Patent Document ID: 9055886
Application ID: 13336146
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system, comprising: a backscatter x-ray system, comprising: an x-ray source, the x-ray source transmitting collimated x-rays toward a target over a first vector; and a detector that detects reflected x-rays that are diffusely reflected from the target responsive to the collimated x-rays impacting the target; a tool that comprises a directional axis; an angle motor that is operably coupled to the tool; a display screen; a user input device; and a computing device that is in electronic communication with the detector, the angle motor, and the display screen, the computing device comprising: an image processing component that receives signals from the detector that are indicative of parameters of the reflected x-rays detected by the detector, the parameters are at least one of attenuation of the reflected x-rays and magnitude of the reflected x-rays, the image processing component causing an x-ray image of the target to be displayed on the display screen based at least in part upon the signals received from the detector, wherein the x-ray image comprises a pixel with an intensity value that is based upon the signals received from the detector; and a control component that receives a first signal from the user input device that indicates that a user has selected the pixel of the x-ray image displayed on the display screen, the control component transmitting a second signal to the angle motor responsive to receiving the first signal from the user input device, the second signal causing the angle motor to position the tool such that the directional axis of the tool is coincident with the first vector and aimed towards a region of the target corresponding to the pixel.