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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2010
Mohammed Ben Abdillah, Ballincollig, IE;
Emil Entchev, Ballincollig, IE;
Adam Widera, Ballincollig, IE;
John Mcnaboe, Ballincollig, IE;
Brendan Lyons, Ballincollig, IE;
Claudius Volz, Wiesbaden, DE;
Pia Dreiseitel, Eschborn, DE;
Claus Meder, Rossdorf, DE;
Mohammed Ben Abdillah, Ballincollig, IE;
Emil Entchev, Ballincollig, IE;
Adam Widera, Ballincollig, IE;
John McNaboe, Ballincollig, IE;
Brendan Lyons, Ballincollig, IE;
Claudius Volz, Wiesbaden, DE;
Pia Dreiseitel, Eschborn, DE;
Claus Meder, Rossdorf, DE;
Smiths Detection Ireland Limited, Ballincollig, IE;
Abstract
An imaging system comprises a transmitter (), a receiver (), and a controller () for directing the transmitter and the receiver to scan an object in a volume. The controller determines which sub-volumes of the volume the object is located within and then performs a fine scan in those sub-volumes. This reduces overall scanning time. The controller () may compare a received signal sample magnitude from the initial scan with a threshold to make the decision. The initial scan may be performed with a spot size to include only one or more particular volume elements within at least some of the sub-volumes.