Patent ID: 11927715
Assignee: TEK84 INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 15:
16. A method for security screening comprising:
receiving an initiation signal for a scanning cycle to search a subject standing stationary in an examination area;
aligning an X-ray source of an imaging assembly with an X-ray detector of the imaging assembly, the X-ray source emitting an X-ray fan beam, and the X-ray detector receiving the X-ray fan beam from the X-ray source, wherein an X-ray path is defined by a connecting member joining the X-ray source and the X-ray detector;
positioning the imaging assembly at a first angle such that the X-ray path from the X-ray source to the X-ray detector intersects a first side of the examination area;
translating the imaging assembly across the examination area to scan the examination area by scanning the examination area perpendicular to the X-ray fan beam at an intersection of the X-ray path and the examination area, wherein the imaging assembly is translated by translating the X-ray detector a first distance between the first angle and the second angle and translating the X-ray source a second distance between the first angle and the second angle, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance, wherein translating the X-ray detector occurs independently of translating the X-ray source;
positioning the imaging assembly at a second angle such that the X-ray path intersects a second side of the examination area; and
receiving image data comprising a transmission X-ray linescan image of the subject by passing the X-ray fan beam through the surface of the subject;
detecting the X-ray fan beam at the X-ray detector; and
converting the X-ray fan beam into an electronic image contained within a digital computing system.