This presentation was delivered by our Chief Technology Officer Brendan Allman PhD at the International Security Expo in London in 2018. It discusses how our technology can upgrade existing security scanning machines by enhancing material discrimination capabilities to create safer and more secure checkpoints.

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2. Agenda
1. Cut through the clutter
2. Product overview
3. Breakthroughs
4. Future developments
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New false alarm rate reduction
Eliminate complexity and narrow the search
LXS technology allows more
precise identification of materials
during scanning.
Traditional scanning
methodology produces broader,
high FAR results.
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Cut through the clutter
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5. • Marketable package focused on aviation logistics and low regulation checkpoints
• Zeff +/- 0.1 (1 standard deviation)
• Autodetection of a range of threats
• Commercially viable costs
• Real time presentation of images
• High belt speeds
• Architecture is easily modifiable for various machines
• Non-hygroscopic, no afterglow, no cross talk
Development philosophy
• Retrofit
• Cost model decisions
• Simple and flexible
• Market value driven
Summary of key features
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6. LXS Scanning is a technology venture and investment by an
international logistics and aviation business concerned with the
increasing sophistication required to screen commercial freight for safe
transportation.
Commencing in 2013 with a focused vision on the security space, LXS
has successfully undertaken development of next generation x-ray
photon counting system. The AXD product release is the outcome of the
investment and is ready for commercialisation.
Who are we?
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7. • A ‘plug & play’ retrofitted
detector board
• Provides a step change in
threat identification
• Retrofits, installed and
new scanners
Progress to date
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9. AXD detector card
On card performance of
detection, photon counting and
Zeff processing.
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10. Detect and photon counting
Good data in = good data out
• High precision material discrimination
• Captured scintillator / photo sensor data
• Low noise
• Rich multi-energy spectra
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11. Zeff processing and multi energy material analysis
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12. New false alarm rate reduction
Eliminate complexity and narrow the search
LXS technology scans with greater
accuracy, allowing finer identification
of materials during scanning.
Traditional scanning methodology
produces broader, inaccurate results
that do not discern between Detasheet,
Semtex, and C4.
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13. Material discrimination and auto detection
Spectral precision = quantifiable/measurable
(machine learned) material identification
• Zeff discrimination available in rich spectral content
• Affords autodetection highlighting Nylon DelrinSimulant
TSA test case
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14. LXS technical engineering
AXD board supports
• Scalable proprietary DPP a and signal processing algorithms.
• Compact integrated single-card design adaptable to other form factors.
• Modular architecture, adaptable to other machine types, scalable to
larger format scanners.
50Gbit/sec X-ray signal
500kB/sec image
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15. LXS technical engineering
• Elegant retrofit
• Single cable per card
• Boards are robust and stable
• COTS PoE switch
• Low power, low heat, no fans
• Reuse existing infrastructure, eg machine brackets
• Powerful enabling technology with many options for future roadmap of core technology and value-add features
• Software development leveraging powerful toolkits (incl image processing), enables new software features to
be developed quickly/cost effectively
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16. LXS Technical Engineering
Small form factor (NUC) PC
• Image presentation and processing
• Intel i7 processor, 8-core, 2.6GHz
• Real-time scanning/processing and scrolling display
(including intensity and Zeff images)
• Linux operating system (secure, open, low cost)
• Web server enables remote access from html5 browsers
• Gigabit ethernet network interface enables future IT system
integration with appropriate software (incl DICOS)
Small Form Factor NUC
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18. Simple retrofit means it is easy to install and cost-effective
• No change to security scanning footprint
• Adjustable board architecture
• All energies, all tunnel sizes
• Fast, in-situ changeover, minimal down time, less than 2 hours
• Off the shelf components
• Affordable, design efficiencies, technology roadmaps
A simple retrofit design, capable of being inserted into existing X-ray screening machines. The software can
be remotely upgraded, which makes it easy to maintain to stay ahead of the market.
Power and data over ethernet
Low power, low heat
Retrofitted 620 DV
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19. Instant threat detection of differing liquids, resulting in less bag checks, increased
passenger flow and increased safety
Machine-learned threat detection
• Identify down to 0.1 Z-effective
• Focus threat bands, reducing false alarm checks
Alcohol
Saline
Water
Liquid mixes, Zeff values relative to water
and auto detection highlight bands
Threat libraryConventional
LXS liquid threat detection
Water Saline Alcohol
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20. LXS system testing with Australian Government
Machine-learned explosive detection
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Sheet explosive inside a bookLXS Scanning images of explosives in bag

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22. Benefits
Revolutionary target identification
Increase Dual-Energy and CT system capability in line with regulatory standards.
Highly precise material discrimination supports CT-like target isolation, combats image complexity and clutter.
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Explosives through the clutter

23. Benefits
Revolutionary target identification
Highly precise material discrimination supports CT-like target isolation, combats image complexity and clutter.
Capability with laptops, liquids and gels in a bag
LXS CapabilityCurrent CT Capability
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LXS is retrofitted to DE (Dual Energy), what is old becomes new. DE doesn’t achieve the
desired security that CT does, eg FAR 40% vs 20% respectively. However, CT has a high
price tag.
Current options in the scanning market
All prices in USD
Estimated prices only
LXS retrofit Dual energy CT
Cost (est.) $US 40,000 Rapiscan DV $US 60,000 $US 600,000 investment
required
Z effective +/- 0.1 +/- 1 NA
Tunnel / Energy Up to 4m / 10MeV Up to 4m / 10MeV Less than 1m / 160keV
Belt Speed 0.5m/s 0.5m/s 0.15m/s
Checkpoint
Footprint
Less than 10m2 Less than 10m2 10’s m2
Installation Minor (retrofit) Minor Major

25. Other unregulated environments
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• Critical infrastructure
• Courts, prisons
• Major Public Events
• Border Control
• Customs, duties, currency
• Quarantine
• Public Transport
• Railways, buses
• Logistics
• Dangerous goods
• Health
• Bone densitometry
• Body mass
• Agriculture
• Food safety