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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2005
Paul D. Murray, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Louis S. Palecki, Southborough, MA (US);
William C. Place, Acton, MA (US);
Paul D. Murray, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Louis S. Palecki, Southborough, MA (US);
William C. Place, Acton, MA (US);
Assurance Technology Corporation, Carlisle, MA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic screening system including an arrangement of gradiometers each including at least three magnetometers, a gradiometer processor in communication with the magnetometers that scales outputs from the magnetometers with unequal weights and combines the scaled outputs to orient a direction of sensitivity of the respective gradiometer toward a volume of interest and at least one arrangement processor in communication with the arrangement of gradiometers that uses the gradiometers in a collective manner to detect a target object.