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GB2555564B
GB2555564B GB1613072.6A GB201613072A GB2555564B GB 2555564 B GB2555564 B GB 2555564B GB 201613072 A GB201613072 A GB 201613072A GB 2555564 B GB2555564 B GB 2555564B
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Jegou Guillaume
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Smiths Heimann SAS
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Priority to US16/321,243 priority patent/US11016218B2/en
Priority to PCT/GB2017/052202 priority patent/WO2018020261A1/en
Priority to EP17761305.6A priority patent/EP3491427B1/en
Priority to CN201780057883.1A priority patent/CN110199209B/en
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of ionising radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
    • G01V5/20—Detecting prohibited goods, e.g. weapons, explosives, hazardous substances, contraband or smuggled objects
    • G01V5/22—Active interrogation, i.e. by irradiating objects or goods using external radiation sources, e.g. using gamma rays or cosmic rays
    • G01V5/222—Active interrogation, i.e. by irradiating objects or goods using external radiation sources, e.g. using gamma rays or cosmic rays measuring scattered radiation
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01T—MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR OR X-RADIATION
    • G01T1/00—Measuring X-radiation, gamma radiation, corpuscular radiation, or cosmic radiation
    • G01T1/29—Measurement performed on radiation beams, e.g. position or section of the beam; Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
    • G01T1/2914—Measurement of spatial distribution of radiation
    • G01T1/2985—In depth localisation, e.g. using positron emitters; Tomographic imaging (longitudinal and transverse section imaging; apparatus for radiation diagnosis sequentially in different planes, steroscopic radiation diagnosis)
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of ionising radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
    • G01V5/20—Detecting prohibited goods, e.g. weapons, explosives, hazardous substances, contraband or smuggled objects
    • G01V5/22—Active interrogation, i.e. by irradiating objects or goods using external radiation sources, e.g. using gamma rays or cosmic rays

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GB1613072.6A GB2555564B (en) 2016-07-28 2016-07-28 Scatter imaging
US16/321,243 US11016218B2 (en) 2016-07-28 2017-07-27 Scatter imaging
PCT/GB2017/052202 WO2018020261A1 (en) 2016-07-28 2017-07-27 Scatter imaging
EP17761305.6A EP3491427B1 (en) 2016-07-28 2017-07-27 Scatter imaging
CN201780057883.1A CN110199209B (en) 2016-07-28 2017-07-27 Scatter imaging

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US12387900B2 (en) 2022-02-03 2025-08-12 Rapiscan Holdings, Inc. Systems and methods for real-time energy and dose monitoring of an X-ray linear accelerator
US12450719B2 (en) 2021-07-13 2025-10-21 Rapiscan Systems, Inc. Image inspection systems and methods for integrating third party artificial intelligence platforms
US12467887B2 (en) 2021-02-23 2025-11-11 Rapiscan Systems, Inc. Systems and methods for eliminating cross-talk signals in one or more scanning systems having multiple X-ray sources
US12467882B2 (en) 2023-03-17 2025-11-11 Rapiscan Holdings, Inc. Systems and methods for monitoring output energy of a high-energy x-ray source
US12474282B2 (en) 2022-05-20 2025-11-18 Rapiscan Holdings, Inc. Systems and a method of improved material classification using energy-integrated backscatter detectors

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US20040174959A1 (en) * 2003-03-03 2004-09-09 Green Michael C. X-ray diffraction-based scanning system
WO2007068933A1 (en) * 2005-12-16 2007-06-21 Cxr Limited X-ray tomography inspection systems
US20100034347A1 (en) * 2006-08-23 2010-02-11 American Science And Engineering, Inc. Scatter Attenuation Tomography
WO2010051366A2 (en) * 2008-10-31 2010-05-06 Morpho Detection, Inc. System and method for x-ray diffraction imaging
WO2011106463A1 (en) * 2010-02-25 2011-09-01 Rapiscan Systems Inc. A high-energy x-ray spectroscopy-based inspection system and methods to determine the atomic number of materials
EP2589954A1 (en) * 2010-06-30 2013-05-08 Tsinghua University Articles detection device and detection method thereof

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EP0271723A1 (en) * 1986-11-26 1988-06-22 Heimann GmbH X-ray scanning system
WO1998002763A1 (en) * 1996-07-12 1998-01-22 American Science And Engineering, Inc. Side scatter tomography system
US20040174959A1 (en) * 2003-03-03 2004-09-09 Green Michael C. X-ray diffraction-based scanning system
WO2007068933A1 (en) * 2005-12-16 2007-06-21 Cxr Limited X-ray tomography inspection systems
US20100034347A1 (en) * 2006-08-23 2010-02-11 American Science And Engineering, Inc. Scatter Attenuation Tomography
WO2010051366A2 (en) * 2008-10-31 2010-05-06 Morpho Detection, Inc. System and method for x-ray diffraction imaging
WO2011106463A1 (en) * 2010-02-25 2011-09-01 Rapiscan Systems Inc. A high-energy x-ray spectroscopy-based inspection system and methods to determine the atomic number of materials
EP2589954A1 (en) * 2010-06-30 2013-05-08 Tsinghua University Articles detection device and detection method thereof

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US12467887B2 (en) 2021-02-23 2025-11-11 Rapiscan Systems, Inc. Systems and methods for eliminating cross-talk signals in one or more scanning systems having multiple X-ray sources
US12450719B2 (en) 2021-07-13 2025-10-21 Rapiscan Systems, Inc. Image inspection systems and methods for integrating third party artificial intelligence platforms
US12387900B2 (en) 2022-02-03 2025-08-12 Rapiscan Holdings, Inc. Systems and methods for real-time energy and dose monitoring of an X-ray linear accelerator
US12474282B2 (en) 2022-05-20 2025-11-18 Rapiscan Holdings, Inc. Systems and a method of improved material classification using energy-integrated backscatter detectors
US12467882B2 (en) 2023-03-17 2025-11-11 Rapiscan Holdings, Inc. Systems and methods for monitoring output energy of a high-energy x-ray source

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