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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Jens-peter Schlomka, Hamburg, DE;
Geoffrey Harding, Hamburg, DE;
Bernd Schreiber, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/10 (2006.01); G01N 23/083 (2006.01); G01N 23/20 (2006.01); G01N 23/201 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and apparatus are provided for combining information obtained from CT and Coherent Scatter Computed Tomography to better determine whether there are dangerous materials in the baggage or not. Hence, the attenuation coefficient and the diffraction pattern of the item of baggage are used to determine whether the baggage should be cleared.