System and kit for x-ray backscatter imaging with removable detector
AssigneeViken Detection Corporation
InventorsPeter J. Rothschild, Howard D. Kellogg
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Abstract
A movable x-ray imager includes a first backscatter x-ray detector assembly. The system also includes a second backscatter x-ray detector assembly that is removably attachable with the movable x-ray imager. The movable x-ray imager and the second backscatter x-ray detector include complementary attachment features configured to secure, removably, the second backscatter x-ray detector with the movable x-ray imager in an arrangement having the second and first backscatter x-ray detectors fixedly oriented with respect to each other.
Claims19
An x-ray imaging system comprising:
- a movable x-ray imager including a first backscatter x-ray detector assembly;
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- a second backscatter x-ray detector assembly that is removably attachable with the movable x-ray imager,
- the movable x-ray imager and the second backscatter x-ray detector assembly including complementary attachment features configured to secure, removably, the second backscatter x-ray detector assembly with the movable x-ray imager in an arrangement having the second and first backscatter x-ray detector assemblies fixedly oriented with respect to each other,
- wherein the second backscatter x-ray detector assembly forms an outer loop defining an inner opening at which the movable x-ray imager is configured to be received for attachment of the second backscatter x-ray detector assembly with the movable x-ray imager, a size and shape of the movable x-ray imager being complementary to a size and shape of the outer loop defining the inner opening.
An x-ray imaging system comprising:
- means for x-ray imaging by detecting a first portion of backscattered x-rays that are backscattered from a target, the means for x-ray imaging being movable;
- means for detecting a second portion of the backscattered x-rays;
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- means for securing, removably, the means for detecting the second portion of the backscattered x-rays with the means for x-ray imaging,
- the means for x-ray imaging being operable for x-ray imaging both (i) with the means for detecting the second portion secured to the means for x-ray imaging and (ii) with the means for detecting the second portion detached from the means for x-ray imaging,
- wherein the means for detecting the second portion of the backscattered x-rays forms an outer loop defining an inner opening at which the means for x-ray imaging is configured to be received for attachment of the means for detecting the second portion with the means for x-ray imaging, a size and shape of the means for x-ray imaging being complementary to a size and shape of the outer loop defining the inner opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.