Methods and systems for volumetric reconstruction using radiography

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8989342-B2
Application number	US-201213450040-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2012
Priority date	Apr 18, 2012
Publication date	Mar 24, 2015
Grant date	Mar 24, 2015

Abstract

Methods and systems for use in generating a volumetric reconstruction of an object using scattered X-ray radiography. An X-ray beam is directed towards a point within a target object. Scattered X-rays are measured by detectors and measurement data is stored. The X-ray beam is directed towards different points. Measurement data associated with each point is analyzed using a ray tracing methodology to assign contrast values to each point. A volumetric image is generated therefrom.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for use in generating a volumetric reconstruction of an object, said system comprising:
an X-ray source configured to generate an X-ray beam, said X-ray source positioned on a first side of the object;
at least one detector capable of measuring X-rays scattered from the X-ray beam, said at least one detector positioned on the first side of the object in a pre-determined orientation with respect to said X-ray source; and
a computing device progra…

Assignees

• Liesenfelt Michael
• Shedlock Dan
• Edwards William Talion
• Boeing Co

Inventors

• Liesenfelt Michael
• Shedlock Dan
• Edwards William Talion

Classifications

• G01N23/203 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic