Rapiscan Systems, Inc.

Ge Homeland Protection, Inc.

Morpho Detection, Inc.

Smiths Detection Inc.

General Electric Company

Smiths Heimann Sas

Smiths Detection France S.a.s.

Mropho Detection, Inc.

Rapidscan Systems, Inc.

Rapiscan Laboratories, Inc.

Joseph Bendahan

Tsahi Gozani

Edward James Morton

Siva Kumar

Shehul Sailesh Parikh

Jeffrey Bryan Abel

Balamurugan Sankaranarayanan

Michael Joseph King

Forrest Frank Hopkins

Edward D Franco

Willem Gerhardus Johannes Langeveld

John David Stevenson

William Ho Chang

Donald Bennett Hilliard

David Yaish

Walter Irving Garms

Willem G J Langeveld

James Ollier

Robert A Armistead, Jr

Jacques Goldberg

Jolyon Browne

Yossi Kolkovich

Alan Henley

Peter Michael Edic

Geoffrey Harding

Jeffrey Wayne Eberhard

Bernhard Erich Hermann Claus

Xiaoye Wu

Douglas Albagli

Donald E Castleberry

Yanfeng Du

Clifford Bueno

Clarence Lavere Gordon, Iii

William Robert Ross

Robert Thomas Wiggers

Deborah Joy Walter

Scott Stephen Zelakiewicz

Serge Maitrejean

William Macomber Leue

Craig Mathew Brown

William Joseph Kelly

Pierfrancesco Landolfi

J Eric Tkaczyk

Elizabeth Lokenberg Dixon

Walter I Garms

Sussan Pourjavid-Granfors

James Kevin Jones

Deepa Angal-Kalinin

Kiril Borisov Marinov

William Gerhardus Johannes Langeveld

Dan Strellis

Krystal R Alfonso

Willem G J Langevel

Timothy John Shaw

Vladimir Solovyev

Jayesh Ranchhodbhai Patel

Daniel Bruno McDevitt

Mengqian Gu

Craig Matthew Brown

Balamurugan Sankaranarayaran

Vladimir Solovyen

Jolyon A Browne

William Z Chang

Willem GJ Langeveld

An inspection portal includes a first x-ray source configured to emit a first beam, a first backscatter detector configured to detect backscatter from the first beam, a second x-ray source configured to emit a second beam, a second backscatter detector configured to detect backscatter from the second beam, and at least one first collimator and at least one second collimator, each oriented to detect backscatter from the associated beam and to block scatter from the other beam. The first and second backscatter detectors are configured to weight signals acquired using each of their detector element based on the first and second beams. The first backscatter detector is configured to use signal processing techniques to mitigate crosstalk due to scatter from the second beam, and the second backscatter detector is configured to use the signal processing techniques to mitigate crosstalk due to scatter from the first beam.

Systems and methods for inspection portals

Described herein are systems and methods for backscatter imaging. A backscatter imaging system configurable in real-time for imaging an object is provided. The backscatter imaging system includes a source array including a plurality of discrete sources, and a collimator array including a plurality of collimators corresponding to the plurality of discrete sources. The source array is configured to selectively activate the plurality of discrete sources at a frequency that is determined based at least in part on a speed of the object relative to the backscatter imaging system.

Systems and methods for real-time configurable backscatter scanners

Described herein is a high-energy x-ray imaging system including a stationary gantry, a conveyor assembly configured to convey an object to be imaged through the gantry, a plurality of linear accelerators, a detector array, and a control system. The linear accelerators are arranged in an array within the gantry and are configured to generate high-energy x-ray fan beams to be transmitted through the object. The detector array is positioned opposite the linear accelerators and is configured to collect the high-energy x-ray fan beams transmitted through the object. The control system is configured to energize the linear accelerators according to a predetermined control sequence to generate the high-energy x-ray fan beams, and construct a 3-D image of the object based on data received from the detector array and representative of the high-energy x-ray fan beams transmitted through the object.

High-energy x-ray imaging system

In one example, there is provided a method for processing data associated with inspection of cargo with an inspection system, the inspection system including a radiation source configured to emit a plurality N of successive pulses irradiating the cargo at a frequency, and a matrix detector including a first column pof detectors and at least one second column pof detectors. The method includes obtaining data associated with a scanning of at least one part of the cargo with a current frequency f, wherein the scanning includes displacing the cargo and the system with a relative scanning displacement; determining a pace δ, at a predetermined instant t; and determining whether the determined pace δ is reliable. If the pace is reliable, the current frequency is updated.

Pulse frequency adjustment

The present specification discloses systems and methods for integrating manifest data for cargo and light vehicles with their X-ray images generated during scanning. Manifest data is automatically imported into the system for each shipment, and helps the security personnel to quickly determine the contents of cargo. In case of a mismatch between cargo contents shown by manifest data and the X-ray images, the cargo may be withheld for further inspection. In one embodiment, the process of analyzing the X-ray image of the cargo in conjunction with the manifest data is automated.

Distributed analysis X-ray inspection methods and systems

A method for inspecting at least one vehicle with an inspection system, the inspection system and the at least one vehicle being configured to move relative to one another during an inspection of at least one part of the vehicle, the method including controlling, by a controller, an inspection dose of inspection radiation generated by a radiation source such that, during the inspection of the at least one part of the vehicle by the inspection radiation, the inspection dose remains substantially equal to a predetermined inspection dose, wherein controlling the inspection dose includes the controller obtaining information representative of a speed of the relative movement of the system and the vehicle during the inspection of the at least one part of the vehicle, and the controller controlling the radiation source, based on the obtained information.

Dose-controlled vehicle inspection

A method for inspecting at least one vehicle with an inspection system, the inspection system and the at least one vehicle being configured to move relative to one another during an inspection of at least one part, the method including controlling, by a controller, an inspection dose of inspection radiation generated by a radiation source such that, during the inspection of the at least one part of the vehicle by the inspection radiation, the inspection dose remains substantially equal to a predetermined inspection dose, wherein controlling the inspection dose includes the controller obtaining image information representative of a location of the at least one part, and location information representative of a location of the at least one part, wherein the image information is obtained from an image of the vehicle, and the controller controlling the radiation source, based on the obtained information.

Vehicle inspection controlled using image information

Systems and methods are used to increase the penetration and reduce the exclusion zone of radiographic systems. An X-ray detection method irradiates an object with X-ray fanlets including vertically moving fan beams, each fanlet having an angular range smaller than the angular coverage of the object. The fanlets are produced by modulating an X-ray beam, synchronizing the X-ray beam and the fanlets, detecting the fanlets irradiating the object, collecting image slices from the detector array corresponding to a complete scan cycle of the fanlets, and processing the image slices collected for combining into a composite image.

Systems and methods for improving penetration of radiographic scanners

Distributed analysis x-ray inspection methods and systems

The present specification discloses a high power continuous X-ray source having a rotating target assembly that is cooled by circulation of a liquid material in contact with the target assembly, whereby the target assembly has a front surface being impinged by electrons and a mechanism for rotating the target assembly. The cooling liquid is always in contact with at least one surface of the target for dissipating the heat generated by the energy deposited by the stream of electrons, thereby lowering the temperature of the target to allow for continuous operation.

High-power X-ray sources and methods of operation

An X-ray inspection system for scanning objects is provided. The system includes a stationary X-ray source made of one or more linear modules positioned around a scanning volume, and defining sparsely positioned multiple stationary X-ray source points from which X-rays can be directed through the scanning volume. An X-ray detector array extends around the scanning volume and is arranged to detect X-rays from the source points which have passed through the scanning volume. A conveyor is arranged to convey the objects through the scanning volume and at least one processor processes the detected X-rays to produce three dimensional images of the items.

Method and system for a multi-view scanner

The present specification discloses systems and methods for integrating manifest data for cargo and light vehicles with their X-ray images generated during scanning Manifest data is automatically imported into the system for each shipment, and helps the security personnel to quickly determine the contents of cargo. In case of a mismatch between cargo contents shown by manifest data and the X-ray images, the cargo may be withheld for further inspection. In one embodiment, the process of analyzing the X-ray image of the cargo in conjunction with the manifest data is automated.

X-ray inspection system that integrates manifest data with imaging/detection processing

Growing community of inventors

San Jose, CA, United States of America

Joseph Bendahan