Patent Document ID: 5583904
Application ID: 08419794
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An imaging system comprising: a first X-ray source positioned on a first side of a longitudinal axis of the imaging system; a first linear X-ray detector positioned to intercept X-rays emitted by said first X-ray source at a first angle; a second linear X-ray detector positioned to intercept X-rays emitted by said first X-ray source at a second angle; a second X-ray source laterally positioned with respect to said first X-ray source on a second side of said imaging system longitudinal axis opposite said first side of said imaging system longitudinal axis; a third linear X-ray detector positioned to intercept X-rays emitted by said second X-ray source at a third angle; a fourth linear X-ray detector positioned to intercept X-rays emitted by said second X-ray source at a fourth angle; a linear motion system positioned between said first and second X-ray source, and said first, second, third and fourth linear X-ray detectors, said linear motion system further having a support for an object under test, said linear motion system configured to transport said object under test along said imaging system longitudinal axis through said X-rays emitted at said first angle and said second angle and detected by said first linear X-ray detector and said second linear X-ray detector, respectively, and through said X-rays emitted at said third angle and said fourth angle and detected by said third linear X-ray detector and said fourth linear X-ray detector, respectively, after having passed through said object under test, thereby forming first, second, third and fourth shadowgraph images of said object under test; and a control system connected to said linear motion system and said first, second, third and fourth linear X-ray detectors, wherein said control system regulates said linear motion system and the formation of said first, second, third and fourth shadowgraph images to produce a laminographic cross sectional image of a cutting plane of said object under test.