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COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR CARGO AND TRANSPORTED CONTAINERS

  • US 20150325010A1
  • Filed: 04/23/2015
  • Published: 11/12/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An imaging system for imaging contents, components and/or composition of cargo or transported containers, the imaging system comprising:

  • an x-ray or gamma ray source configured to emit an x-ray or gamma ray beam, respectively;

    a tunnel having a plurality of detectors, each of the plurality of detectors configured to receive a portion of the x-ray or gamma ray beam; and

    a translatable platform configured to support cargo or a transported container and to move through the tunnel so that the cargo or the transported container crosses the portions of the x-ray or gamma ray beam received by the plurality of the detectors when the x-ray or gamma ray source is emitting the x-ray or gamma ray beam; and

    wherein the translatable platform is configured to rotate and move through the tunnel at multiple angles.

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