Method and system for detecting explosives

Edward L Reber; James K Jewell; Kenneth W Rohde; Edward H Seabury; Larry G Blackwood; Andrew J Edwards; Kurt W Derr

Method and system for detecting explosives

Edward L Reber (Inventor)
, James K Jewell (Inventor)
, Kenneth W Rohde (Inventor)
, Edward H Seabury (Inventor)
, Larry G Blackwood (Inventor)
, Andrew J Edwards (Inventor)
, Kurt W Derr (Inventor)

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Abstract

A method of detecting explosives in a vehicle includes providing a first rack on one side of the vehicle, the rack including a neutron generator and a plurality of gamma ray detectors; providing a second rack on another side of the vehicle, the second rack including a neutron generator and a plurality of gamma ray detectors; providing a control system, remote from the first and second racks, coupled to the neutron generators and gamma ray detectors; using the control system, causing the neutron generators to generate neutrons; and performing gamma ray spectroscopy on spectra read by the gamma ray detectors to look for a signature indicative of presence of an explosive. Various apparatus and other methods are also provided.

Original language	American English
Patent number	7,501,637
State	Published - Mar 2009

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