| US 7,539,283 B2 | ||
| Combined computed tomography and nuclear resonance fluorescence cargo inspection system and method | ||
| Joseph Bendahan, San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to GE Homeland Protection, Inc., Newark, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 22, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/843,359. | ||
| Application 11/843359 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/654251, filed on Jan. 17, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0181357 A1, Jul. 31, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G01N 23/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 378—57 [378/44] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A method for inspecting a container for contraband, said method comprising:
scanning the container using computed tomography (CT) to identify a location of an item of interest;
determining a nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) scan configuration based on the location of the item of interest;
positioning the container in the NRF scan configuration;
irradiating the item of interest with high-energy photons;
detecting gamma rays emitted from the item of interest to generate signals representative of the detected gamma rays; and
analyzing the generated signals to determine a presence of contraband.
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