Abstract: An inspection system according to various embodiments can include a stationary mono-energetic gamma source and a detector-spectrometer. The detector-spectrometer is configured to employ a modulation of energy bin boundaries within a multi-channel pulse height analyzer to encode voxels within the inspected object, and apply an analysis to determine the three-dimensional density image of the inspected object.

Abstract: An inspection system according to various embodiments can include a stationary mono-energetic gamma source and a detector-spectrometer. The detector-spectrometer is configured to employ a modulation of energy bin boundaries within a multi-channel pulse height analyzer to encode voxels within the inspected object, and apply an analysis to determine the three-dimensional density image of the inspected object.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image-generating device is an inspection system incorporating three components: a radiation source, a modulating unit, and a radiation detector. All three components of the inspection system may be stationary. The radiation source irradiates an external inspected object with mono-energetic gamma rays. The modulating unit, used in conjunction with the unique energy-angle characteristics of the Compton scattering process, by encoding the gamma rays, enables the identification of the spatial origin of single-scattered gamma fluxes as they pass through the inspected object enroute to the detector. The radiation detector and the computerized processor identify gamma fluxes scattered from various locations within the inspected object. The three-dimensional distribution of scattering locations within the inspected object that produce the detected single-scattered gamma fluxes and their intensity is converted to a three-dimensional mass distribution as an image within the inspected object.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image-generating device includes a radiation source, a modulating unit and a radiation detector. All these components may either be stationary or movable. The radiation source is configured to irradiate an object with mono-energetic gamma rays. The modulating unit is configured to encode the single-scattered gamma fluxes scattered from the object as the gamma fluxes travels to the detector. The modulating unit, in conjunction with the Compton scattering process, is configured to enable the identification of the spatial origin of the single-scattered gamma fluxes as they pass through the modulating unit enroute to the detector. The radiation detector and the computer-processor of the detected data are configured to identify local gamma fluxes scattered from various locations within the object. The three-dimensional distribution of local single-scattered gamma fluxes is converted to a three-dimensional mass distribution within the inspected object.