ENERGY SENSITIVE X-RAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATERIAL DISCRIMINATION AND OBJECT CLASSIFICATION

摘要

A system and method for classifying whether an object within an enclosed article is a threat. The system includes an acquisition subsystem (30) , a reconstruction subsystem (80) , an energy discrimination subsystem (90), and a classification subsystem (100). The acquisition subsystem communicates projection data to the reconstruction subsystem. The energy discrimination subsystem, which utilizes energy spectra at two distinct ranges, uses the projection data to ascertain the compositional make up of the object of interest.