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Imaging and sensing based on muon tomography

US8288721B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Christopher L. Morris · New Garden Township, US
Alexander Saunders · Redwood City, US
Michael James Sossong · Ramona, US
Larry Joe Schultz · Los Alamos, US
J. Andrew Green · Los Alamos, US
Konstantin N. Borozdin · Los Alamos, US
Nicolas W. Hengartner · Los Alamos, US
Richard A. Smith · Cameron Park, US
James M. Colthart · Poway, US
David C. Klugh · Black Diamond, US
Gary E. Scoggins · Issaquah, US
David C. Vineyard · Coronado, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 23, 2008
Grant date	Oct 16, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 21, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01V5/226
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Techniques, apparatus and systems for detecting particles such as muons for imaging applications. Subtraction techniques are described to enhance the processing of the muon tomography data.

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