Portable, Battery-Driven CT Scanner for Bats to Be Unveiled

By now, most baseball fans have heard of the debate revolving around maple bats and concerns about them possibly shattering more frequently than their ash bat counterparts. Discussions have ranged from an outright ban, to placing restrictions on how small in diameter handles can be (read Mariners president Chuck Armstrong’s take on maple bats within our State of MLB – 2008 compilation (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=2279 Itemid=41)). But, what if there were a way to examine the bats on the inside? Look to see if there were cracks? Conduct a CT scan in 30 seconds, and not away from the ballpark, but at it? Universal Medical Systems, Inc. (UMS) of Ohio in cooperation with Penn State's Center for Quantitative Imaging, will unveil the world's first baseball-bat dedicated application of a portable, battery-operated CT scanner on June 27 at this year’s SABR convention in Cleveland nicknamed “Battery-Mate” Our CT-scanning application -- ...