ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,480, issued on March 18, was assigned to Imagine Scientific Inc. (Norwood, Mass.).
"Methods and apparatus for determining information regarding chemical composition using x-ray radiation" was invented by Eric H. Silver (Needham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to some aspects, a method is provided comprising generating first monochromatic x-ray radiation at a first energy, directing at least some of the first monochromatic x-ray radiation to irradiate subject matter of interest, detecting at least some of the first monochromatic x-ray radiation transmitted through the subject matter of interest, and determining inform...