US Patent Issued to Smiths Detection on June 17 for "Systems and methods for real-time configurable backscatter scanners" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,191, issued on June 17, was assigned to Smiths Detection Inc. (Edgewood, Md.).

"Systems and methods for real-time configurable backscatter scanners" was invented by Joseph Bendahan (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for backscatter imaging. A backscatter imaging system configurable in real-time for imaging an object is provided. The backscatter imaging system includes a source array including a plurality of discrete sources, and a collimator array including a plurality of collimators corresponding to the plurality of discrete sources. The source array is configured to selectively...