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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lee Grodzins, Lexington, MA (US);
William Adams, Powell, OH (US);
Peter Rothschild, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
American Science and Engineering, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/304 ;
Abstract
A system and method for inspecting an enclosure with penetrating radiation. Radiation side-scattered from an object within the enclosure is detected, allowing the object to be located. If the object is deemed suspect, a volume element of the suspect object is further irradiated with penetrating radiation, and radiation coherently-scattered by the volume element is detected. The energy spectrum and angular distribution of the coherently-scattered radiation are used to characterize the volume element of the suspect object.