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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2003
Applicants:
James M. Nelson, Sumner, WA (US);
William B. Shepherd, Vashon, WA (US);
Inventors:
James M. Nelson, Sumner, WA (US);
William B. Shepherd, Vashon, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N023/20 ; G21K003/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Backscatter imaging using Hadamard transform masking includes an area x-ray source with alternating, masked, Hadamard transform patterns. The total backscatter signal from a target for each pair of corresponding masks is recorded. The difference in signal strengths for each pair of corresponding masks is a direct measurement of the Hadamard transform coefficient for that mask. An image of the target is formed by performing an inverse discrete Hadamard transform on the complete matrix of coefficients.