RADIATION SCANNING AND DISABLING OF HAZARDOUS TARGETS IN CONTAINERS

• US 20130001441A1
• Filed: 07/16/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Varex Imaging Corporation
• Original Assignee: James E. Clayton, James H. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, James H., Clayton, James E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,103,925 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 250/492.3
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 5/22 Active interrogation, i.e. by irradiating objects or goods using external radiation sources, e.g. using gamma rays or cosmic rays

Abstract

In one example, a method of examining a container is disclosed comprising detecting a potential threat within contents of a container using radiation scanning and disabling the potential threat with radiation. In another example, a method of examining a container is disclosed comprising scanning at least a portion of the container with a first radiation beam, detecting radiation interacting with contents of the container, identifying a potential threat contained based, at least in part, on the detected radiation, and disabling the potential threat with a dose of radiation from a second radiation beam. The potential threat may be a nuclear, chemical, and/or biological weapon, for example. Chemical and/or biological detectors may also be provided. The threat and/or electronics associated with the threat, may be disabled. Systems are also disclosed.

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