What is XTK®?
XTK® is developed by Sandia National Laboratories for the United States Government
under funding from NNSA. XTK® is a radiograph acquisition and processing program designed specifically for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)
technicians.
XTK® supports image acquisition from a variety of commercial
scanners and provides image enhancement, measurement, and markup tools through a
modern, touch-friendly and user-friendly interface.
XTK® is free to all US government entities and provides a common tool that can be
used by all branches of the EOD community.
XTK® is available to foreign EOD users for a small per user fee.
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.
- Scan directly into XTK® from many common scanners, including
- NexRay (MMX/FPX, Mini, HDX)
- Logos (T-Series, DCR810, MÓNOS, NEOS, ORAMA)
- ScanX (Scout, 12, 14)
- Scanna (CR35, ScanSilc EOD 2430 and 3643)
- VMI (using iScan)
- Vidisco (requires Xbit SDK)
- NOVO-DR (requires NOVOX software)
- Leidos RTR-5 (using NexRay driver)
- Leidos RTR-6 (in development)
- Kodak ACR
- Generic Twain Scanner
- Support for a variety of image types, including TIFF, JPEG, JPEG2000, PNG, BMP, RAW, and CMP.
- Support for 16bit grayscale images.
Feature Details
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
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
Incident Manager
XTK® includes Incident Manager to help you stay organized.
- Organize your images and other files
- 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
- 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
- 1.5GB RAM
- 1000MB of hard drive space