Method and device for inspection of liquid articles

Details Method and device for inspection of liquid articles Method and device for inspection of liquid articles

2008-09-26

2011-10-11

Thomas, Courtney (Department: 2882)

X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices

Specific application

Absorption

C378S053000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08036337

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are a method and a device for security-inspection of liquid articles with dual-energy CT imaging. The method comprises the steps of obtaining one or more CT images including physical attributes of liquid article to be inspected by CT scanning and a dual-energy reconstruction method; acquiring the physical attributes of each liquid article from the CT image; and determining whether the inspected liquid article is dangerous based on the physical attributes. The CT scanning can be implemented by a normal CT scanning technique, or a spiral CT scanning technique. In the normal CT scanning technique, the scan position can be preset, or set by the operator with a DR image, or set by automatic analysis of the DR image.

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