Patents by Inventor Sharon Auerback Jacobs

Sharon Auerback Jacobs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for shadow aperture backscatter radiography (SABR) system and protocol
    Patent number: 7643611
    Abstract: A shadow aperture backscatter radiography (SABR) system includes at least one penetrating radiation source for providing a penetrating radiation field, and at least one partially transmissive radiation detector, wherein the partially transmissive radiation detector is interposed between an object region to be interrogated and the radiation source. The partially transmissive radiation detector transmits a portion of the illumination radiation field. A shadow aperture having a plurality of radiation attenuating regions having apertures therebetween is disposed between the radiation source and the detector. The apertures provide illumination regions for the illumination radiation field to reach the object region, wherein backscattered radiation from the object is detected and generates an image by the detector in regions of the detector that are shadowed by the radiation attenuation regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Shedlock, Alan M. Jacobs, Sharon Auerback Jacobs, Edward Dugan
  • Method and apparatus for shadow aperture backscatter radiography (SABR) system and protocol
    Publication number: 20080285715
    Abstract: A shadow aperture backscatter radiography (SABR) system includes at least one penetrating radiation source for providing a penetrating radiation field, and at least one partially transmissive radiation detector, wherein the partially transmissive radiation detector is interposed between an object region to be interrogated and the radiation source. The partially transmissive radiation detector transmits a portion of the illumination radiation field. A shadow aperture having a plurality of radiation attenuating regions having apertures therebetween is disposed between the radiation source and the detector. The apertures provide illumination regions for the illumination radiation field to reach the object region, wherein backscattered radiation from the object is detected and generates an image by the detector in regions of the detector that are shadowed by the radiation attenuation regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel Shedlock, Alan M. Jacobs, Edward T. Dugan, Sharon Auerback Jacobs