APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION OF CONCEALED OBJECTS USING MULTIPLE ENERGY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - Patent 0873511

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EP 0 873 511 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	28.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/44

(21)	Application number: 96940420.0

(22)	Date of filing: 25.09.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 23/ 04^{( . )}
G01N 23/ 18^{( . )}
G01V 5/ 00^{( . )}

G01N 23/ 10^{( . )}
G01T 1/ 29^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/018200

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1997/018462 (22.05.1997 Gazette 1997/22)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

13.11.1995 US 19950006670P
25.01.1996 US 19960591839

(71)	Applicant: The United States of America as represented by The Secretary of the Army
	Washington, DC 20503 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	WILLSON, Paul D. Rockaway, New Jersey 07866 (US)

(74)	Representative: Vetter, Ewald Otto, Dipl.-Ing.
	Patentanwaltsbüro Allgeier & Vetter Postfach 10 26 05 86016 Augsburg 86016 Augsburg (DE)

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