Timothy S Norton

US Patent:

20130156156, Jun 20, 2013

Filed:

Feb 15, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/577060

Inventors:

Kristofer J. Roe - Edgewood MD, US
Timothy S. Norton - Alcoa TN, US
Nicolas Dumay - Dampierre, FR

International Classification:

G01N 23/02

US Classification:

378 57

Abstract:

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for scanning an object of interest. The system can include a controller for generating scan instructions. The system can further include a scanner, responsive to the scan instructions, for providing radiation at an energy to generate scan data for the object of interest and an other scanner, responsive to scan instructions from the controller generated based on the scan data, for providing radiation an at other energy to generate scan data for the object of interest. The system can also include a conveyance controller for generating conveyance instructions to control the relative movement of the scanner and the other scanner with respect to the object of interest based on the scan data.