×

Radiation scanning of objects for contraband

  • US 7,369,640 B2
  • Filed: 09/01/2006
  • Issued: 05/06/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A scanning system for examining contents of an object movable along a first path, the scanning system being positioned, at least in part, above an opening in the ground, the system comprising:

  • one or more sources of radiation, at least one of the one or more sources being movable along a single, second path transverse to the first path, the second path extending at least partially around the first path; and

    a detector extending partially around the first path, the detector being positionable at least partially in the opening in the ground and to detect radiation interacting with the object during scanning;

    wherein the at least one source and the detector are positioned so that the object is transportable along the first path, between the source and the detector.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×