Abstract

An apparatus for checking baggage with X-rays utilizing an X-ray source for irradiating X-rays toward an object to be checked on a conveyor with a fan-shaped beam, an X-ray detector including a plurality of detecting elements aligned along each of two arms of an L-shape arranged so that one arm extends substantially parallel and another arm extends substantially perpendicularly to a conveying surface of the conveyor means with the detecting elements providing electrical signals in proportion to intensity of the detected X-rays passed by the through the object as measured data, and a picture processor for converting the measured data into a picture signal for display on a display device. The picture processor includes a distortion correcting circuit for processing the measured data from the L-shaped X-ray detector so that the measured data corresponds to data obtained by detecting elements arranged along one straight line.