Concealed drug detection via fan beam coded-aperture X-ray diffraction imaging

Joel A. Greenberg, Stefan Stryker, Josh Carpenter, Anuj J. Kapadia

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Abstract

Detecting illegal drugs in packages without opening the package is a challenge. X-ray diffraction tomography offers the potential capability of uniquely identifying illegal drugs within a package based on their atomic structure. To understand the potential for XRD-based drug detection, we developed a method for building a library of X-ray diffraction drug signatures. In addition, we used a compact, multi-modality fan beam X-ray imaging system (combining transmission and X-ray diffraction) to distinguish oxycodone from non-prescription medicine when concealed within different types of containment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAnomaly Detection and Imaging with X-Rays (ADIX) VI
EditorsAmit Ashok, Joel A. Greenberg, Michael E. Gehm
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510643130
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
EventAnomaly Detection and Imaging with X-Rays (ADIX) VI 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Apr 12 2021Apr 16 2021

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11738
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAnomaly Detection and Imaging with X-Rays (ADIX) VI 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period04/12/2104/16/21

Funding

This work was supported in part by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center under award 2018-BIG-6511 and by the 2020 Duke Intellectual Community Planning Grant (ICPG) program Opioid Detection Technologies and Their Application todAdressingaVriousAspectsofthe Opioid Crisis. J.A.G. has aifanncial interest inuQadridox, Inc.

FundersFunder number
North Carolina Biotechnology Center2018-BIG-6511

    Keywords

    • Concealed drug detection
    • Multimodal X-ray imaging
    • X-ray diffraction
    • X-ray imaging

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