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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Vitaliy Ziskin, Brighton, MA (US);
David Perticone, Winchester, MA (US);
Inventors:
Vitaliy Ziskin, Brighton, MA (US);
David Perticone, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
L-3 Communications Security and Detection Systems, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/083 (2006.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/09 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01V 5/0033 (2013.01); G01N 2223/423 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for material discrimination. The systems and methods include a single source that generates both neutrons and photons, and a single imaging array with a common detector that detects the neutrons and the photons generated from the single source. The systems and methods allow for a determination of the contents, and/or the effective atomic number ('Z') of the contents, of an object without physical inspection of the interior of the object.