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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2015
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Ed Franco, San Mateo, CA (US);
Ling Tang, Newton, MA (US);
Jing Ye Shea, Groveland, MA (US);
Minyang Huang, Andover, MA (US);
Jolyon Browne, San Jose, CA (US);
Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
The present specification discloses methods for scanning objects for the presence of lithium batteries. Normalized transmission X-ray data is used to generate organic, effective Z, and attenuation-based images. These images are then segmented using a combination of thresholding and region growing techniques to identify regions of interest. The regions are classified as lithium batteries or other objects, based on characteristics such as area of the region, its organic intensity, Znumber, shape, spatial arrangement and texture.