Automatic detection of bone fragments in poultry using multi-energy x-rays

Patent · 09 April 2002

OSTI ID:874342

Gleason, Shaun S ^[1]; Paulus, Michael J ^[1]; Mullens, James A ^[1]

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1. Knoxville, TN

At least two linear arrays of x-ray detectors are placed below a conveyor belt in a poultry processing plant. Multiple-energy x-ray sources illuminate the poultry and are detected by the detectors. Laser profilometry is used to measure the poultry thickness as the x-ray data is acquired. The detector readout is processed in real time to detect the presence of small highly attenuating fragments in the poultry, i.e., bone, metal, and cartilage.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• Assignee: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)
• Patent Number(s): 6,370,223
• OSTI ID: 874342
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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