Method and system for dimensional and weight measurements of articles of manufacture by computerized tomography

A method for tomographic imaging of an inanimate object by fan rays detected by a set of detectors for determing a cross-sectional image of the object in a system having a display device, comprising the steps of:

• (a) generating a fan-shaped beam of radiation divided into a plurality of fan ray elements each element having radiation of magnitude sufficient to penetrate the object;
• (b) directing the fan ray elements through a planar section of the object;
• (c) detecting the fan ray elements by the set of detectors and producing signals from the detectors representative of respective intensities of radiation of detected ones of said fan ray elements;
• (d) determining from the intensity signals of the detectors selected coordinates defining a cross-sectional image of the object;
• (e) storing the determined coordinates of the cross-sectional image;
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• (f) displaying the coordinates on the display device.