SBIR Phase I: Fast Remote X-ray Screening

这项小型企业创新研究(SBIR)第一阶段研究项目提出开发一种灵活的联网大容量安全检查点系统。拟议的系统旨在对个人携带的物品进行具有成本效益的高通量X射线筛查，这些物品进入人员大量通过或聚集的地区。人们普遍认为，传统的安检点，如机场的安检点，对于铁路等有大量乘客的应用来说，过于笨重和缓慢。一个主要的需求是能够以显著更高的处理速度检查人员及其携带的物品。拟议系统的预计容量比目前以我国机场检查站为模型的安全检查站的容量大一个数量级。拟议中的系统可以服务的典型场所是公共交通系统、礼堂、体育场、购物中心、会议厅和其他容易受到恐怖袭击的人高度集中的场所。拟议的技术将为进入该地区的公文包、背包、背包、包裹等的武器和爆炸物提供X光扫描，从而为这些拥挤地区的人提供保护，使其免受恐怖袭击。提议的技术的更广泛影响可能是显著的。恐怖袭击对美国公共交通系统或其他人群众多的地方可能会对我们的社会和经济产生重大不利影响。在美国有许多人群聚集的场所。许多场馆，如运动场、礼堂、音乐厅和会议中心，都是间歇性使用的。其他城市，如公共交通、购物中心、学校、大学和写字楼，每天的交通流量都很大。对于这些场馆，安装、维护和配备永久性固定安全检查站，如机场使用的检查站，非常昂贵，在许多情况下是不可行的。面对日益严重的恐怖主义威胁，保护我国的关键基础设施成为更高的优先事项，因此必须有效地解决这些交通繁忙地区的安全问题。在这些情况下，能够在需要时快速设置并高效运行灵活、紧凑和快速的安全检查点可能是一项真正的优势，并对能够提供有效的安全级别产生影响。拟议的技术可以调整为与现有的检查站检查系统相结合，除了新系统的市场外，现有系统还有一个重要的升级市场。

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research project proposes to develop a flexible networked high capacity security checkpoint system. The proposed system is designed to enable cost-effective high throughput x-ray screening of items carried by individuals into areas having high numbers of people passing through or congregating. It is widely felt that conventional security checkpoints, such as those in airports, are too bulky and slow for applications where there are large numbers of passengers such as railways. A primary need is to be able to screen persons and their carried items at significantly higher processing rates. Projected capacity of the proposed system is an order of magnitude greater than the capacity of current security checkpoints modeled on checkpoints in our nation's airports. Typical venues that could be served by the proposed system are mass transit systems, auditoriums, sports arenas, shopping malls, conference halls, and other venues having high concentrations of people vulnerable to terrorist attacks. The proposed technology would provide protection against terrorist attack to persons in such crowded areas by providing x-ray screening for weapons and explosives of briefcases, knapsacks, backpacks, packages, etc. carried into the area. Broader impacts of the proposed technology can be significant. Terrorist attacks on mass transit systems or other places having large crowds in the U.S. could have significant adverse effects upon our society and our economy. There are many venues in the U.S. where crowds gather. Many such as sports arenas, auditoriums, concert halls, and conference centers and are used intermittently. Others, such as mass transit, shopping malls, schools, universities, and office buildings have high traffic daily. For these venues the installation, maintenance, and manning of permanent fixed security checkpoints, such as those used at airports, is very expensive and in many cases not feasible. As protection of our national critical infrastructure becomes a higher priority in the face of increasing terrorist threats security for these high traffic areas must be effectively addressed. In these situations the ability to quickly set up and efficiently operate flexible, compact, and fast security checkpoints when needed can be a real benefit and make the difference for being able to provide an effective level of security. The proposed technology can be adapted to integrate with existing checkpoint screening systems and has a significant upgrade market for existing systems in addition to markets for new systems.