Method for de-skewing an X-ray picture of an item of luggage

Details Method for de-skewing an X-ray picture of an item of luggage Method for de-skewing an X-ray picture of an item of luggage

2007-01-09

2007-01-09

Glick, Edward J. (Department: 2882)

X-ray or gamma ray systems or devices

Specific application

Absorption

C382S132000, C382S289000, C382S296000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10985623

ABSTRACT:
A method for the rectification of an X-ray picture (2a, 2b) of an item of luggage (2) during luggage screening with the following steps:recording the X-ray picture (2a, 2b) of the item of luggage (2) by means of a X-ray radioscopy device (11, 11a);geometric rescaling (7) of the X-ray picture (2a, 2b) whilst taking into consideration only the geometric data of the mapping geometry of the X-ray radioscopy device (11, 11a) and also the image data of the recording of the X-ray picture (2a, 2b) of the item of luggage (2), the beam path (10) being tracked for each detector element onto a respective preset plane;transmission of the rescaled, de-skewed X-ray picture (8a, 8b) to a display or image-processing apparatus (9).

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