Patent ID: 11913890
Assignee: HALO X RAY TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A method for screening an item, the method comprising providing a rotatable platform adapted to receive the item, wherein the rotatable platform is rotatable around a rotational axis; providing a detection apparatus comprising an emitter portion to generate a primary beam of ionising radiation and a detector portion to detect an absorption signal and at least one of a diffraction and a scattering signal; rotating the rotatable platform and translating the detection apparatus along a translation axis to scan the item with the primary beam; wherein the translation axis is substantially parallel to a surface of the rotatable platform and wherein the primary beam is a conical shell beam of ionising radiation the primary beam having a characteristic propagation axis; and wherein the rotational axis is substantially parallel to the characteristic propagation axis.