PORTABLE X-RAY BACK SCATTERING IMAGING SYSTEMS

Patent №

US 8,094,781

Granted

2012-01-10

Filed 2009

Owner

THE BOEING COMPANY

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12540239

Methods and systems for inspecting objects are disclosed. A portable X-ray backscatter imaging system includes a microfocus X-ray tube to emit X-rays at an object under inspection. A track system rasters the microfocus X-ray tube to inspect the object. A portable hood may enclose the microfocus X-ray tube and the track system against the object A rotation mechanism rotates the microfocus X-ray tube to angle the emitted X-rays at the object. A plurality of solid state detectors receive scattered X-rays to generate an image of the object.

AI classification

Vision0.95
Natural language0.00
AI hardware0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

THE BOEING COMPANY

assignment · 230920929

Assignors

SAFAI, MORTEZA, EDWARDS, WILLIAM TALION, GEORGESON, GARY E.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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