Method of processing images for material recognition by X-rays
AssigneeHeimann Systems GmbH
InventorsDirk Naumann, Rainer Henkel, Knut Beneke
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Abstract
An image processing method for recognizing a material contained in an article includes the following steps: transilluminating the article with X-rays; generating, by an X-ray detector, signals representing the X-rays passing through the article; applying the signals to a computer system as continuous image data; subdividing the image data into defined zone-wise image strips; briefly storing the image strips in an image data memory; and determining the material from the image strips before a completion of the transilluminating step.
Claims7
An image processing method for recognizing a material contained in an article comprising the following steps:
- (a) transilluminating the article with X-rays;
- (b) generating, by an X-ray detector, signals representing the X-rays passing through the article;
- (c) applying the signals to a computer system as continuous image data;
- (d) subdividing the image data into defined zone-wise image strips;
- (e) briefly storing the image strips in an image data memory;
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- (f) determining the material from the image strips before a completion of step (a).
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