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Airport scanner detects deadly baggage cargo An award-winning airport baggage scanner, developed by Rapiscan Systems and the University of Manchester, has been successfully tested at Manchester Airport. The system, which has its roots in EPSRC-sponsored mathematics research conducted by Dr Edward Morton, combines the superior quality 3D data of a CT image with the high speed of a conventional X-ray baggage screening system, to detect potential explosives in the baggage of airline passengers. The system is far faster and far more reliable than any existing technologies, and therefore allow airports to both increase their baggage screening capacity and reduce their capital and operating costs.
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