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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventor:
James Richard Wood, Grapevine, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/20 (2006.01); G01N 23/203 (2006.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01); G21K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/203 (2013.01); G01N 23/20008 (2013.01); G01V 5/0025 (2013.01); G21K 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 2223/053 (2013.01);
Abstract
The presently disclosed technique provides a method and apparatus for use in modulated X-ray harmonic detection and identification. More specifically, it specifies a X-ray backscatter imaging system using radio frequency modulation of the incident X-ray beam at two frequencies and detection patterns in the backscattered signal corresponding to harmonics of the modulation frequencies.