A device for inspecting contraband in an aviation cargo containers
includes: a turntable located at an object inspecting position and
configured to carry the object to be inspected and bring the object into
rotation; an object conveying system; a scanning system including a
radiation source and a detector which can synchronously move in the
vertical direction; a turntable drive/control system which drives and
controls rotation of said turntable so that the turntable can
continuously rotate about its rotation axis or rotate to any
predetermined angular position; a scanning drive/control system which
drives and controls the radiation source and the detector into
synchronous movement in the vertical direction so that the radiation
source and the detector can continuously move in the vertical direction
or move to any predetermined vertical position. The device of the present
invention can scan the object and form images in various scanning modes
to meet different needs.