CA2204010A1 - Systeme d'inspection et technique de resolution spatiale pour la detection d'explosifs par interrogation neutronique et imagerie par rayons x - Google Patents

Systeme d'inspection et technique de resolution spatiale pour la detection d'explosifs par interrogation neutronique et imagerie par rayons x

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Publication number: CA2204010A1
Authority: CA; Canada
Prior art keywords: neutron; density; information; set forth; inspection system
Prior art date: 1994-10-31
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Abandoned

Application number

CA002204010A

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English (en)

Inventor

Jeffrey W. Eberhard

Dan A. Gross

Robert J. Koss

Martin D. Rubin

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Lockheed Martin Specialty Components Inc

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Lockheed Martin Specialty Components Inc

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1994-10-31

Filing date

1995-10-23

Publication date

1996-05-09

1995-10-23 Application filed by Lockheed Martin Specialty Components Inc filed Critical Lockheed Martin Specialty Components Inc

1996-05-09 Publication of CA2204010A1 publication Critical patent/CA2204010A1/fr

Status Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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CA002204010A 1994-10-31 1995-10-23 Systeme d'inspection et technique de resolution spatiale pour la detection d'explosifs par interrogation neutronique et imagerie par rayons x Abandoned CA2204010A1 (fr)

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EP (1)	EP0792509A1 (fr)
JP (1)	JPH10510621A (fr)
CA (1)	CA2204010A1 (fr)
IL (1)	IL115789A (fr)
WO (1)	WO1996013839A1 (fr)

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MX9703225A (es)	1998-03-31
WO1996013839A1 (fr)	1996-05-09
EP0792509A1 (fr)	1997-09-03
JPH10510621A (ja)	1998-10-13
IL115789A0 (en)	1996-01-19
IL115789A (en)	1998-09-24

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