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by nielsbot 1179 days ago
Wonder if anyone knows or can speculate how these work?

I stole a glance at the screen when my bag passed through one of these--looked like CT. The user can examine and freely rotate a transparent model of what's in the bag.

I always wondered if you could use different energy X-rays to attempt to analyze what things being examined are made of.

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> I always wondered if you could use different energy X-rays to attempt to analyze what things being examined are made of.

Yup. You can do that to some extent.

Where can I read more?