Three-dimensional mapping based on scattered penetrating radiation
    1.
    发明授权
    Three-dimensional mapping based on scattered penetrating radiation 有权
    基于分散穿透辐射的三维贴图

    公开(公告)号:US08275092B1

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-25

    申请号:US12793210

    申请日:2010-06-03

    IPC分类号: G01N23/04

    CPC分类号: G01N23/203 G01V5/0058

    摘要: Methods for a tangible image of an inspected object. An object is illuminated with at least two sources of penetrating radiation that generate respective pencil beams and define respective viewing points and view planes. Post-interaction penetrating radiation due to the respective sources is used to generate signals based on respective views of the inspected object, and thus derive information with respect to a dimension transverse to the first view plane based on the second signal. A tangible image of the inspected object is then displayed depicting information with respect at least to the first view plane and the transverse dimension.

    摘要翻译: 检查对象的有形图像的方法。 用至少两个穿透辐射源照射物体,产生相应的笔形光束并限定相应的观察点和观看平面。 基于相应源的后交互穿透辐射被用于基于被检查对象的相应视图产生信号,并且因此基于第二信号导出关于横向于第一视平面的尺寸的信息。 然后显示被检查对象的有形图像,其至少关于第一视图平面和横向维度描绘信息。

    Versatile x-ray beam scanner
    2.
    发明授权
    Versatile x-ray beam scanner 有权
    多功能X射线束扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:US09052271B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-09

    申请号:US13446548

    申请日:2012-04-13

    摘要: Apparatus for interrupting and/or scanning a beam of penetrating radiation, such as for purposes of inspecting contents of a container. A source, such as an x-ray tube, generates a fan beam of radiation effectively emanating from a source axis, with the width of the fan beam collimated by a width collimator, such as a clamshell collimator. An angular collimator, stationary during the course of scanning, limits the extent of the scan, and a multi-aperture unit, such as a hoop, or a nested pair of hoops, is rotated about a central axis, and structured in such a manner that the total beam fluence incident on a target is conserved for different fields of view of the beam on the target. The central axis of hoop rotation need not coincide with the source axis.

    摘要翻译: 用于中断和/或扫描穿透辐射束的装置,例如用于检查容器内容物的目的。 诸如X射线管的源产生有效地从源轴发出的辐射的风扇束,其中扇形光束的宽度由诸如蛤壳式准直器的宽度准直器准直。 在扫描过程中静止的角度准直器限制了扫描的范围,并且诸如环形或多对环的多孔单元围绕中心轴旋转,并且以这种方式构造 入射到目标上的总波束注量对于目标上的波束的不同视场是保守的。 环向旋转的中心轴不需要与源轴重合。

    Versatile X-Ray Beam Scanner
    3.
    发明申请
    Versatile X-Ray Beam Scanner 有权
    多功能X射线束扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:US20120269319A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-25

    申请号:US13446548

    申请日:2012-04-13

    摘要: Apparatus for interrupting and/or scanning a beam of penetrating radiation, such as for purposes of inspecting contents of a container. A source, such as an x-ray tube, generates a fan beam of radiation effectively emanating from a source axis, with the width of the fan beam collimated by a width collimator, such as a clamshell collimator. An angular collimator, stationary during the course of scanning, limits the extent of the scan, and a multi-aperture unit, such as a hoop, or a nested pair of hoops, is rotated about a central axis, and structured in such a manner that the total beam fluence incident on a target is conserved for different fields of view of the beam on the target. The central axis of hoop rotation need not coincide with the source axis.

    摘要翻译: 用于中断和/或扫描穿透辐射束的装置,例如用于检查容器内容物的目的。 诸如X射线管的源产生有效地从源轴发出的辐射的风扇束,其中扇形光束的宽度由诸如蛤壳式准直器的宽度准直器准直。 在扫描过程中静止的角度准直器限制了扫描的范围,并且诸如环形或多对环的多孔单元围绕中心轴旋转,并且以这种方式构造 入射到目标上的总波束注量对于目标上的波束的不同视场是保守的。 环向旋转的中心轴不需要与源轴重合。

    Versatile x-ray beam scanner
    4.
    发明授权
    Versatile x-ray beam scanner 有权
    多功能X射线束扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:US09014339B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-21

    申请号:US13280941

    申请日:2011-10-25

    摘要: Apparatus for interrupting and/or scanning a beam of penetrating radiation, such as for purposes of inspecting contents of a container. A source, such as an x-ray tube, generates a fan beam of radiation effectively emanating from a source axis, with the width of the fan beam collimated by a width collimator, such as a clamshell collimator. An angular collimator, stationary during the course of scanning, limits the extent of the scan, and a multi-aperture unit, such as a hoop, or a nested pair of hoops, is rotated about a central axis, and structured in such a manner that beam flux incident on a target is conserved for different fields of view of the beam on the target. The central axis of hoop rotation need not coincide with the source axis.

    摘要翻译: 用于中断和/或扫描穿透辐射束的装置,例如用于检查容器内容物的目的。 诸如X射线管的源产生有效地从源轴发出的辐射的风扇束,其中扇形光束的宽度由诸如蛤壳式准直器的宽度准直器准直。 在扫描过程中静止的角度准直器限制了扫描的范围,并且诸如环形或多对环的多孔单元围绕中心轴旋转,并且以这种方式构造 入射到目标上的光束通量对于目标上的光束的不同视场是保守的。 环向旋转的中心轴不需要与源轴重合。

    Versatile X-Ray Beam Scanner
    5.
    发明申请
    Versatile X-Ray Beam Scanner 有权
    多功能X射线束扫描仪

    公开(公告)号:US20120106714A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-05-03

    申请号:US13280941

    申请日:2011-10-25

    IPC分类号: G21K5/10 G21K1/02 G21K1/04

    摘要: Apparatus for interrupting and/or scanning a beam of penetrating radiation, such as for purposes of inspecting contents of a container. A source, such as an x-ray tube, generates a fan beam of radiation effectively emanating from a source axis, with the width of the fan beam collimated by a width collimator, such as a clamshell collimator. An angular collimator, stationary during the course of scanning, limits the extent of the scan, and a multi-aperture unit, such as a hoop, or a nested pair of hoops, is rotated about a central axis, and structured in such a manner that beam flux incident on a target is conserved for different fields of view of the beam on the target. The central axis of hoop rotation need not coincide with the source axis.

    摘要翻译: 用于中断和/或扫描穿透辐射束的装置,例如用于检查容器内容物的目的。 诸如X射线管的源产生有效地从源轴发出的辐射的风扇束,其中扇形光束的宽度由诸如蛤壳式准直器的宽度准直器准直。 在扫描过程中静止的角度准直器限制了扫描的范围,并且诸如环形或多对环的多孔单元围绕中心轴旋转,并且以这种方式构造 入射到目标上的光束通量对于目标上的光束的不同视场是保守的。 环向旋转的中心轴不需要与源轴重合。

    Adjustable-jaw collimator
    6.
    发明授权
    Adjustable-jaw collimator 有权
    可调颚准直仪

    公开(公告)号:US09291582B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-22

    申请号:US13616253

    申请日:2012-09-14

    摘要: An adjustable collimator for shaping a beam of particles, such as for purposes of inspecting contents of a container. The adjustable collimator has an obscuring element substantially opaque to passage of the particles in a propagation direction that is radial with respect to the axis of rotation of a ring of apertures. A gap in the obscuring element may be characterized by a length taken along a long dimension and a jaw spacing taken along narrow dimension, and at least one of the length of the gap and the jaw spacing is subject to adjustment, either manual or automatic. The adjustable collimator may be disposed either inside or outside the ring of apertures, and, in some embodiments, the jaw spacing may be a function of distance along the long dimension relative to an edge of the gap.

    摘要翻译: 用于成形颗粒束的可调节准直器,例如用于检查容器内容物的目的。 可调节准直器具有基本上不透明的元件,该透明元件在相对于孔环的旋转轴线径向的传播方向上通过颗粒。 模糊元件中的间隙的特征在于沿着长度取长度,并且沿着狭窄的尺寸取得钳口间隔,并且间隙和钳口间隔的长度中的至少一个可以手动或自动地进行调节。 可调整的准直器可以设置在孔的环的内部或外部,并且在一些实施例中,钳口间隔可以是沿着间隔相对于边缘的长度的距离的函数。

    Forward- and variable-offset hoop for beam scanning
    7.
    发明授权
    Forward- and variable-offset hoop for beam scanning 有权
    光束扫描的前向和可变偏移环

    公开(公告)号:US08861684B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-10-14

    申请号:US13585157

    申请日:2012-08-14

    IPC分类号: G21K1/02 G21K1/04 H01J35/00

    CPC分类号: G21K1/043 G01N23/06 H01J35/00

    摘要: An apparatus for forming a beam of energetic particles and for scanning the beam of particles with respect to an inspected object. The apparatus has a source of energetic particles characterized by an effective beam origin and a rotating hoop having at least one aperture, such that the effective beam origin of the source is closer to the inspected object than the axis of rotation of the rotating hoop. A collimating structure disposed interior to the rotating hoop collimates emission by the source into a fan beam prior to impinging on the rotating hoop. In some embodiments, the effective beam origin may be moved with respect to the axis of rotation of the hoop.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于形成能量粒子束并用于相对于被检查物体扫描粒子束的装置。 该装置具有以有效光源为特征的高能粒子源和具有至少一个孔的旋转箍,使得源的有效光束原点比旋转环的旋转轴更靠近被检查物体。 设置在旋转箍的内部的准直结构在撞击旋转箍之前将源的发射准直到扇形束中。 在一些实施例中,有效光束原点可以相对于环的旋转轴线移动。

    Forward- and Variable-offset Hoop for Beam Scanning
    8.
    发明申请
    Forward- and Variable-offset Hoop for Beam Scanning 有权
    用于光束扫描的前向和可变偏移环

    公开(公告)号:US20130064353A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-14

    申请号:US13585157

    申请日:2012-08-14

    IPC分类号: G21K1/02

    CPC分类号: G21K1/043 G01N23/06 H01J35/00

    摘要: An apparatus for forming a beam of energetic particles and for scanning the beam of particles with respect to an inspected object. The apparatus has a source of energetic particles characterized by an effective beam origin and a rotating hoop having at least one aperture, such that the effective beam origin of the source is closer to the inspected object than the axis of rotation of the rotating hoop. A collimating structure disposed interior to the rotating hoop collimates emission by the source into a fan beam prior to impinging on the rotating hoop. In some embodiments, the effective beam origin may be moved with respect to the axis of rotation of the hoop.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于形成能量粒子束并用于相对于被检查物体扫描粒子束的装置。 该装置具有以有效光源为特征的高能粒子源和具有至少一个孔的旋转箍,使得源的有效光束原点比旋转环的旋转轴更靠近被检查物体。 设置在旋转箍的内部的准直结构在撞击旋转箍之前将源的发射准直到扇形束中。 在一些实施例中,有效光束原点可以相对于环的旋转轴线移动。

    Adjustable-Jaw Collimator
    9.
    发明申请
    Adjustable-Jaw Collimator 有权
    可调式准直器

    公开(公告)号:US20130003936A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-03

    申请号:US13616253

    申请日:2012-09-14

    IPC分类号: G21K1/04

    摘要: An adjustable collimator for shaping a beam of particles, such as for purposes of inspecting contents of a container. The adjustable collimator has an obscuring element substantially opaque to passage of the particles in a propagation direction that is radial with respect to the axis of rotation of a ring of apertures. A gap in the obscuring element may be characterized by a length taken along a long dimension and a jaw spacing taken along narrow dimension, and at least one of the length of the gap and the jaw spacing is subject to adjustment, either manual or automatic. The adjustable collimator may be disposed either inside or outside the ring of apertures, and, in some embodiments, the jaw spacing may be a function of distance along the long dimension relative to an edge of the gap.

    摘要翻译: 用于成形颗粒束的可调节准直器,例如用于检查容器内容物的目的。 可调节准直器具有基本上不透明的元件,该透明元件在相对于孔环的旋转轴线径向的传播方向上通过颗粒。 模糊元件中的间隙的特征在于沿着长度取长度,并且沿着狭窄的尺寸取得钳口间隔,并且间隙和钳口间隔的长度中的至少一个可以手动或自动地进行调节。 可调整的准直器可以设置在孔的环的内部或外部,并且在一些实施例中,钳口间隔可以是沿着间隔相对于边缘的长度的距离的函数。