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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2024
Applicant:
Teledyne Etm, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Inventors:
William L. Nighan, Jr., Portola Valley, CA (US);
Maarten Korringa, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Howard Rolin, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Devin Henderlong, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Assignee:
Teledyne ETM, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 5/00 (2024.01); G01V 5/22 (2024.01); H05G 1/20 (2006.01); H05G 2/00 (2006.01); H05H 7/02 (2006.01); H05H 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05G 2/00 (2013.01); G01V 5/22 (2024.01); H05G 1/20 (2013.01); H05H 7/02 (2013.01); H05H 9/048 (2013.01); H05H 2007/022 (2013.01); H05H 2007/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A linac-based X-ray system for cargo scanning and imaging applications uses linac design, RF power control, beam current control, and beam current pulse duration control to provide variable controlled dose per pulse to permit scanning a portion of a vehicle at a dose safe for humans and scanning a cargo portion of a vehicle at substantially increased dose per pulse.