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The air port has an x-ray machine, not a CT scanner. The CT has a ring the spins around the object making a 3d image - they don't have that at the airport. X-r
by ars 5y ago
The air port has an x-ray machine, not a CT scanner. The CT has a ring the spins around the object making a 3d image - they don't have that at the airport.
X-rays are quite cheap in the medical world (reading them is where the cost is, not taking the x-ray).
- hallway_monitor 5y agoI suppose a CT is what I saw at the airport earlier this year then - maybe Houston? The technicians clearly had a 3d model and were manipulating it to view it from all angles.
- habi 5y agoThere are CT machines at airports: https://petapixel.com/2019/10/21/beware-new-3d-airport-scanners-will-destroy-your-camera-film/ https://petapixel.com/2019/10/21/beware-new-3d-airport-scann... Technically, one can also get a (simple) 3D model of something with 'linear tomography', e.g. when the 'sample' is moved under the x-ray source, which happens in classic baggage scanners.