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Advanced gamma ray technology for scanning cargo containers.

Victor J Orphan·Ernie Muenchau·Jerry Gormley·Rex Richardson
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The shipping industry is striving to increase security for cargo containers without significantly impeding traffic. Three Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) development programs are supporting this effort. SAIC's ICIS system combines SAIC's VACIS gamma ray imaging, radiation scanning, OCR, elemental analysis and other technologies to scan containers for nuclear materials and other hazards in normal terminal traffic. SAIC's enhanced gamma ray detector improves VACIS image resolution by a factor of three. And SAIC's EmptyView software analyzes VACIS images to automatically verify empty containers.

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Victor J Orphan, Ernie Muenchau, Jerry Gormley, Rex Richardson. 2005-06-29. Advanced gamma ray technology for scanning cargo containers.. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.05.033

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