Patent ID: 8094781

Claim:
A portable X-ray backscatter imaging system, comprising: a microfocus X-ray tube to emit X-rays through a stationary aperture of the X-ray backscatter imaging system at an object under inspection; a plurality of solid state detectors to receive one or more scattered X-rays to generate an image of the object under inspection; a scanner alignment control system to position the microfocus X-ray tube, wherein the scanner alignment control system generates a virtual representation of a scanning system comprising a microfocus X-ray tube, the virtual representation of the scanning system being in a same coordinate system as the digital model of the object; a rotation mechanism to rotate the microfocus X-ray tube about a yaw axis; a track system to raster at least the microfocus X-ray tube; and a portable hood to enclose the microfocus X-ray tube and the track system against the object under inspection, the portable hood including a plurality of attachment mechanisms to exclusively attach the microfocus X-ray tube and the track system to the object under inspection.