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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Smiths Detection Germany Gmbh, Wiesbaden, DE;
Inventor:
Rory Doyle, Wiesbaden, DE;
Assignee:
Smiths Detection Germany GmbH, Wiesbaden, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G01T 1/167 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/0033 (2013.01); G01N 23/04 (2013.01); G01T 1/167 (2013.01); G01N 2223/3032 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, there is provided a system for inspection of a human or animal body, comprising: a radiation provider configured to provide ionizing radiation having a radiation dose to the body, for inspection of the body by transmission; a measurement device configured to measure other than the ionizing radiation to determine at least one property associated with a dimension of the body to inspect; and a controller configured to cause the radiation dose provided to the body by the radiation provider to be controlled based on the at least one property determined by the measurement device.