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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Thomas William Birdwell, Middletown, OH (US);
Andrew Joseph Galish, West Chester, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for radiographic inspection of an aircraft fuselage includes a radiation source located on one side of the fuselage and a plurality of radiation detectors located on another side of the fuselage. The system includes manipulators for moving the radiation source and the radiation detectors in a coordinated fashion. Radiation detected by the radiation detectors is processed to display stereoscopic images of areas of interest of the fuselage. The radiation source and detector positions are manipulated to obtain multiple sets of images from different viewing angles. The multiple sets of images are used to produce the stereoscopic images.