Inspection system
AssigneeVarex Imaging Corporation
InventorsRajashekar Venkatachalam, David T Nisius, Clyde May, John Iman
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Abstract
Some embodiments include an inspection system, comprising: a radiation source; a radiation detector including an imaging array; a support structure configured to maintain a spatial relationship between the radiation source and the radiation detector; a motion control system configured to move an object relative to the radiation detector; control logic configured to: control the motion control system to move the object relative to the radiation detector; and combine data from multiple frames from the radiation detector as the object moves relative to the radiation detector into a single image.
Claims20
An inspection system comprising:
- a radiation source comprising a radioisotope;
- a radiation detector including an imaging array;
- a support structure configured to maintain a spatial relationship between the radiation source and the radiation detector;
- a motion control system configured to move an object relative to the radiation detector;
- and
- control logic configured to:
- control the motion control system to move the object relative to the radiation detector;
- and
- combine data from multiple frames from the radiation detector as the object moves relative to the radiation detector into a single image.
A method comprising:
- positioning a radiation source adjacent to an object;
- positioning a radiation detector to receive radiation from the radiation source through the object;
- moving the radiation source and the radiation detector relative to the object;
- acquiring multiple frames from the radiation detector as the radiation source and the radiation detector move relative to the object;
- controlling a frequency of acquiring the multiple frames based on a speed of the radiation source and the radiation detector moving relative to the object;
- and
- combining the multiple frames into a single image.
An inspection system comprising:
- a radiation source for generating radiation;
- a radiation detector for detecting radiation from the radiation source through an object;
- a motion control system for moving the radiation source and the radiation detector relative to the object;
- and
- control logic configured for:
- acquiring multiple frames from the radiation detector as the radiation source and the radiation detector move substantially continuously relative to the object;
- and
- combining data from the multiple frames as the object moves relative to the radiation detector into a single image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.