EP3058353A4 - Systems and methods for high-z threat alarm resolution - Google Patents

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EP3058353A4
EP3058353A4 EP14854604.7A EP14854604A EP3058353A4 EP 3058353 A4 EP3058353 A4 EP 3058353A4 EP 14854604 A EP14854604 A EP 14854604A EP 3058353 A4 EP3058353 A4 EP 3058353A4
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Joseph Bendahan
Edward James Morton
David Yaish
Yossi KOLKOVICH
Jacques Goldberg
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of ionising radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
    • G01V5/20—Detecting prohibited goods, e.g. weapons, explosives, hazardous substances, contraband or smuggled objects
    • G01V5/22—Active interrogation, i.e. by irradiating objects or goods using external radiation sources, e.g. using gamma rays or cosmic rays
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01V—GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS
    • G01V5/00—Prospecting or detecting by the use of ionising radiation, e.g. of natural or induced radioactivity
    • G01V5/20—Detecting prohibited goods, e.g. weapons, explosives, hazardous substances, contraband or smuggled objects
    • G01V5/281—Detecting prohibited goods, e.g. weapons, explosives, hazardous substances, contraband or smuggled objects detecting special nuclear material [SNM], e.g. Uranium-235, Uranium-233 or Plutonium-239

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MX366444B (en) 2019-07-09
GB2534799B (en) 2020-09-02
WO2015057973A1 (en) 2015-04-23

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