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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138480 | Bulk material analyzer assembly including structural beams containing radiation shielding material A bulk material analyzer (FIG. 2) is variably constructed from an assembly of components The analyzer (FIG. 2) is the type that is used to analyze bulk material (28) transported on a conveyor belt (29) through an activation region (30 | 03/20/2012 |
| 7709800 | Method and apparatus for rejecting radioactive interference in a radiation monitoring station Methods and apparatuses for rejecting radioactive interference in a radiation monitoring station. Techniques typically include two radiation detectors positioned to acquire first and second radiation measurements from a moving radiological source in substantially di... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7663109 | Mobile cantilever door-type container inspection system The present invention discloses a mobile cantilever door-type container inspection system, in the art of radiation scanning imaging inspection technology. The system according to the present invention comprises a moveable scanning apparatus formed by a scanning fram... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7615752 | Apparatus and method for enhanced critical dimension scatterometry Scatterometers and methods of using scatterometry to determine several parameters of periodic microstructures, pseudo-periodic structures, and other very small structures having features sizes as small as 100 nm or less. Several specific embodiments of the present i... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7430479 | System and method for analyzing content data The system and method provide security and cargo handling personnel a versatile tool to rapidly check cargo for hidden radiological materials, explosives, drugs, and chemical weapons material. Gamma ray emission is stimulated by a pulsed neutron source. The gamma ra... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7408160 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7378672 | Particle beam therapeutic apparatus A particle beam therapeutic apparatus can ensure the uniformity of dose distribution by overlapping the desired loci of the irradiation of a particle beam a reduced number of times. A flow of a particle beam transported so as to be irradiated to a diseased part is c... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7368717 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365332 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7352844 | Method and system for automatically scanning and imaging the contents of a moving target The system and method described herein facilitate back-to-back automatic scanning of moving vehicles without have the vehicles stop in the scanning zone. The system includes a scanning zone that comprises a radiation source and a radiation source detector. The syste... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351982 | Portable nuclear material detector and process A portable, hand held, multi-sensor radiation detector is disclosed. The detection apparatus has a plurality of spaced sensor locations which are contained within a flexible housing. The detection apparatus, when suspended from an elevation, will readily assume a su... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7335887 | System and method for target inspection using discrete photon counting and neutron detection Described herein is system for the inspection of a target object. The system may include a gamma radiation source, a gamma detector and an image processor coupled to the gamma detector. When the inspection system is operating in a first active mode for imaging a tar... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7321425 | Sensor and methods for measuring select components in sheetmaking systems A sensor for measuring at least selected component in a composition can include: (a) a broadband light source, (b) an acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF), (c) means for generating a beam of light from the light source and directing the beam of light at the AOTF wher... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7309857 | Gamma ray detectors having improved signal-to-noise ratio and related systems and methods for analyzing materials in an oil well A gamma ray detector assembly for placement in a logging tool in a borehole can include a first gamma ray detector elongated along an axis and having a void extending along the axis. A second gamma ray detector conforms to at least a portion of the void. The first a... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307704 | Light delivery control system and method A system and method that redistributes light from a light source. The controller can redistribute light to make an irradiance profile of the light source more uniform or make the irradiance profile match a fluid flow profile. The irradiance profile may be controlled... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7286634 | Method and apparatus for improving baggage screening examination A method and apparatus are disclosed for screening articles such as baggage, utilizing a computerized touch sensitive screen or other computerized pointing device for operator identification and electronic marking of objects within the article to be further examined... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274023 | Gamma-radiation detector module for portal applications The gamma-radiation module includes a housing having a box-like container and a cover for hermetically sealing a pair of cylinders within the housing. Each cylinder includes scintillation material and a photomultiplier tube on a common cylindrical axis. The hermetic... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265353 | Data acquisition, control, and spectral analysis software for multi-channel analyzers A system for detecting and identifying low-level (weak) radioactive sources moving past stationary detectors. The system, which can detect low-level sources moving at speeds of 30 m/s (about 70 mph), uses the differences between background counts and gamma counts fr... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260051 | Molecular memory medium and molecular memory integrated circuit A molecular memory media having a media surface and a platform with read/write heads. The platform and media are moved to allow one of addition, removal, and repositioning of atoms, electrons, and charges on a surface of the media. The media is a material capable of... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260177 | X-ray inspection apparatus An X-ray inspection apparatus is disclosed. An inside area defining unit defines an area inside the rim of the can in an X-ray image created by an image formation unit. An extension area defining unit rotates a circle such that the circle externally touches the abov... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7253414 | Multi-energy gamma attenuation for real time continuous measurement of bulk material Methods and apparatus for continuous real-time measurement of bulk material using gamma irradiation. A multi-energy gamma attenuation device monitors bulk material flow and produces a spectrum that is compared to a baseline spectrum to produce a relative weight/impu... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7214942 | Gamma ray detectors having improved signal-to-noise ratio and related systems and methods for analyzing bulk materials An assembly for detecting gamma rays from a bulk material defines a radiation region. A radiation source is positioned adjacent the radiation region and configured to irradiate the bulk material in the radiation region. A first gamma ray detector is positioned adjac... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215738 | Method and system for automatically scanning and imaging the contents of a moving target The system and method described herein facilitate back-to-back automatic scanning of moving vehicles without have the vehicles stop in the scanning zone. The system includes a scanning zone that comprises a radiation source and a radiation source detector. The syste... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213968 | Hot melt adhesive detection methods and systems A hot melt adhesive sensing system and method including detecting (410) multiple areas of a target, for example, a hot adhesive material, by sensing changes in temperature with a corresponding number of thermal sensors, summing (420) an output of the t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7152002 | Method and apparatus for analysis of elements in bulk substance A substance analyzer utilizing Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis for identifying characteristics of a substance and method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The analyzer is small enough to be portable and to allow its use in many applications where cur... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7132653 | Apparatus for visual comparison of infrared images A method and apparatus for visually observing thermal disparities between like vehicular components that are spatially separated. The invention uses only one infrared camera and one or more surfaces to reflect the thermal image of spatially separated components into... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7060981 | System for automated detection of embedded objects A system for detecting embedded objects in a specimen that includes a transport system effecting movement of the specimen relative to an imaging zone along a transport path. The system also includes detector systems arranged to operably image the specimen in the ima... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7045787 | Density detection using real time discrete photon counting for fast moving targets A system for detecting and graphically displaying a contents of a fast-moving target object comprises: a radiation source, having a position such that at least a portion of radiation emitted from the radiation source passes through the fast-moving target object, the... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045788 | Multi-way radiation monitoring A multi-way radiation monitoring and detection system is capable of detecting a radiation source on or within traffic that can travel within M adjacent traffic ways, where M is an integer equal to or greater than a value of 2. The radiation detection system comprise... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7026620 | Method and device for the geometrical measurement of a material strip The invention relates to a method for the geometrical measurement of a material strip (2), whereby the material strip (2) defines a longitudinal direction, whereby, by means of a first measuring device with at least one radiation source (6) and ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027555 | Mineral matter analyzer apparatus and method A material analyzer for identifying quantities of one or more elements in a material has a container for holding a material to be analyzed, a resonant gamma ray source unit for directing resonant gamma rays into the material in the container, and at least one detect... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7012256 | Computer assisted bag screening system A method and apparatus are disclosed for screening articles utilizing a computerized touch sensitive screen or other computerized pointing device for operator identification and electronic marking of objects within the article to be further examined. An operator pos... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6995372 | Nuclear gauge for measuring a characteristic of a sheet material with sheet position and alignment compensation A material sheet attribute detection system, the material sheet having a first side and a second side, the system includes a radiation source located proximate to the first side of the material sheet, the radiation source emitting radiation toward the material sheet... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6928130 | Dodecahedron neutron spectrometer with tantalum proton absorber for aircraft A neutron spectrometer for aircraft is provided by a series of substrates covered by a solid-state detector stacked on an absorbing layer. As many as 12 substrates that convert neutrons to protons are covered by a layer of absorbing material, acting as a proton abso... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922455 | Gas-target neutron generation and applications Described herein are integrated systems for generating neutrons to perform a variety of tasks including: on-line analysis of bulk material and industrial process control (as shown in FIG. 1), security interrogation (as shown in FIG. 2), soil and enviro... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6922461 | Inspection system for air cargoes or vehicles An inspection system for air cargoes, in which an accelerator, a collimator, and a vertical detector arm are all mounted on the floor; detectors are provided within both the horizontal detector arm and the vertical arm; the accelerator, the collimator, the horizonta... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6888139 | Electron microscope The present invention provides an analysis of displacement by calculating the phase variance image P′ (k, l) between Fourier transformed images of paired images S1 (n, m) and S2 (n, m) to determine the center of gravity of δ peak appearing on the in... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6882279 | Sensor output analog processing-A microcontroller-based insect monitoring system A system for automated monitoring of pest insects in stored products to help identify insect species and improve reliability across adverse external conditions, including environmental, biological and aging. The system includes sensor units having a microcontroller ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6763838 | Device for detecting a filling density of filler forming a rod-shaped article A device for detecting a shredded tobacco filling density in a tobacco rod includes four light sources (18, 20, 22 and 24) arranged separately from one another at an angle of 45° around a tobacco rod (T) and causing infrared rays to enter the tobacco ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6696685 | Device for detecting properties of a moving web of paper with an infrared light source A device for detecting properties of a moving web of paper, more specifically for production control in the paper making process, comprising an infrared lighting device suited for illuminating the web of paper with infrared light and a detector device for... | 02/24/2004 |
