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Method and device for inspection of liquid articles

US9121811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 19, 2013
Grant dateSep 1, 2015
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Expiry dateJul 19, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2223/639
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a device for security-inspection of liquid articles with dual-energy CT imaging. The method comprises the steps of obtaining one or more CT images including physical attributes of liquid article to be inspected by CT scanning and a dual-energy reconstruction method; acquiring the physical attributes of each liquid article from the CT image; and determining whether there are drugs concealed in the inspected liquid article based on the difference between the acquired physical attributes and reference physical attributes of the inspected liquid article. The CT scanning can be implemented by a normal CT scanning technique, or a spiral CT scanning technique. In the normal CT scanning technique, the scan position can be preset, or set by the operator with a DR image, or set by automatic analysis of the DR image.

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