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Analogic Announces New Checkpoint CT Scanner

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 31st, 2016

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Building on the development and airport trials of its COBRA system, Analogic [ALOG] is introducing a new computed tomography (CT)-based scanner for use at airport passenger checkpoints that that the company says can cut passenger wait times in half while leaving liquids and laptop computers in their bags.The new system will begin regulatory testing in Europe later this year and will go into an airport checkpoint security lane early in 2017, Jonathan Stone, director of Global Technical Services for Analogic,…

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