American National Standard for Determination of the Imaging Performance of X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Systems for Cargo and Vehicle Security Screening

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

08-19-2008

Publisher

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

1 Overview
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Purpose
2 Definitions
3 General considerations
  3.1 Special word usage
4 Performance measurement procedures
  4.1 General requirements
  4.2 Standard test conditions
  4.3 Radiation field measurements
  4.4 Documentation
  4.5 Image quality measurement objectives and scope
  4.6 Test object positions
  4.7 Penetration
  4.8 Spatial resolution
  4.9 Wire detection
  4.10 Contrast sensitivity
Annex A (informative) Bibliography
Annex B (informative) Documentation for Image-Quality measurements
Annex C (informative) Representative test fixtures

This standard is intended to be used to determine the imaging performance of x-ray and gamma-ray systems utilized to inspect loaded or empty vehicles, including personal and commercial vehicles of any type; marine and air cargo containers of any size; railroad cars; and palletized or Unpalletized cargo larger than 1 m × 1 m in cross-section.

DocumentType	Standard
ISBN	978-0-7381-5784-9
Pages	35
PublisherName	Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Status	Current

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