GIANTS IN SCREENING PROFILE FISCAN


We are experiencing an age of ever-growing terrorism activities which threaten the lives of people all around the world. In this period of increasing security uncertainty, Beijing Zhongdun Anmin Analysis Technology Co., Ltd, branded as FISCAN, provides cutting-edge X-ray screening technology that helps every country safeguard the traveling public, protect buildings and the transportation systems.


FISCAN is a high-tech company integrating R&D, manufacturing, engineering, training and services. Facing new developments and challenges for the security industry worldwide, FISCAN continuously upgrades its security products and gradually creates a series of comprehensive products, including X-ray machines with different tunnel sizes, both single-view and dual-view, as well as automatic explosive detection systems, container inspection systems, liquid detection equipment, body scanners, walkthrough detectors, and hand-held metal detectors. FISCAN systems have also acquired official approvals/certificates from TSA/FAA Test, CE, UL, Certificate of China National Torch Program, CAAC certificate and IATA Supplier qualification. Since the


than environments typically available in most Baggage Handling Systems (BHS) where the EDS units are often located. Screeners can view bag images in quiet and ergonomically designed rooms and view stations and thus more effectively process such images to provide a better overall screening process. Also, the typical 1:1 ratio between EDS or X-ray system and screener is no longer required which offers the potential of a more staff-efficient screening system as fewer screeners can efficiently deal with more bag images. Another solution is often offered by X-ray equipment manufacturers, with automated threat detection capability that is overlaid on the basic X-ray images and then presents screeners with X-ray images upon which such threats are highlighted. While not replacing the need for screeners to view such images, this capability can help focus screeners’ attention to these highlighted objects within such images and thus helps improve the screening process. Other X-ray image enhancing solutions also focus on post-processing of the original X-ray images (potentially coupling them with remote image capabilities) but as an add-on


“…CXRS can identify specific explosive compounds based on their crystalline structure so its specificity is high with a relatively wide detection envelope and low false alarm rates…”


dispersion of particles that results when a stream of X-ray photons is focused on a target by a specific angle.


solution to existing X-ray systems. Again, such solutions, added to already deployed X-ray systems that do not have such capabilities, can provide screeners with more threat information overlaid on X-ray images as determined by automated threat detection algorithms that run on the core X-ray images and will then highlight threats for screeners to focus on.


The Future of X-ray Systems So has X-ray technology reached its peak? Is there room for any additional advancement? Or will X-rays be replaced by alternative examination tools? Far from it! There are several X-ray techniques that show much promise for future developments that might lead to significant security and efficiency improvements including an increase in detection, reduction of false alarms and higher throughput. These improvements are critically needed to adequately address future passenger growth coupled with the evolving threats. Following are some of these key techniques and technologies: Coherent X-ray scattering (CXRS) which is also known as X-ray Diffraction, analyses the


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first X-ray machine was installed in Beijing Capital International Airport in 1984, over 15,000 FISCAN X-ray security systems have been deployed in more than 30 countries and regions at airports, seaports, customs, railway stations, highway, governmental departments and many other security-related applications. Based on its own R&D, FISCAN possesses its own intellectual property rights which enable the company to provide a whole set of custom-designed products and security inspection solutions.


Beijing Zhongdun Anmin Analysis Technology Co., Ltd. No. 1 Capital Gymnasium South Road, Beijing, China 100048


+ 8610 8851 3636 + 8610 6842 1178


E-mail: sales@fiscan.cn Web: www.fiscan.cn


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the direction of the resulting radiation which is analysed by a detector placed at a fixed angle. The resulting scatter spectra provides information on the crystalline structure of the object screened, allowing the identification of concealed explosive materials based on their unique crystal structure in each voxel of the bag. Since this technology does not provide an X-ray image, it is often combined with transmission X-ray to provide such an image. CXRS can identify specific explosive compounds based on their crystalline structure so its specificity is high with a relatively wide detection envelope and low false alarm rates. Recently, CXRS technique has shown promise which may allow the effective detection of even


non-crystalline materials. However,


traditionally, CXRS has been relatively slow, making it an effective alarm resolution system for checked baggage screening where primary screening is conducted by CT or Dual-Energy X-ray systems. CXRS is also relatively expensive and bulky. Recent developments show promise to increase CXRS’ throughput and reduce its size so as to potentially make it compatible for carry-on baggage screening or primary screening of checked baggage. Another promising and recent technological advancement is known as Multi-spectral X-ray


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