Imaging of materials
First Claim
1. An apparatus for generating and displaying an image of an object comprising:
- a radiation source and a series of at least two and no more than five linear radiation detectors spaced therefrom to define a scanning zone therebetween;
means to cause an object to move relative to and through the scanning zone in use;
a direct image generation apparatus to generate an image from the output of at least one linear detector;
an intermediate image generation apparatus configured to generate at least one intermediate image from at least one adjacent pair of linear detectors, by processing the output of said pair of detectors and generating an image representative of an output intermediate between the two said detector outputs;
the image generation apparatus adapted such that at least five images are generated in total;
an image display adapted successively to display such images and thus display the monocular movement parallax between the images.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for obtaining an image of an object. The apparatus comprises a radiation source and a series of two to five linear detectors spaced therefrom to define a scanning zone; means to cause an object to move relative to and through the scanning zone; a direct image generation apparatus to generate an image from the output of a linear detector; an intermediate image generation apparatus configured to generate at least one intermediate image from an adjacent pair of linear detectors, by processing the output of the pair of detectors and generating an image representative of an output intermediate between the two said detector outputs; the image apparatus adapted such that at least five and preferably at least six images are generated in total; an image display adapted successively to display such images and thus display the monocular movement parallax between the images.
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30 Claims
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1. An apparatus for generating and displaying an image of an object comprising:
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a radiation source and a series of at least two and no more than five linear radiation detectors spaced therefrom to define a scanning zone therebetween; means to cause an object to move relative to and through the scanning zone in use; a direct image generation apparatus to generate an image from the output of at least one linear detector; an intermediate image generation apparatus configured to generate at least one intermediate image from at least one adjacent pair of linear detectors, by processing the output of said pair of detectors and generating an image representative of an output intermediate between the two said detector outputs; the image generation apparatus adapted such that at least five images are generated in total; an image display adapted successively to display such images and thus display the monocular movement parallax between the images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29)
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20. A method of obtaining an image of an object comprising the steps of:
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providing a radiation source and a series of at least two and no more than five linear radiation detectors spaced therefrom to define a scanning zone therebetween; causing an object to move relative to and through the scanning zone; generating a direct image from the output of at least one linear detector; generating at least one intermediate image from at least one adjacent pair of linear detectors, by processing the output of said pair of detectors and generating an image representative of an output intermediate between the two said detector outputs; such that at least five images are generated in total; displaying such images successively and thus displaying the monocular movement parallax between the images. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30)
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