Patent ID: 7369643
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: G01N,G01V

Abstract:
1. A portable inspection system for generating an image representation of target objects using a radiation source, comprising: a mobile vehicle; a telescopic boom support fixedly connected to said mobile vehicle, wherein said telescopic boom support is further connected to a boom arm; a vertical detector box adjacent to said telescopic boom support; a horizontal detector box adjacent to said boom arm; a source arm, having a distal end and a proximal end, wherein the proximal end is connected to the boom arm and the distal end further comprises an extendable boom arm; at least one source of radiation positioned on the extendable boom arm portion of the distal end of the source arm, wherein said image is generated by introducing the target objects in between the radiation source and the detector array, exposing said objects to radiation, and detecting radiation.