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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2008
Filed:
May. 07, 2004
William Macomber Leue, Albany, NY (US);
Ricardo Scott Avila, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Colin Craig MC Culloch, Charlton, NY (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Deborah Joy Walter, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
William Macomber Leue, Albany, NY (US);
Ricardo Scott Avila, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Colin Craig Mc Culloch, Charlton, NY (US);
Samit Kumar Basu, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Deborah Joy Walter, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A technique is disclosed for detecting contraband by obtaining image data from a computed tomography machine and generating variance data and a variance map from the image data acquired. The method includes obtaining a mean density value and a variation value for each voxel of the image data, segmenting the voxels into discrete objects, and determining whether any of the discrete objects is contraband.