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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2019
Viken Detection Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Peter J. Rothschild, Newton, MA (US);
Viken Detection Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
A system for inspecting a moving person comprises an x-ray source, disposed in a fixed position with respect to the moving person, to generate one or more scanning x-ray beams. Each of the one or more x-ray beams being obliquely incident on either a front of the moving person, a rear of the moving person, or both. The system further comprises one or more backscatter detectors arranged to detect radiation scattered from the moving person, and to produce a detection signal therefrom. The system further comprises a processor and a memory with computer code instructions stored thereon. The memory is operatively coupled to the processor such that, when executed by the processor, the computer code instructions cause the system to produce a backscatter image based on the detection signal. When two or more x-ray beams are implemented, the two or more x-ray beams are temporarily interleaved to prevent crosstalk.