Imaging, Data Acquisition, Data Transmission, and Data Distribution Methods and Systems for High Data Rate Tomographic X-Ray Scanners
AssigneeRapiscan Systems, Inc.
InventorEdward James Morton
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Abstract
The present invention is an X-ray system having a source-detector module, which includes X-ray sources and detectors, for scanning an object being inspected, a scan engine coupled to the source-detector module for collecting scan data from the source detector module, an image reconstruction engine coupled to the scan engine for converting the collected scan data into one or more X-ray images, and a scan controller coupled with at least one of the source detector module, the scan engine, and the image reconstruction engine optimize operations of the X-ray system.
Claims20
An X-ray system comprising:
- a. a plurality of detectors for generating raw X-ray data;
- b. a scan engine coupled to the plurality of detectors for receiving the raw X-ray data and generating calibrated X-ray data;
- c. an image reconstruction engine coupled to the scan engine for converting the calibrated X-ray data into one or more processed X-ray images;
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- d. a scan controller coupled with said plurality of detectors and at least one of said scan engine or image reconstruction engine, wherein said scan controller receives said raw X-ray data and dynamically modulates processing of at least one of said raw X-ray data by said scan engine or said calibrated X-ray data by said image reconstruction engine.
An X-ray system comprising:
- a. a source of radiation having a scan rotation;
- b. a plurality of detectors for generating raw X-ray data;
- c. a scan engine coupled to the plurality of detectors for receiving the raw X-ray data and generating calibrated X-ray data;
- d. an image reconstruction engine coupled to the scan engine for converting the calibrated X-ray data into one or more processed X-ray images;
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- e. a scan controller coupled with said plurality of detectors and at least one of said scan engine or image reconstruction engine, wherein said scan controller receives said raw X-ray data and dynamically modulates at least one of said source of radiation or scan engine based on said raw X-ray data.
An image transmission system comprising:
- a. a plurality of X-ray systems for inspecting one or more object by using X-rays and producing at least one three-dimensional image of each object;
- b. a plurality of engines, each engine being coupled with at least one X-ray system for obtaining one or more two dimensional images by processing each image produced by the X-ray system, the two dimensional images being projections of the three dimensional image;
- c. at least one network scheduler coupled to each three dimensional engine via a network link for rendering the one or more two dimensional images to one or more operators for manual inspection, wherein the network scheduler renders a corresponding three dimensional image to an operator for inspection upon receiving a request for such three dimensional image;
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- d. at least one storage array coupled with each of the X-ray systems via a high speed dedicated network link for storing one or more of the three dimensional images and the two dimensional images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.