Optical tomography of small moving objects using time delay and integration imaging
US6591003B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2223/419
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Three dimensional reconstruction of an object of interest moving at a constant velocity. The object of interest is centered. The object of interest is imaged with optical point sources located at multiple projection angles around the object of interest, in cooperation with opposing time delay and integration (TDI) image sensors located at a distance from the objects of interest such that there is no focal plane within the objects of interest during imaging. Each of the TDI sensors has a line transfer rate synchronized to the constant velocity of the objects of interest.
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