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BS IEC 62709:2024 - TC Tracked Changes. Radiation protection instrumentation. Security screening of humans. Measuring the imaging performance of X-ray systems, 2024
- A-30451250.pdf [Go to Page]
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- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms, definitions, abbreviated terms, quantities and units [Go to Page]
- 3.1 Terms and definitions
- 3.2 Abbreviated terms
- 3.3 Quantities and units
- 4 Imaging performance evaluation procedures [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General characteristics and test procedures
- 4.2 Location of testing
- Figures [Go to Page]
- Figure 1 – Generic illustration of the testing configuration showing a HDPE body phantom with a test object on one end supported 1 m off the ground
- 4.3 Body phantom and test objects
- 4.4 Pentalith resolution test [Go to Page]
- 4.4.1 Purpose
- Figure 2 – Body phantom and test objects [Go to Page]
- 4.4.2 Test object description
- 4.4.3 Procedure
- 4.4.4 Evaluation and record
- 4.5 Wire detection test [Go to Page]
- 4.5.1 Purpose
- 4.5.2 Test object description
- 4.5.3 Procedure
- 4.5.4 Evaluation and record
- Tables [Go to Page]
- Table 1 – Wire sizes for the wire detection test
- 4.6 Materials detection on body test [Go to Page]
- 4.6.1 General
- 4.6.2 Purpose
- 4.6.3 Test object description
- 4.6.4 Procedure
- 4.6.5 Evaluation and record
- 4.7 Materials detection in air test [Go to Page]
- 4.7.1 General
- 4.7.2 Purpose
- 4.7.3 Test object description
- 4.7.4 Procedure
- 4.7.5 Evaluation and record
- 4.8 Penetration test [Go to Page]
- 4.8.1 General
- 4.8.2 Purpose
- 4.8.3 Test object description
- 4.8.4 Procedure
- 4.8.5 Evaluation and record
- 5 Minimum acceptable imaging performance [Go to Page]
- Table 2 – Minimum acceptable imaging performance at the reference location
- 6 Environmental requirements [Go to Page]
- Table 3 – Standard test conditions
- Annexes [Go to Page]
- Annex A (normative) Mechanical drawings of the test objects
- Figure A.1 – Components of the test phantom
- Figure A.2 – Material detection in air phantom
- Figure A.3 – Subassembly of the material detection in air phantom (Figure A.2), metal comb, three teeth
- Figure A.4 – Subassembly of the material detection in air phantom (Figure A.2), metal comb, two teeth
- Figure A.5 – Subassembly of the material detection in air phantom (Figure A.2), metal comb, one tooth
- Figure A.6 – Subassembly of the material detection in air phantom (Figure A.2), plastic comb
- Figure A.7 – Subassembly of the material detection in air phantom (Figure A.2), mounting sheet
- Figure A.8 – Material detection on body 1
- Figure A.9 – Material detection on body 2
- Figure A.10 – Wire detection phantom
- Figure A.11 – Subassembly of the wire detection phantom (Figure A.10), mounting base
- Figure A.12 – Subassembly of the wire detection phantom (Figure A.10), cover
- Figure A.13 – Pentalith resolution phantom
- Figure A.14 – Subassembly of the pentalith resolution phantom(Figure A.13), mounting base
- Figure A.15 – Subassembly of the pentalith resolution phantom (Figure A.13); hole placement in mounting base
- Figure A.16 – Subassembly of the pentalith resolution phantom (Figure A.13), cover
- Figure A.17 – Body phantom, 55 mm thick
- Figure A.18 – Body phantom, 75 mm thick
- Figure A.19 – Body phantom, 50 mm thick
- Figure A.20 – Storing space
- Annex B (informative) Example of reporting form
- Annex C (informative) Image resolution measurement using the pentalith [Go to Page]
- C.1 General
- C.2 Strategy
- C.3 Pentalith description
- Figure C.1 – Dimensional design of the pentalith pattern
- Figure C.2 – Example of a pentalith overlying a pixel grid
- Figure C.3 – Example of a pentalith test phantom suitable for optical measurements
- Figure C.4 – Example of a pentalith test phantom suitable for X-ray imaging [Go to Page]
- C.4 Pass/fail criterion
- C.5 Repeatability
- Figure C.5 – Example of using image thresholding as an objective pass/fail criterion
- Annex D (informative) Comparison of whole body imaging systems
- Table D.1 – Comparison of whole body imaging systems for security screening
- Bibliography [Go to Page]
