-ray systems are capable of providing the detail needed to locate fine details and anomalies in large containers and trucks. Gamma techniques do not have the resolution and backscatter techniques do not have the penetrating power.
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