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Compact mobile cargo scanning system

  • US 10,007,019 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2015
  • Issued: 06/26/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An inspection system comprising:

  • a vehicle having a bed defining a horizontal surface;

    a boom attached to said vehicle wherein said boom comprises a lower vertical support section, an upper vertical support section, a horizontal boom section and a second vertical boom section, wherein said lower and upper vertical support sections are movably attached to each other and wherein the lower vertical support section is mounted on to a platform such that an angle of a resultant scanning tunnel when the boom is fully deployed is in an angular range of 75 to 90 degrees with respect to said horizontal surface of the vehicle;

    a radiological source rotatably attached to the lower vertical support section to produce a radiation beam for scanning at said angular range; and

    an array of detectors attached to at least one of said sections of the boom, wherein the array of detectors remain stationary and aligned with the radiological source during the scanning operation.

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