ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,710, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to ROLLS-ROYCE plc (London).
"System and method for scanning a component" was invented by Akhil Mulloth (Derby, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for scanning at least one component includes placing the at least one component inside a storage vessel; filling the storage vessel with a cryogenic material; cooling the at least one component; placing the storage vessel between an x-ray source and a detector of a CT scanner; generating, via the x-ray source, an x-ray cone beam after cooling of the component that passes through the storage vessel while the at least one component is...