Imaging apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9250182
APP PUB NO 20090279773A1
SERIAL NO

12306505

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Apparatus for inspecting an article comprising: a controller configured to generate a drive signal having a periodic amplitude variation; a source, the source being operable by the controller to emit a source beam thereby to irradiate an article, the source beam comprising a beam of electromagnetic radiation having a periodic amplitude variation corresponding to that of the drive signal; and a detector, the detector being configured to detect a portion of the source beam that has been transmitted through at least a portion of the article, and to generate a detector signal having an amplitude variation corresponding to the amplitude variation of said portion of the source beam, the controller being further configured to generate a difference value corresponding to a difference between the amplitude of the detector signal and the amplitude of a reference signal.

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UNIVERSITY OF WARWICKUNIVERSITY HOUSE KIRBY CORNER ROAD COVENTRY WARWICKSHIRE CV4 8UW CV4 8UW

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Diamond, Geoffrey Graham Coventry, GB 5 36
Gan, Tat Hean Taiping Perak, MY 4 32
Hutchins, David Arthur Coventry, GB 5 46

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