Personnel security screening system with enhanced privacy
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1. A method for generating and processing an image comprising the steps of:
- subjecting a person to an X-ray source;
detecting X-ray radiation;
generating an original image, having a plurality of regions wherein each region has an associated scatter intensity, from said detected X-ray radiation;
using a processor, identifying in said original image a first region having a first scatter intensity and a second region having a second scatter intensity by comparing the scatter intensity of each of said plurality of regions to a threshold value, wherein the first scatter intensity is greater than the second scatter intensity;
creating a first region image from the first region and a second region image from the second region wherein the second region image is representative of off-body areas of the original image; and
individually processing the first region image and the second region image to create a first processed region image and a second processed region image.
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The present invention is directed towards processing security images of people subjected to X-ray radiation. The present invention processes a generated image by dividing the generated image into at least two regions or mask images, separately processing the at least two regions of the image, and viewing the resultant processed region images either alone or as a combined image.
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1. A method for generating and processing an image comprising the steps of:
- subjecting a person to an X-ray source;
detecting X-ray radiation;
generating an original image, having a plurality of regions wherein each region has an associated scatter intensity, from said detected X-ray radiation;
using a processor, identifying in said original image a first region having a first scatter intensity and a second region having a second scatter intensity by comparing the scatter intensity of each of said plurality of regions to a threshold value, wherein the first scatter intensity is greater than the second scatter intensity;
creating a first region image from the first region and a second region image from the second region wherein the second region image is representative of off-body areas of the original image; and
individually processing the first region image and the second region image to create a first processed region image and a second processed region image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- subjecting a person to an X-ray source;
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11. A method for processing images in an X-ray backscatter imaging system for inspecting a human body comprising:
- subjecting said body to backscatter radiation;
detecting said radiation;
producing data derived from the detection of said radiation;
generating an original image from said data wherein said original image is of said body combined with a background, wherein said original image has a plurality of regions and wherein each region has an associated intensity;
using a processor, identifying in said original image a first region having a first intensity and a second region having a second intensity by comparing the intensity of each of said plurality of regions to a threshold value, wherein the first intensity is greater than the second intensity;
creating a first region image from the first region and a second region image from the second region; and
individually processing the first region image and second region image to create a first processed region image and a second processed region image wherein the second processed region image is representative of said background. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- subjecting said body to backscatter radiation;
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