Patent ID: 9188696
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G01N,G01V

Abstract:
1. An object scanner configured to examine an object via ionizing radiation, the ionizing radiation comprising at least one of x-ray radiation or gamma radiation and the object scanner comprising: a first port through which the object at least one of enters or exits the object scanner; a rotating gantry configured to rotate at least one of an ionizing radiation source or a detector array about an axis of rotation, the rotating gantry defining a bore into which the object is situated during an examination of the object; a translator configured to translate the object along a non-linear path between the first port and the rotating gantry, wherein the rotating gantry is offset from the first port such that there is no line, parallel to the axis of rotation, that intersects the bore and the first port; a first energy shield lying within a first plane and situated between the first port and the rotating gantry; and a second energy shield lying within a second plane and situated between the first port and the rotating gantry, the second plane not parallel to the first plane.