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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Morpho Detection, Inc., Newark, CA (US);
Erik Edmund Magnuson, Cardiff, CA (US);
Christopher W. Crowley, San Diego, CA (US);
Alejandro Pedro Bussandri, La Jolla, CA (US);
Morpho Detection, LLC, Newark, CA (US);
Abstract
A contraband detection system is provided. The contraband detection system includes an X-ray system including a front X-ray transmitter/detector and a rear X-ray transmitter/detector. The contraband detection system further includes a quadrupole resonance (QR) system comprising a first QR coil, and a second QR coil, wherein the first and second QR coils are located between the front and rear X-ray transmitter/detectors, and wherein the first and second QR coils are constructed from a material having a low mass attenuation coefficient and a high conductivity such that the first and second QR coils do not substantially interfere with transmitting X-rays and detecting emitted photons using the X-ray system. The contraband detection system further comprise a computing device coupled to the X-ray system and the QR system, the computing device configured to detect contraband based on signals received from the X-ray system and the QR system.