(57) ABSTRACT A digital image can be processed by an image processing method that
calculates a gradient map for the digital image, calculates a density function for the gradient …

Related US Application Data application No. 12/371,853, filed on Feb. 16, 2009, now Pat.
No. 7,903,789, and a continuation of application No. 10/554.975, filed as application No …

The present invention is an X-ray scanning system with an X-ray source arranged to
generate X-rays from X-ray source positions around a scanning region, a? rst set of …

An X-ray tube includes an emitter wire enclosed in a Suppres sor. An extraction grid
comprises a number of parallel wires extending perpendicular to the emitter wire, and a …

An X-ray imaging inspection system for inspecting items comprises an X-ray source 10
extending around an imaging volume 16, and defining a plurality of source points 14 from …

(65) Prior Publication Data US 2010/O246754 A1 Sep. 30, 2010 Related US Application
Data (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 12/485,897, filed on Jun. 16, 2009, now …

The present specification discloses an X-ray scanning system for Scanning an object. The
processing system has processors adapted to receive X-ray tomographic image data and …

Related US Application Data (63) Continuation-in-part of application No. 12/364,067, filed
on Feb. 2, 2009, which is a continuation of application No. 12/033,035, filed on Feb. 19 …

The present specification discloses a radiographic inspection system for screening an area.
The inspection system has a container that defines an enclosed volume, a radiation source …

An X-ray Scanner comprises an array (12) of X-ray detectors (16) arranged in cylindrical
configuration around an imaging Volume (28), and a multi-focus X-ray source (20) which …