I'm not sure if they will ever move to ct based technologies. If so, how would film and paper be distributed globally?“FedEx in conjunction with the authorities are field X-raying all the packages one at a time,” the employee said. “From then on, we will be doing bulk X-rays of entire trailers.”
I'm not sure if they will ever move to ct based technologies. If so, how would film and paper be distributed globally?
I was trying to find info from shipping companies if they xray or ct scan all packages.
A group of computer scientists at University College London (UCL), led by Lewis Griffin, may soon speed up the process by employing artificial intelligence. Dr Griffin is being sponsored by Rapiscan to create software that uses machine-learning techniques to scan the x-ray images. Thomas Rogers, a member of the UCL team, estimates that it takes a human operator about ten minutes to examine each X-ray. The UCL system can do it in 3.5 seconds.
Someone posted a Kodak Alaris response about 2 or 3 weeks ago. It was clearly written by a public relations person who didn’t have information to offer, but had to say something so said something without meaningful substance.Anyone thought of writing to say Ilford and Kodak?
pentaxuser
Anyone thought of writing to say Ilford and Kodak?
pentaxuser
I have a friend who is a part of the new scanners development and roll out project at TSA. I asked him if it would damage film, he said he didn't know and wanted to know which types of radiation are damaging to film so he could check. I said I wasn't sure. What should I tell him so he can find out for us?
That statement is not in the advice sheet.AgX, surely you missed the part in the KA statement that said something like: ...
That statement is not in the advice sheet.
Where is it ??
We are discussing this since 2 1/2 months and today statements appear... they must have been well hidden.
Give that man a prize. Sorry folks I did mention a touch of British irony as a warning. I was making the point that as things are KA in its statement which was no doubt accurately reported by AgX, seems to believe it has no responsibility to contact airport authorities to advise them that unless they do mandate hand inspections this new technology will ruin its productsI believe that was British humour at work...
I would say it is closer to sarcasm than irony. It would be ironic if could assume, as in decades past, that Kodak is on top of its game and has almost certainly addressed the problem. Sadly those days are gone. Kodak and KA are rolling with the punches like the rest of us - more or less. Wish they could get their act together - and perhaps they will in time . After all, the problem has just recently surfaced.Give that man a prize. Sorry folks I did mention a touch of British irony as a warning. I was making the point that as things are KA in its statement which was no doubt accurately reported by AgX, seems to believe it has no responsibility to contact airport authorities to advise them that unless they do mandate hand inspections this new technology will ruin its products
pentaxuser
Obviously, all X-rays do affect film, it is a matter of dosage and to a smaller extent wavelength whether it shows up or not. TSA or the manufacturers would need to run some tests similar to what I did and measure density changes.I have a friend who is a part of the new scanners development and roll out project at TSA. I asked him if it would damage film, he said he didn't know and wanted to know which types of radiation are damaging to film so he could check. I said I wasn't sure. What should I tell him so he can find out for us?
In the meantime it may be possible to avoid airports where the CT scanners have been installed. We have a list of where the new tech is in use or being tried in the US. https://www.tsa.gov/computed-tomography
Is there anything like that list in Europe? So far we have testimony that it is at Amsterdam and Milan. Also not due at Heathrow until 2022. Any other information?
05 Jan 2020
Taveler_101:
Thanks for the TSA link. I will be traveling to Kona, Hawai'i later this month from San Jose, CA. Neither of these airports are on the above list. However, it is only a matter of time before San Jose (SJC) will get this technology.
At this point my film photo days in Europe have ended. I am sure B/W processing is available in Switzerland (where my wife has family), so I might still be able to do sone analog photography there. In all my domestic travels the TSA has been good about hand inspection of film (35mm and 120). I have no experience with tern TSA regarding sheet film. I am also very interested in how film will be shipped without being destroyed.
This has been a very interesting thread. Thank you for whomever started it.
Regards,
Darwin
The risk of shipped film being destroyed by X-raying is not new. One can assume that there the same technologies are applied as with checked luggage.I am also very interested in how film will be shipped without being destroyed.
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