US Patent Issued to Smiths Detection on March 18 for "High-energy x-ray imaging system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,648, issued on March 18, was assigned to Smiths Detection Inc. (Edgewood, Md.).

"High-energy x-ray imaging system" was invented by Joseph Bendahan (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a high-energy x-ray imaging system including a stationary gantry, a conveyor assembly configured to convey an object to be imaged through the gantry, a plurality of linear accelerators, a detector array, and a control system. The linear accelerators are arranged in an array within the gantry and are configured to generate high-energy x-ray fan beams to be transmitted through the object. The detector array is positioned o...