Patent ID: 7783003

Claim:
A radiation scanning system for scanning an object, comprising: a crane system to move the object from a first location to a second location; a radiation source proximate to the crane system; and a radiation detector proximate to the crane system, the radiation detector positioned to receive radiation interacting with an object; wherein the source and detector are positioned such that an object may be moved between the source and the detector by the crane system; the radiation scanning system further comprising: a carriage coupled to the crane system to engage the object and to move the object from the first location to the second location; and a rotatable member coupled to the carriage; wherein: the carriage is configured to rotate the object in a first direction, from a first orientation to a second orientation, prior to moving the object between the radiation source and radiation detector; the rotatable member is rotatable in a second direction different from the first direction, while the carriage rotates the object in the first direction.