Integrated carry-on baggage cart and passenger screening station

1. A method for conducting security comprising the steps of:

providing a person to be screened with a screening cart wherein the screening cart is a frame assembly designed to physically compliment a computed tomography system, and wherein said screening cart further comprises a small computer and display for receiving and displaying information about said person associated with said cart;

associating said person to be screened with the provided screening cart by entering and displaying said information on said person associated with said cart on said computer and display;

providing a conveyer mechanism that directs the screening cart through a computed tomography (CT) scanning system;

inspecting the contents of the screening cart by means of CT scanning; and,

delivering the screening cart to said person.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the screening cart is a frame assembly designed with collapsible legs.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the legs of the frame assembly are collapsed prior to entrance into the conveyor mechanism.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the legs of the cart frame are expanded prior to delivery to the passenger.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the frame assembly physically complements the entry gate and internal configuration of a CT scanning system.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of indicating to a passenger to walk through a passenger screening device.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising the step of integrating data collected from both the CT scanning system and passenger screening device to generate overall threat assessment.