Patent ID: 8625744
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: G01N,G01V

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for real-time detection, identification and location of a concealed or camouflaged explosive device comprising: a generator operable to generate high energy x-rays or high energy electrons that are operable to contact and generate radiation from a metal comprised in the concealed or camouflaged explosive device from a stand-off distance, the radiation being generated by activation of atoms in the metal to produce an isotope that emits the radiation; a scanner operable to direct the high-energy x-rays or high energy electrons onto a target area suspected of concealing the explosive device; and a detector operable to detect radiation generated by the isotope in the metal and determine if the radiation generated by the isotope matches an isotope radiation signature associated with a metal of interest, wherein the metal of interest is a metal that is associated with an explosive device.