ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,887, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Rapiscan Systems Inc. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for eliminating cross-talk signals in one or more scanning systems having multiple X-ray sources" was invented by Neil Duncan Carrington (Manchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present specification describes a system for eliminating X-ray crosstalk between a plurality of X-ray scanning systems and passive radiation detectors. The system includes a frequency generator for generating a common operational frequency, a high-energy X-ray source or scanning system coupled with the frequency generator for receiving t...