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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2016
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Matthew T. Grimshaw, Seattle, WA (US);
Talion Edwards, Wentzville, MO (US);
Gary E. Georgeson, Tacoma, WA (US);
Daniel J. Wright, Mercer Island, WA (US);
James E. Engel, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Morteza Safai, Newcastle, WA (US);
Yuan-Jye Wu, Issaquah, WA (US);
Taisia Tsukruk Lou, St. Louis, MO (US);
Rodney S. Wright, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for quantifying x-ray backscatter system performance may include a support; a plurality of rods mounted on the support; the rods of the plurality of rods arranged parallel to each other, having generally curved outer surfaces, and being arranged in groups of varying widths, each group of the groups having at least two of the rods of a same width; and a user interface configured to be connected to receive a backscatter signal from an x-ray backscatter detector associated with an x-ray tube, apply a transfer function to generate a transfer curve representing x-ray backscatter for each rod of the plurality of rods from x-rays transmitted by the x-ray tube.