EP 2678668 A1 20140101 - X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
Title (en)
X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD
Title (de)
RÖNTGENSTRAHLPRÜFUNGSSYSTEM UND -VERFAHREN
Title (fr)
SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ D'INSPECTION PAR RAYONS X
Publication
Application
Priority
US 2011025777 W 20110222
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2012115629A1] The present specification discloses an X-ray system for processing X-ray data to determine an identity of an object under inspection. The X-ray system includes an X-ray source for transmitting X-rays, where the X-rays have a range of energies, through the object, a detector array for detecting the transmitted X-rays, where each detector outputs a signal proportional to an amount of energy deposited at the detector by a detected X-ray, and at least one processor that reconstructs an image from the signal, where each pixel within the image represents an associated mass attenuation coefficient of the object under inspection at a specific point in space and for a specific energy level, fits each of pixel to a function to determine the mass attenuation coefficient of the object under inspection at the point in space; and uses the function to determine the identity of the object under inspection.
IPC 8 full level
G01N 23/087 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP GB)
G01N 23/087 (2013.01 - EP GB); G01N 23/10 (2013.01 - GB); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01 - EP); G01N 2223/423 (2013.01 - EP); G01N 2223/501 (2013.01 - EP); G01N 2223/505 (2013.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2012115629 A1 20120830; EP 2678668 A1 20140101; EP 2678668 A4 20170405; GB 201315125 D0 20131009; GB 2501661 A 20131030; GB 2501661 B 20170412
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 2011025777 W 20110222; EP 11859314 A 20110222; GB 201315125 A 20110222