X-ray inspection system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9442082
APP PUB NO 20160018342A1
SERIAL NO

14798195

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The present specification discloses an X-ray system for processing X-ray data to determine an identity of an object under inspection. The X-ray system includes an X-ray source for transmitting X-rays, where the X-rays have a range of energies, through the object, a detector array for detecting the transmitted X-rays, where each detector outputs a signal proportional to an amount of energy deposited at the detector by a detected X-ray, and at least one processor that reconstructs an image from the signal, where each pixel within the image represents an associated mass attenuation coefficient of the object under inspection at a specific point in space and for a specific energy level, fits each of pixel to a function to determine the mass attenuation coefficient of the object under inspection at the point in space; and uses the function to determine the identity of the object under inspection.

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  • RAPISCAN SYSTEMS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baldwin, Francis Petersfield, GB 8 264
Morton, Edward James Guildford, GB 159 3776

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