Global Patent Index - EP 0792509 A1

EP 0792509 A1 19970903 - INSPECTION SYSTEM AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTING EXPLOSIVES USING COMBINED NEUTRON INTERROGATION AND X-RAY IMAGING

Title (en)

INSPECTION SYSTEM AND SPATIAL RESOLUTION TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTING EXPLOSIVES USING COMBINED NEUTRON INTERROGATION AND X-RAY IMAGING

Title (de)

INSPEKTIONSSYSTEM UND TECHNIK RÄUMLICHER AUFLÖSUNG ZUM NACHWEIS VON SPRENGSTOFFEN UNTER VERWENDUNG VON NEUTRONENNACHWEIS UND RÖNTGENBILDGEBUNG

Title (fr)

SYSTEME D'INSPECTION ET TECHNIQUE DE RESOLUTION SPATIALE POUR LA DETECTION D'EXPLOSIFS PAR INTERROGATION NEUTRONIQUE ET IMAGERIE PAR RAYONS X

Publication

EP 0792509 A1 19970903 (EN)

Application

EP 95936230 A 19951023

Priority

  • US 9512631 W 19951023
  • US 33251994 A 19941031

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO9613839A1] X-ray CT (computed tomography) and neutron interrogation (NI) are combined to provide an inspection system (100) and spatial resolution technique for detecting explosives. X-ray CT (510) is used to derive a physical density map of a bag (B). The density map from X-ray CT (510) and data from neutron interrogation (520) is used to generate three-dimensional maps of the chemical make-up of the bag (B) contents. Information from the X-ray CT procedure is also used to focus the neutron interrogation on particularly suspect regions of interest in the bag (B).

IPC 1-7

G21G 1/06

IPC 8 full level

G01J 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 23/04 (2006.01); G01N 23/05 (2006.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G21G 4/02 (2006.01); G21G 4/04 (2006.01); G21H 5/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01N 23/04 (2013.01 - EP US); G01V 5/223 (2024.01 - EP US); G01V 5/226 (2024.01 - EP); G01V 5/234 (2024.01 - EP)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 9613839A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 9613839 A1 19960509; CA 2204010 A1 19960509; EP 0792509 A1 19970903; IL 115789 A0 19960119; IL 115789 A 19980924; JP H10510621 A 19981013; MX 9703225 A 19980331

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 9512631 W 19951023; CA 2204010 A 19951023; EP 95936230 A 19951023; IL 11578995 A 19951027; JP 51458696 A 19951023; MX 9703225 A 19951023