Patent ID: 9541510
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G01N,G01V

Claim:
1. A cargo inspection system employing a plurality of concurrent fan beams of penetrating radiation, for inspecting cargo in motion relative to the cargo inspection system, the cargo inspection system comprising: a. a single source of a pulsed beam of accelerated electrons; b. a plurality of Bremsstrahlung targets for emitting penetrating radiation upon impingement by a spatial entirety of the pulsed beam during each of a plurality of pulses of the accelerated electrons; c. a plurality of collimators for forming the emitted penetrating radiation into a plurality of substantially parallel fan beams; d. a plurality of linear detector arrays, each linear detector array for receiving penetrating radiation transmitted through the cargo in a corresponding fan beam of the plurality of fan beams; and e. a processor for deriving a material characteristic of the cargo for each of a plurality of lines of sight through the cargo.