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Description / Abstract:
This standard applies to security screening systems that utilize
x-ray or gamma radiation and are used to inspect people who are not
inside vehicles, containers, or enclosures. Specifically, this
standard applies to systems used to detect objects carried on or
within the body of the individual being exposed.
The following types of systems are included in the scope of this
standard:
— Systems designated as fixed, portal, re-locatable,
transportable, mobile, or gantry.
— Systems employing detection of primary radiation (transmission
systems), or scatter radiation (backscatter systems), or a
combination of both.
— Systems that are primarily imaging but that also may
have complementary features such as material discrimination, or
automatic active or passive threat alerts. This standard will not
address how to test these complementary features.
Purpose
The purpose of this standard is to provide standard methods of
measuring and reporting imaging quality characteristics and to
establish minimum acceptable performance requirements for the
systems described in 1.1.