The MULTISCAN 3D project brings together leading European research institutes, universities, and industrial partners to develop a disruptive laser-based 3D tomography system for cargo inspection. This video series showcases the key milestones of the project: from laboratory experiments and detector development to 3D image reconstruction and final demonstration.
Through interviews, animations, and real laboratory footage, these short films illustrate the scientific achievements and collaborative spirit that made MultiScan 3D a success story of European innovation in security and imaging technologies.
Discover how CEA-List insitute in collaboration with LMU CALA, conducted a pioneering experiment in laser–matter interaction to explore new methods for detecting radioactive materials through photofission (active photon interrogation, API). This motion-design animation introduces the physical principles behind the laser-plasma source and its potential for non-destructive inspection and security applications.
Step into the SAPHIR laboratory at CEA Saclay and learn how the DEETEE X-ray detector mock-up enables high-resolution 3D imaging for cargo inspection.
Researchers demonstrate the detector’s ability to reconstruct objects in volume (in a 1 m3 boxe with simulant of drugs hidden in various content), a major advance toward the laser-driven 3D scanner developed in MULTISCAN 3D project.
The CEA List team has designed a novel optical-fibre spectrometer to precisely measure the X-ray spectra generated by ultrashort, high-power lasers.
This innovation improves the monitoring of laser-based tomography beam and ensures reliable system for non-destructive 3D reconstruction.
Take a closer look at the beam-distribution system that directs laser light around an object for full-angle 3D capture. Using an optical system based upon the use of a rotary hollow corner cube that cyclically distributes high-intensity femtosecond laser beams to generate X-ray sources, CEA-DRF researchers have developed a successful prototype which is one of the core technologies that makes real-time, laser-based 3D imaging possible.
At the Laboratory of Applied Optics (LOA), scientists are developing a laser-plasma based radiation sources which should be at least compact, transportable, capable of reproducing the performance of large accelerators.
These innovations bring mobile 3D imaging and laser-plasma X-ray generation closer to real-world industrial and security-scanning applications.
In Antwerp, IMEC and CEA and PS-Tech engineers create advanced AI-based algorithms for 3D tomographic reconstruction.
The video shows how complex data from detectors are turned into precise, volumetric models – revealing 3D images of the internal structure of scanned cargo or materials.
The final stage to assess MULTISCAN 3D technical bricks: testing the MULTISCAN 3D system on a real shipping container with conventional accelerator.
This demonstration proves the scanner’s ability to detect, identify, and visualise cargo contents using non-destructive, laser-plasma X-ray tomography
This closing film highlights five years of collaborative research uniting eight European laboratories to develop next-generation 3D cargo-inspection technology.
Combining real footage and animation, it demonstrates European innovation and the promise of laser-based 3D Tomography for safety, research, and industry.