Method and apparatus for large field of view imaging and detection and compensation of motion artifacts

C Schretter, M Bertram, C Neukirchen - US Patent 9,710,936, 2017 - Google Patents
US9710936B2 - Method and apparatus for large field of view imaging and detection and
compensation of motion artifacts - Google Patents US9710936B2 - Method and apparatus for …

Computed tomography with increased field of view

NJ Pelc, R Fahrig, EG Solomon - US Patent 7,062,006, 2006 - Google Patents
A volumetric computed tomography system with a large field of view has, in a forward
geometry implementation, multiple x-ray point sources emitting corresponding fan beams at …

X-ray imaging of baggage and personnel using arrays of discrete sources and multiple collimated beams

DC Dinca, R Mastronardi, PJ Rothschild - US Patent 7,505,562, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A system and methods are provided for imaging an object, based on
activating an array of discrete X-ray sources in a prescribed temporal pattern so as to …

X-ray tomographic inspection system for the identification of specific target items

EJ Morton - US Patent 8,451,974, 2013 - Google Patents
Related US Application Data application No. 12/371,853, filed on Feb. 16, 2009, now Pat.
No. 7,903,789, and a continuation of application No. 10/554.975, filed as application No …

Multiple image collection and synthesis for personnel screening

R Mastronardi, D Fleury, JR Schubert, J DiMare… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
Related US Application Data(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm Sunstein Kann Murphy & (63)
Continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/737,317. Timbers LLP filed on Apr. 19, 2007, now …

Backscatter inspection portal

WR Cason - US Patent 7,593,506, 2009 - Google Patents
A system and method for inspecting an object with multiple sources of substantially coplanar
penetrating radiation. Irradiation of the inspected object by the sources is temporally …

Combined scatter and transmission multi-view imaging system

EJ Morton - US Patent 9,057,679, 2015 - Google Patents
RE28, 544 3,961, 186 4,047,035 4,064,440 4,139,771 4,210,811 4,216,499 4,366.382
4,380,817 4,430,568 4,525,854 4,566,113 4,599,740 4,641,330 4,736.401 4,754,469 …

X-ray tomography inspection systems

EJ Morton - US Patent 8,135,110, 2012 - Google Patents
The present invention is an X-ray scanning system with an X-ray source arranged to
generate X-rays from X-ray source positions around a scanning region, a first set of …

Portable security inspection system

EJ Morton - US Patent 9,791,590, 2017 - Google Patents
The present specification discloses a radiographic inspection system for screening an area.
The inspection system has a container that defines an enclosed volume, a radiation source …

Four-sided imaging system and method for detection of contraband

EJ Morton, AF Kotowski - US Patent 8,929,509, 2015 - Google Patents
The present invention provides a four-sided scanning system for vehicles that uses a
combination of backscatter and trans mission based X-ray imaging to achieve material …