Carry-on baggage tomography scanning system

A tomography scanner system, comprising:

• a base;
• a gantry supported on the base and including,
• an outer, non-rotating support ring, and
• an inner rotatable component ring supported for rotation on the support ring about a rotation axis of the gantry;
• an annular main body adapted for attachment to the inner rotatable component ring, the annular main body defining a source aperture and a detector aperture, wherein the source aperture is diametrically opposed on the annular main body from the detector aperture;
• an x-ray source and an x-ray detector array secured to the annular main body for rotation with the annular main body;
• an x-ray containment shield enclosing the x-ray source and the x-ray detector array and secured to the rotatable component ring for rotation with the component ring;
• a first, non-rotating x-ray containment tunnel extending from an open end to the rotating x-ray containment shield coaxial with the rotation axis of the gantry, and a second, non-rotating x-ray containment tunnel extending from the rotating x-ray containment shield to an open end coaxial with the rotation axis of the gantry;
• and
• a continuous conveyor belt including a forward path extending through the tunnels and the gantry and a return path extending outside the tunnels and the gantry.