What is XTK?

Radiograph acquisition and processing software designed specifically for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Public Safety Bomb Technicians.
Supports image acquisition from most commercial x-ray hardware.
Provides image enhancement, measurement, and markup tools through a modern, touch-friendly and user-friendly interface.
Provides a common tool that can be used by the entire EOD community.
Free to all US government entities and available to foreign EOD users for a small per user fee.
Developed by Sandia National Laboratories for the United States Government under funding from NNSA.

Scanner Integration

Compatible

The imaging system can produce x-ray images in standard formats (TIF or JPG) that can be opened with XTK.

Optionally the user can send images directly from the vendor software to XTK with a shared folder or a button.

Integrated

The imaging system can be selected in XTK, a scan can be initiated from XTK and the image returns back to the operator in XTK.

In some cases control will switch to the vendor software when operating the equipment.

Unified

The imaging system fully supports the XTK Unified Scan Control, and can take full advantage of all XTK features.

DR Systems

Manufacturer	Model(s)	Compatible	Integrated	Unified	Notes
3DX-RAY	ThreatScan	✓	✓	✓
Carestream	HPX	✓	✓	✓	In Development
Cuattro	ArxEOD, ArxMicro, ArxTactical	✓	✓	✓	Requires Cuattro Security Software & License
Scanna	ScanSilc EOD	✓	✓	✓
NOVO-DR	Rover, Shadow	✓	✓	✓	Requires NOVO-TOUCH Software & License Unified plugin available for XTK 3.4
Vidisco	FlashX, Alpha, Guardian	✓	✓	✓	Requires Xbit Software & License
Leidos	XPose XP	✓	✓
Logos	SOSTÓS, XIRÓS, STENÓS, ORAMA	✓	✓		Unified Scan Control in Development
Kodex	Merlin	✓			In Development
SmartRayVision	SRV 2X,3X	✓			Full Integration Coming Soon
Pacific NDT	EzCR, EzDR, PiX Series	✓			In Development
Teledyne ICM	Flatscan Series, TactX Series	✓			Requires SHERLOCK Security Software
Micro-X					In Development, Backscatter Capabilities

CR (film) Systems

Manufacturer	Model(s)	Compatible	Integrated	Unified	Notes
Leidos	RTR-5	✓	✓	✓
Logos	T-Series "Breadmaker"	✓	✓	✓
Scanna	CR35	✓	✓	✓
ScanX	12, 14, Scout	✓	✓	✓
NexRay	MMX/FPX, Mini, Nano, Max	✓	✓	✓
VMI		✓	✓		Requires iScan Software
Any TWAIN Interface	i.e. Logos DCR810	✓	✓	✓

Features

XTK is built on an industry leading fully-featured image processing engine to provide the EOD community with the most desired and useful functions.

Standardized, optimized scanner-independent workflows help reduce complexity and training burden for radiography operations.
Support for a variety of image types, including TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, PNG, and BMP.
Support for 16bit grayscale images.

Image Processing

Measuring

Mosaics

Aiming

Pulse Calculation

Incident Manager

3D Visualizer

Image Processing

Auto Enhance
Manual Histogram Manipulation
Adaptive Histogram Equalization
Global Histogram Equalize
Color Processing and Black Body
Emboss
Sharpen
Edge Detection
Region of Interest Processing

Measuring

XTK allows you to compute the magnification factor in several ways:

From 'Source to Imager' and 'Target to Imager' distances
From a standard fiducial (such as the tungsten ball)
From an object of known length

Mosaics

Set the mosaic spacing
Adjust offset and rotation of each panel
Stitch the panels together into a single image
Un-stitch a mosaic (if you have the original panel images)

Aiming

XTK includes Grid-Aim.

Aim a disruptor at an identified target
Uses a special Grid-Board and Source/Disruptor co-location hardware

Pulse Calculation

XTK includes a pulse calcuation tool, called Dose Calculator.

Select your scanner and source type
Enter setup distances and intermediate materials
Dose Calculator computes the number of X-Ray pulses required to get a good image
Estimate equivalent thicknesses of various shielding materials

Incident Manager

XTK includes Incident Manager to help you stay organized.

Organize your images and other files
Drag & drop with Windows or email programs
Import and export entire folders at once with optional file compression

3D Visualizer

XTK includes a 3D Visualizer to help improve situational awareness and planning.

Requires two orthogonal views of the same object
Select the container and objects of interest in each view
View the approximate 3D location and size

Minimum System Requirements

Windows 7, 8/8.1, 10 (version 1607 or later), 11
2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
4GB RAM (16GB for large mosaics)
5000MB of hard drive space

Note that these are minimum requirements, if you are doing any kind of large or multiple image processing (i.e. mosaics) you will need more RAM to avoid system instability.