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| Title | System for radiographically inspecting an object using backscattered radiation and related method |
| Creator/Author | Friddell, K.D. |
| Publication Date | 1990 Nov 27 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 5113103 |
| Report Number(s) | US 4974247 ;A |
| Other Number(s) | Pat. Priority: US 7-124625 |
| Resource Type | Patent |
| Specific Type | Special Availability |
| Resource Relation | Pat. File: 24 Nov 1987 |
| Subject | 440101 -- Radiation Instrumentation-- General Detectors or Monitors & Radiometric Instruments; INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY-- RADIATION SOURCES;RADIATION DETECTORS-- DESIGN; BACKSCATTERING;COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS;INSPECTION |
| Related Subject | CONTROL SYSTEMS;MEASURING INSTRUMENTS;ON-LINE CONTROL SYSTEMS;ON-LINE SYSTEMS;SCATTERING |
| Description/Abstract | This patent describes a system for radiographically inspecting an object disposed at a selected inspecting location along a radiation path.^It comprises a source of radiation for directing a beam of radiation in a first direction along the radiation path; scanning area selecting means, interposed in the radiation path between the radiation source and the selected inspecting location, for sequentially selecting area portions of the beam of radiation and for transmitting the selected area portions to preselected area portions of the inspecting location; scanning-area determining means, responsive to the scanning area selecting means, for determining the area portions of the inspecting location selected by the scanning-area selecting means; an illuminator; and detection means. |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Pages: (vp.) |
| Availability | Patent and Trademark Office, Box 9, Washington, DC 20232 (USA) |
| Rights | Boeing Co., Seattle, WA (USA) |
| System Entry Date | 2001 May 13 |
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