Muon tomography is a very promising imaging technique for the control of cargo
containers. It takes advantage of cosmic muons and their interaction mechanisms to reconstruct
images of the volume traversed by these particles. In the present work, the imaging
performance of a novelmuon tomography scanner based on resistive plate chambers detectors
is investigated. By means of several Monte Carlo simulations, some imaging parameters are
evaluated. The results in terms of spatial resolution, field-of-view and volume and material
recognition make the presented scanner and its geometry suitable for muon tomograph
