ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,585, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to AIXScan Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Fast 3D radiography with multiple pulsed X-ray sources by deflecting tube electron beam using electro-magnetic field" was invented by Jianqiang Liu (Campbell, Calif.), Manat Maolinbay (Gilroy, Calif.), Chwen-Yuan Ku (San Jose, Calif.) and Linbo Yang (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray imaging system using multiple pulsed X-ray sources to perform highly efficient and ultrafast 3D radiography is presented. There are multiple pulsed X-ray sources mounted on a structure in motion to form an array of sources. The multiple X-ray sources move ...