a plurality of slats of radiation attenuating material the gathering step 701 may include ordering constructing and or receiving one or more slats that each comprise a radiation attenuating material the method 700 may further include a step 702 of disposing the slats to form a strip curtain having a non planar shape the step 702 may include one or more additional steps such as but not limited to coupling each of the slats with a curtain support coupling each curtain support with a frame among other steps the method 700 may further include a step 703 of positioning the strip curtain to cover an opening of a scanner the opening of the scanner may be an entrance opening or an exit opening through which objects pass when traveling into or out of a scanning area of the scanner the construction and arrangement of the curtain shielding assembly and or an inspection system that includes an embodiment of the curtain shielding assembly as described herein and shown in the appended figures is illustrative only although only a few embodiments of the invention have been described in detail in this disclosure those skilled in the art who review this disclosure will readily appreciate that many modifications are possible e g variations in sizes dimensions structures.