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- the present invention relates to systems and methods for inspection of items using penetrating radiation, and, more particularly to inspection wherein a characteristic of the penetrating radiation is varied during the course of a single scan.
- FIG. 1 shows a prior art X-ray backscatter system 100 where a source of x- rays 102 and a set of x-ray backscatter detectors 104 are enclosed within an inspection vehicle 106 that is moving relative to a target 108 (otherwise referred to herein as an
- the basic elements of the backscatter system shown in Fig. 1 include an x-ray beam former 20 (shown in Fig. 2), one or more backscatter x-ray detectors 104, a signal processor 110, and a user interface 112.
- Source 102 includes beam former 20 (otherwise referred to herein as a "mechanical scanner"), which forms x-rays into a pencil beam 201 (shown in Fig.
- the specifications of the scanning pencil beam 201— intensity, sweep speed, sweep angle, resolution, etc.— are determined by the parameters of the x-ray tube 203 and mechanical scanner 20.
- the mechanical scanner which term is used synonymously herein with the terms "beam former” and "chopper" 20 to give optimal image quality for a specific height of vehicle that moves at a specific drive-by speed and specific distance from the inspection van. Vehicles of other heights or different distances or different speeds will be inspected under less than optimum conditions.
- FIG. 3 illustrates a prior art example of less-than-optimal matching of a beam- scanning system to a particular vehicle under inspection.
- a stationary inspection-van (not shown), inspects a car (inspected vehicle 108) moving at 5 kph, at a distance of 5 feet from the chopper 20.
- the prior art chopper hoop 213 of Fig. 2 having a wheel diameter of 24 inches, with four apertures 215 of 1.5 mm diameter each, spins at 40 revolutions per second, creating successive 90° sweeps, each taking 6.25 msec.
- Fig. 4A is a beam coverage plot of successive beam sweeps that follow one another as the hoop of Fig. 2 rotates.
- the pixel width is 9 mm and unchanged during the sweep.
- the sweeps may form an hourglass, with pixel widths 40% wider at the top and bottom of the 90° sweeps, for example.
- the uniform widths of the scanned swaths in each of Figs. 4A-4C are typical representations of the sweeps on a typical beam former, although that uniformity imposes undesirable limitations for x-ray inspection applications, as will now be discussed.
- the pixel width is always greater than the distance of 8.7 mm (rounded to 9 mm in Fig. 4A) that the car moves during an inspection.
- the car is fully scanned.
- 8 kph for example, the car moves almost 13 mm during each sweep so that the pixel pattern shown in Fig. 4B has gaps.
- the car is seriously under-sampled.
- Fig. 4C shows the pattern for a van speed of 2.5 kph. (The vertical offset of the scans as shown is for illustrative purposes only.) In the latter case, the beam width is at least twice the distance the vehicle has moved in a sweep and successive scans fully overlap.
- the oversampling by a factor of two improves the statistics of the measured intensities but at a cost of doubling the time of an inspection. Under-sampling or oversampling also results when the car, moving at 5 kph, is closer or further from the inspection van.
- the 90° scan beam of Fig. 3 was designed for optimum coverage for a 12-foot truck at a distance of 5 feet. A car at a distance of 5 feet is fully scanned, but more than 50% of the beam has been wasted, scanning air.
- Electromagnetic steering of an electron beam in the course of generating an x- ray beam comprises an aspect of the present invention, as discussed below.
- the prior art has described the discontinuous switching of electron beams among multiple anodes of a multi- anode x-ray tube, an aspect that does not accomplish the objectives of the present invention discussed below.
- an x-ray source having a cathode for emitting a beam of electrons, a controller for varying a direction of the beam of electrons relative to an anode, and a snout, opaque to transmission of x-rays therethrough, characterized by a first aperture disposed at one apex of the snout and characterized by a variable snout length.
- the x-ray source has a sweep controller for applying a signal to the beam controller in such a manner as to scan the beam of electrons in a prescribed path on the anode, thereby causing an x-ray beam to be emitted from the aperture in a direction that varies as a function of time.
- the aperture may be a Rommel aperture, as that term is defined below, and the Rommel aperture may be a variable Rommel aperture.
- the aperture may be adapted for repositioning relative to the anode.
- the beam controller may also have a steering coil.
- the x-ray source may additionally have a snout length controller.
- the x-ray source may have a second aperture for emission of an x-ray beam, adapted such that x-rays may be emitted from the first aperture or the second aperture on the basis of placement of the electron beam on the anode.
- a filter may be disposed in a channel disposed between the anode and the second aperture.
- a method for sweeping an x-ray beam across an object of inspection comprising: varying a direction of a beam of electrons relative to an anode upon which the beam of electrons impinges;
- the method may have an additional step of differentially filtering x-rays emitted through two apertures in the snout, and an additional step of scanning a first portion of the object of inspection and subsequently scanning a second portion of the object of inspection.
- the second portion of the object of inspection may overlap the first portion, at least in part.
- Scanning the second portion of the object of inspection may include scanning at a second sampling rate distinct from a first sampling rate at which the first portion was scanned, and the second scanning rate may be based, at least in part, on measurements derived during the course of a scan.
- an x-ray source having a cathode for emitting a beam of electrons and a controller for varying a direction of the beam of electrons relative to a first anode and a second anode.
- the x-ray source has both a first snout, opaque to transmission of x-rays therethrough, characterized by a first aperture disposed at one apex of the first snout, and a second snout, opaque to transmission of x-rays therethrough, characterized by a second aperture disposed at one apex of the second snout.
- a sweep controller is provided for applying a signal to the beam controller in such a manner as to scan the beam of electrons in a prescribed path on the first and second anodes, thereby causing a first x-ray beam to be emitted from the first aperture in a direction that varies as a first function of time and a second x-ray beam to be emitted from the second aperture in a direction that varies as a second function of time.
- the first aperture may be a Rommel aperture, and, more particularly, a variable Rommel aperture.
- the second aperture may be a Rommel aperture, variable, or not.
- the first aperture and the second aperture may have distinct aperture openings.
- the x-ray source may also have a snout length controller for controlling a length of the first snout.
- a system for simultaneously inspecting a plurality of vehicles.
- the system has a portal comprising a plurality of openings, each opening accommodating a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles
- the system has at least one electromagnetic scanner disposed in a vertical member between two of the plurality of openings for generating a first x-ray beam directed to a first of the plurality of openings and a second x-ray beam directed to a second of the plurality of openings.
- the system has a first detector for detecting x-rays scattered from the first x- ray beam by a first of the plurality of vehicles and for generating a first scatter signal, and a second detector for detecting x-rays scattered from the second x-ray beam by a second of the plurality of vehicles and for generating a second scatter signal.
- the system has a display for displaying images of the first and the second scatter signals.
- a mobile system for simultaneously inspecting a vehicle and cargo.
- the mobile system has a bilateral scanning system disposed within a conveyance for sweeping a first x-ray beam in a scan path outside the conveyance and a second x-ray beam in a second scan path in a plane within the conveyance.
- the mobile system also has a conveyor for moving the cargo through the plane of the second scan path, a first detector for detecting x-rays scattered by the vehicle from the first x-ray beam, and a second detector for detecting x-rays interacting with the cargo.
- FIG. 1 depicts a prior art x-ray backscatter system in which an x-ray source and a set of detectors are enclosed within an inspection vehicle.
- Fig. 2 depicts a prior art scanning x-ray beam former.
- Fig. 3 shows less-than-optimal matching of a beam-scanning system to a vehicle under inspection by a prior art x-ray scanning system.
- Figs. 4A-4C show beam coverage plots of successive beam sweeps using the prior art scanning x-ray beam former at three successive relative speeds between the inspection vehicle and a scanned target.
- FIGs. 5A and 5B illustrate the principle of electromagnetic scanning of an x- ray beam in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- Fig. 6A depicts the scanning of a vehicle with an electromagnetically scanned x-ray beam in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 6B depicts the scanning of a vehicle with an electromagnetically scanned x-ray beam having interleaved Primary and Secondary scans in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 7A is a cross-sectional view of an electromagnetic scanner with a snout of variable length in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 7B is a cross-sectional view of a dual-energy electromagnetic scanner in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig.7C is a cross-sectional view of an electromagnetic scanner with channels of different lengths in accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig.7D is a cross-sectional view of an electromagnetic scanner with different size apertures in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8A is a schematic illustration of the use of a snout for production of multiple images taken from distinct x-ray pointing angles, in accordance with an
- Fig. 8B is a detailed schematic of such a multi-imaging snout in cross section.
- Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of an electromagnetic scanner for generating X-ray beams emitted in multiple directions in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 10 shows a multi-lane x-ray inspection portal system, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 shows a bilateral x-ray inspection van, in accordance with a further embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGs. 12A and 12B show cross sections in horizontal and vertical planes, respectively, of a mobile combined cargo and vehicle scanner in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Figs. 13A and 13B show alternative configurations of scan angles for contemporaneous scanning of pairs of target vehicle of various relative heights, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.
- Figs. 14A - 14C depict a sample of relative placements of a Rommel aperture relative to a scanned anode and corresponding scan angles of emergent x-rays in accordance with a class of embodiments of the present invention.
- vehicle shall denote any conveyance for transporting people or equipment, whether self-propelled, or otherwise.
- vehicle When the vehicle is an object of x-ray inspection, it may also be referred to herein, without limitation, as a "car.”
- beam angle refers to an instantaneous exit angle of a beam from a scanning device measured in relation to a center line of the angular beam span. (The beam angle, thus, varies from instant to instant as the beam is scanned.)
- Scan angle is defined as a the extremal angle measured between an x-ray pencil beam emerging from an x-ray scanner relative to a fiducial direction, such as the central axis of an electron beam emitted by a source and directed towards an anode.
- swipe angle is defined to be identical to, and synonymous with, the term “scan angle.”
- pointing angle of a swept beam is defined as the central direction of the sweep.
- a "pointing direction” is defined as the direction of propagation of an x-ray pencil beam emerging from an x-ray scanner, where the direction is defined in space, rather than relative to any fiducial object or axis.
- the term "snout” shall be defined to mean an enclosure that opaque to the radiation in question but for one or more defined openings through which radiation is allowed to emerge.
- snout length is defined as the distance between an anode where x- rays are generated and an aperture in a snout where x-rays emerge from the snout for scanning exterior target objects. It is also known as "collimation length.”
- the term "Rommel collimator” shall refer to an x-ray aperture that allows for forming a scanning x-ray beam of desired size and flux independently of the beam angle as described in US 2014/0010351 (Rommel, now issued as US Patent No. 9, 117,564), or any functional variant thereof.
- the term “Rommel aperture” shall have a meaning synonymous with that of "Rommel collimator.”
- a "variable Rommel aperture” is a Rommel aperture, parameters of which may be modified by a user during the course of operation.
- true zoom refers to the capability of varying the field of view of a scanning system while maintaining a constant image size as measured in pixels.
- scan height is defined as the limiting vertical extent of a scanned beam, measured at the position, relative to the scanner, of an inspected item.
- the term "real-time” means during the course of inspecting a single inspection target in a single pass of that inspection target relative to an x-ray inspection apparatus.
- EMS 50 may replace the beam former 20 of Fig. 2, or any other beam former, when it is used in the x- ray inspection application described above with reference to Fig. 1, for example.
- Electrons in an electron beam 501 from a source, such as an x-ray tube 203 (shown in Fig. 2), are focused and steered by beam controller 505 so as to sweep over an anode 508, which may optionally be water-cooled.
- Beam controller 505 applies electric and/or magnetic fields for confining and steering electron beam 501, and, in particular, beam controller 505 includes beam steering coil 519.
- the source of electrons typically includes a cathode 207 from which electrons in electron beam 501 are emitted. Impingement of electron beam 501 onto anode 508 produces x-rays 511 that, in the transmission geometry depicted in Fig. 5B, pass through the anode 508, and out of a vacuum space 513, into a snout 515 that has a single-exit aperture 517 (otherwise referred to herein as aperture 517) at its apex 519.
- Aperture 517 is preferably a Rommel aperture, as defined above, and, for convenience, aperture 517 may be referred to, herein, as a "Rommel aperture,” without loss of generality.
- Emerging x-ray beam 520 is swept in angle as electron beam 501 is swept across anode 508.
- a sweep controller 518 drives beam controller 505 by applying a signal to sweep electron beam 501 across anode 508 in a prescribed path as a function of time.
- Fig. 5B shows a "transmission" geometry of the EMS with the x-ray beam passing through the anode 507, which also serves as a vacuum barrier. Beyond anode 507, snout 515 may be filled with air 521 or another substance.
- Fig. 5B For heuristic clarity, further description may refer to the transmission geometry of Fig. 5B for purposes of illustrating terms and applications.
- another embodiment employs a "reflective" geometry, as depicted in Fig. 5 A, in which reflection anode 508 is disposed at an angle, typically 20°, relative to electron beam 501.
- the reflective configuration depicted in Fig. 5 A is often preferred, especially when space is a premium.
- x-rays 511, emitted from the front face of the reflection anode 508, pass out of the vacuum space 513 into an aperture-tipped snout 515 pointing at an angle, typically 90°, to the electron beam 501.
- Scanned x-ray beam 520 is emitted via aperture 517, which, as in the transmission case, is preferably a Rommel aperture.
- the x-ray beam from the aperture produces a 5-mm pixel at 5 feet.
- the pixel size, at a fixed horizontal distance is independent of the vertical height of a pixel over the range of heights at which the x-ray beam is emitted as long as the anode is parallel to the object plane being imaged.
- the constant widths of the pixel stripes are a correct representation for the EMS; the uniformity of pixel size with vertical height is advantageously achieved with electromagnetic scanning, whereas achieving such uniformity with other means of x-ray beam control would be cumbersome.
- the electrons in electron beam 501 sweeping along anode 507 need not be continuous but can be controlled in microsecond steps, with reduced or even zero electron current during transit from one pixel to the next.
- a constant electron sweep speed of 250 m/s along anode 507 may be assumed, with fly-back speeds at least an order of magnitude faster. In the discussion below, the fly-back times are ignored; in practice they can be accounted for by small increases in the pixel size.
- the assumed scanning speed of the electron beam 501 of 250 m/s (900 kph) scans the 50 cm anode in 2 ms, which approximates the scanning speed of a very fast mechanical chopper wheel.
- the EMS 50 is capable of scanning the electron beam at speeds exceeding 10,000 kph, so that the electron beam 501 can be positioned anywhere within the area of anode 507 in a fraction of a single sweep time.
- the intensity of the electron beam 501 can also be controlled in microseconds, the fly-back times of the electron beam can be carried out with the beam off.
- FIG. 6A shows a vehicle 108 undergoing inspection by an electromagnetic scanner 50 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
- Electron beam 501 is scanned across anode 507, thereby generating x-rays 525 that may be directed, via aperture 517 in snout 515, in directions between scan limits 601 and 602, and, in particular, may be limited to the angular extent of the vehicle 108.
- scanning is optimally limited between the horizontal axis 610 and the lower scan limit 601
- the limiting angle of the emergent x-ray pencil beam 525 relative to a central fiducial axis 603 is the scan angle 605.
- Scan angle 605 is determined by the anode/snout geometry. Changing the length 607 of the snout 515, together with changes in the size of aperture 517, both of which can be done in seconds - as between successive inspections, advantageously allows the EMS 50 to have optimum zoom and pixel size over a wide range of vehicle heights, speeds and distances.
- the length 607 of the snout 515 is defined as the distance between the anode 507 and Rommel aperture 517. Changing the length 607 of the snout 515 in the seconds prior to the target vehicle 108 crossing the scanning x-ray beam 525 advantageously allows the entire beam flux to concentrate on targets of different heights and distances.
- FIG. 7A An embodiment of the present invention providing for varying the length 607 of an adjustable snout 715 is now described with reference to Fig. 7A.
- the displacement of Rommel aperture 517 with respect to reflection anode 508 is varied in along direction 701 by an actuator 703, which may, within the scope of the present invention, be a motor-driven mechanical linear actuator, or any other kind of actuator.
- a vacuum barrier 707 seals vacuum space 513.
- Processor 704 serves to drive actuator 703, and the combination of processor 704 and actuator 703 may be referred to herein as a snout length controller.
- variable-length snout 715 may be appreciated from the following example.
- a 15-foot-heigh tractor-trailer that is 5 feet from the EMS is most effectively scanned with a 15 -cm snout length that produces a scan angle of 117°. But if the tractor- trailer were 10 feet from the EMS, the scan height (as defined above) would be 32 feet and 50% of the beam would be wasted.
- the EMS snout of Fig. 7A gives the operator (or the preprogrammed computer) different options for utilizing the beam more effectively, including increasing the snout length to 35 cm and opening up the Rommel aperture 517 or scanning over a shorter length of the anode.
- Limiting the scan to a specified range is an illustration of the true-zoom capability of the EMS of the present invention. Referring to Fig. 6A, it is first assumed that car 108 travels 5 feet from the EMS at a speed of 5 kph. For this illustration, the Rommel aperture 517 at the end of the 25 cm snout 515 is adjusted to be 0.6 mm wide so as to produce a 3mm wide pixel 620 at the car 108.
- the EMS 50 confines the electron sweep to the upper half of the anode 507.
- a sweep of the car takes only one millisecond (rather than 2 ms), during which time the car has moved only 1.4 mm, less than half the 3-mm width of the x-ray beam 525 on the vehicle.
- Successive sweeps of the x-ray beam 525 overlap by more than a factor of two, increasing the flux on the car by a factor of two and increasing the signal to noise in each pixel by about 40%.
- True-zoomed and twice-over-scanned conditions can be readily created over broad ranges of vehicle heights extending to at least 15 feet, vehicle distances from at least 4 to 15 feet, and relative speeds at least as fast as 12 kph.
- each alternate sweep may be made independent, such that an image created from odd numbered sweeps may be independent of the image created by the even numbered sweeps.
- Each series of interleaved sweeps may have its own angular spread (i.e. zoom), pointing angle and pixel resolution.
- snouts 720 with more than one channel A and B allow these parameters to be changed in microseconds, that is, in real time during the inspection, to create at least two independent images.
- the following examples use an exemplary EMS 50 with a reflection anode 508 that is 50 cm long by 2 cm wide.
- the knowledge of the speed, height and distance of the target vehicle 108 is assumed to be predetermined by sensors, such as radar, sonar, and optical cameras, for example, typically a few seconds prior to the target vehicle passing through the scanning x- ray beam 520.
- the mechanically controlled beam parameters such as the snout length 607 (in Fig. 6A) and the size of the Rommel aperture 517, can be adjusted so that the pixel width 620 on the target vehicle 108 is at least twice the distance the vehicle moves during a single beam sweep.
- successive sweeps may be characterized by Primary sweep times ⁇ ( ⁇ ) and Secondary sweep times AT(S).
- Detection using detectors such as backscatter detectors 104 and standard x-ray detection techniques
- Detection using detectors such as backscatter detectors 104 and standard x-ray detection techniques
- the Secondary sweeps form as many Secondary Images, AT(Si) as can be fit into the time interval, ⁇ ( ⁇ ), of the Primary sweep.
- the Primary and Secondary scans are interleaved, with Secondary scans occurring interlinearly between Primary scans.
- Example 1 Concentrating the Secondary view on a specific area.
- FIG. 6B shows the EMS scanning a 14foot high tractor-trailer traveling at 12 kph at 7feet distance from the snout 515 of the EMS 50.
- the beam height and intensity are easily adjusted to fit the size and maximum radiation dose.
- the single drive-by produces two independent views: a primary image of the entire trailer and an improved secondary image of the cargo in the bottom half of the trailer's interior.
- the semi has moved 3.3 mm during the 2 millisecond full sweep of the 14 foot height.
- the Rommel aperture 517 (shown in Fig.
- Each Primary sweep takes 2 msec and scans the full 14 feet of the truck's height. The 2 msec following each Primary sweep is used for Secondary sweeps.
- the Secondary sweeps concentrate on the 4.5 feet above the floor of the trailer, where the greatest concentration of goods may be.
- Each 4.5 foot scan takes only 0.64 msec, so three Secondary sweeps follow each Primary sweep.
- the images formed by the Primary and Secondary scans can be viewed separately or overlaid in precise registration. The operator now views an image with significantly improved signal to noise in a likely place for contraband.
- Snouts 720 of each of Figs. 7B-7D have separate Rommel collimators 517 in each of two channels A and B, and can be used to obtain two independent views by alternating the scans of electron beam 501 such that that the odd-numbered x-ray beams 741 go through Channel A and the even numbered x-ray beams 742 go through Channel B, to produce different pixel energies, resolution or pixel intensity, as the case may be.
- Such a snout may be referred to as a "dual-channel snout,” or, alternatively, as a "two-channel snout.” Snouts with more than a single channel may be referred to as "multi-channel snouts.”
- An EMS 50 in accordance with one of the embodiments of the present invention may advantageously eliminate the false alarms by sending the ⁇ ( ⁇ ) beams through channel A of Fig. 7B, and the alternate beams AT(S) through the channel B of Fig. 7B, which has a filter 750.
- Filter 750 may strongly absorbs x-rays below about 70 keV, for example.
- a car 108 may be scanned twice, where each scan is complete and provides spectral resolution. Comparing the intensity of the pixels in the image composed of x-rays through channel A, with the corresponding intensities in the image composed of x- rays through B, uniquely identifies whether a light element material is or is not behind steel.
- a physical explanation of the phenomenology involved is as follows: Finding plastic or other low-Z objects behind the steel of vehicle bodies requires x-rays energetic enough that they first penetrate the steel, then Compton backscatter in the plastic target, and finally pass back out through the steel to reach the detector 104 (shown in Fig. 1).
- the thickness of filter 750 in Fig 7B which extends over the full scan angle, preferably varies inversely with the cosine of the angle that the exiting x-ray makes with respect to the central ray.
- the parameters of the EMS 50 can be preprogrammed to oversample all regions that satisfy specific criteria. This may result in multiple changes of the Secondary scans during a single inspection.
- the scanning criterion may be to oversample all areas that produce, in the Primary scans, backscatter intensities that indicate the presence of a low-Z target, or to oversample when a sudden drop in intensities of the Primary scan indicates the possible presence of a metal container.
- the criterion might be the intensity pattern of a single Primary sweep, or the intensity patterns from successive sweeps.
- the pixel size 620 (shown in Fig. 6A) on the target 108 can be changed by changing the distance 607 from the anode 507 to the aperture 517 or by changing the aperture size.
- Mechanical beam formers can do that in seconds but not in the microseconds required to make the changes during an inspection.
- the EMS 50 can do so during the inspection by, for example, using a two- channel snout, such as shown in Fig. 7D, with a first Rommel collimator 718 set to one width, and a second Rommel collimator 719 set to a different width.
- the distances between anode 708 and respective Rommel collimators 718 and 719 may differ between channels, as shown in Fig. 7C.
- an integrated system 800 may advantageously combine backscatter data, derived from backscatter detectors 104 with transmission (TX) data, obtained with transmission detectors 802, which may be unsegmented, and that measure the intensities of the transmitted beams.
- TX transmission
- Each of the images of transmitted x-rays is in time sync with the appropriate backscatter image.
- a bilateral scanning system designated generally by numeral 900, is now described with reference to Fig. 9.
- An electron beam 501 is steered, during the course of a single scan, to impinge alternatingly upon a plurality of anodes 508.
- X-ray 901 emitted at anodes 508 traverse vacuum barriers 707 and are transmitted through vacuum region 907, forming respective right- and left-directed beams 903 and 905 after passing through Rommel apertures 517 at respective ends of snouts 910 and 912.
- Right- and left-directed beams 903 and 905 may thus be scanned independently of each other.
- Snouts 910 and 912 may be adjustable in length, as discussed above with reference to Fig. 7 A. Adjustability in length of snouts 910 and 912 provides for "true zoom" (as defined above) for one or both of right- and left-directed beams 903 and 905.
- a portal structure designated generally by numeral 1000 may be employed for parallel inspection scan a plurality of vehicles 108 passing through the portal 1000 on a plurality of roadbeds 1002 and 1004.
- X-ray beams may be incident on each vehicle 106 in a plurality of scanning patterns 114, typically from the top and from both of two sides.
- implementation of an inspection portal with left- and right-directed x-ray beams typically requires two x-ray sources (one on each side), the right- and left-directed beams 903 and 905 of Fig.
- Such a bilateral scanning system 900 is disposed within an inspection column 1010 between roadbeds 1002 and 1004 such that only N+l scanning systems are required to cover right- and left sides of N vehicles 106.
- portal structure 1000 may be fixed, as shown, or also encompass gantry operation, where portal structure 1000 moves, on rails or otherwise, to scan stationary targets, such as cargo containers, in parallel.
- Inspection column 1010 also contains a first scatter detector (not shown) for detecting x-ray radiation scattered by a first inspected vehicle 1301 simultaneously with detection, by a second scatter detector (not shown), also contained with inspection column 1010, of x-rays scattered by a second inspected vehicle 1302. The detectors produce respective backscatter signals that are processed to produce backscatter images displayed to an operator on a display 1250.
- a bilateral scanning system 900 may also be mounted on an inspection vehicle 106 and scan two inspection targets 1081 and 1082, one on either side of inspection vehicle 106.
- Inspection vehicle 106 may emit scanning patterns 1025 and 1026 of x-rays to both sides, and thus scan vehicles on either side as it travels in direction 1110.
- EMS 50 is used in conjunction with bilateral scanning system 900 from within an inspection conveyance 1203, which may be a trailer, for example, pulled by tractor cab 1205.
- EMS 50 is used in conjunction with bilateral scanning system 900 generate two scanned x-ray beams 1220 and 1222.
- X-ray beam 1220 is directed outside inspection conveyance 1203 for scanning external inspection target 108, while x-ray beam 1222 is directed to a container 1210 disposed within the inspection conveyance 1203.
- Such is a configuration is
- container 1210 may include items of baggage, singly or in combination.
- Container 1210 is conveyed in a direction transverse to the (vertical) plane of x-ray beam 1222 by a mechanical conveyor 1211.
- Backscattered x-rays 1230 scattered by inspection target 108 are detected by backscatter detectors 104 and processed to produce a first backscatter image.
- backscattered x-rays 1232 scattered by inspected container 1210 are detected by backscatter detectors 1222 and, optionally, by transmission detectors 1214 and 1216, all of which detectors produce signals processed to produce one or more images that may be displayed to an operator. Both scanning processes may be conducted simultaneously by virtue of the EMS protocols and systems taught in accordance with the present invention.
- Figs. 13A and 13B depict various combinations of scan angles 1300
- Scan angles 1300 may be adapted to the sensed size of the inspected vehicles, and may be different on respective sides of inspection vehicle 106, as in the case shown in Fig. 13B where inspected vehicles 1301 and 1303 are of different heights.
- Figs. 14A-14C show that, within the scope of the present invention, Rommel aperture 517 may be moved relative to a scanned anode 507 not only in a direction perpendicular to anode 507 (as in Fig. 14 A) but additionally along an arcuate path (as in Fig. 14B) or in a path entirely, or with a component, parallel to the direction along which anode 507 is scanned (as in Fig. 14C).
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