Raytheon Applied Signal Technology, Inc.

Lawrence K Warman

Bradley Kingston

David Penn

Minot Clements

David Kuo

According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a system for encoding and correcting data is provided, the system comprising at least one controller configured to: receive a datablock; channelize the datablock into a plurality of subblocks of varying bit-widths; determine one or more error codes for each subblock of the plurality of subblocks; append at least one of the one or more error codes to each subblock of the plurality of subblocks; and combine the plurality of subblocks into a modified datablock.

Channelized forward error correction

An inspection system and method for determining the elemental makeup of contents of an article includes a localizer for identifying at least one region of interest of the article from data representative of contents of the article, the at least one region of interest having a cross-sectional area or a volume that is less than the entire cross-sectional area or the entire volume of the article, an associated particle imaging device that produces an output that is indicative of the elemental makeup of contents of the article, a data selector for selecting a portion of the output of the associated particle imaging device that corresponds to respective identified regions of interest, and an analyzer for analyzing the portions of the output of the associated particle imaging device selected by the data selector to determine the elemental makeup of contents of the article in each identified region of interest.

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Lothian, MD, United States of America

Lawrence K Warman