Patent ID: 8483356
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: G01N,G01V,G03B,H05G

Abstract:
1. A system for externally scanning an aircraft, having a body and an underside, to detect concealed threats, the system comprising: a mobile gantry defined by two vertical beams connected by a horizontal beam, wherein the horizontal beam comprises a top side of said gantry, and wherein said gantry is capable of being moved along the length of the aircraft being scanned; an X-ray source connected to the top side of said gantry, said source capable of being moved horizontally along the top side; and a movable detector unit comprising a first set of detectors, said detector unit being aligned with said X-ray source and being positioned along the underside of the aircraft, such that the first set of detectors receive X-rays transmitted through the aircraft from said X-ray source.