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| 20110249788 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE COMPOSITION OF AN OBJECT The present invention discloses a method for identifying the elemental composition of an object (120) characterized by comprising the following procedures: (210) selecting an energy range of an irradiation energy range according to at least one energy-sele... | 10/13/2011 |
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| 20110211671 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTION OF LIQUID ARTICLES Disclosed are a method and a device for security-inspection of liquid articles with dual-energy CT imaging. The method comprises the steps of obtaining one or more CT images including physical attributes of liquid article to be inspected by CT scanning and a dual-energy... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110176658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MOISTURE CONTENT IN A BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL A method for measuring moisture content in a biological material in an automated procedure is disclosed. The method comprises the step of: providing a reference database for a plurality of different material types with known moisture content. Further, a sample of biolog... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110116596 | Method and Apparatus for Sorting Materials According to Relative Composition Disclosed herein is a metal sorting device including an X-ray tube, a dual energy detector array, a microprocessor, and an air ejector array. The device senses the presence of samples in the x-ray sensing region and initiates identifying and sorting the samples. After i... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110110489 | Apparatus, method and computer-readable medium analyzing components using X-ray Provided is an apparatus, method and computer-readable medium analyzing components using an X-ray. The apparatus, method and computer-readable medium may photograph an object using an X-ray of at least two energy bands to output X-ray images, predict a component ratio o... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110075801 | Process and Apparatus for Identifying Autocatalysts The present invention relates to a process and apparatus for non-destructive identification of encased autocatalysts which comprise metallic and/or ceramic support substrates which may possess a catalytic coating. The process comprises the X-raying of the encased autoca... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110075800 | Dual energy radiation scanning of contents of an object based on contents type Methods for selecting and applying test criterion for use in the radiation analysis of contents of objects, based on whether the contents of the object, or contents of portions of the object, comprise inorganic or organic material, are described. In one example, the obj... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110064191 | MICROCALORIMETRY FOR X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY An improved microcalorimeter-type energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer provides sufficient energy resolution and throughput for practical high spatial resolution x-ray mapping of a sample at low electron beam energies. When used with a dual beam system that provides the... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110031215 | Particle beam systems and methods An inspection method comprises
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| 20100310042 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Using Multiple Radiation-Detection Views to Differentiate One Material From Another At least three radiation-detection views are used to facilitate identifying material as comprises an object being assessed along a beam path relative to that object. This comprises developing a first radiation-detection view (101) as corresponds to the material a... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100303295 | X-Ray Monitoring Apparatus for monitoring in real time the movement of a plurality of substances in a mixture, such as oil water and air flowing through a pipe comprises an X-ray scanner arranged to make a plurality of scans of the mixture over a monitoring period to produce a plurality... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100284514 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTION OF LIQUID ARTICLES Disclosed are a method and a device for security-inspection of liquid articles with dual-energy CT imaging. The method comprises the steps of obtaining one or more CT images including physical attributes of liquid article to be inspected by CT scanning and a dual-energy... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100284509 | DUAL ENERGY IMAGING SYSTEM A dual energy inspection system that generates X-rays with an electron beam scanned over targets. A switchable voltage source that can be change its voltage output may cause X-rays to be generated at different energies. This X-ray generation subsystem is controlled by a... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100278304 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS, X-RAY IMAGING METHOD AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS A simplified X-ray imaging apparatus is capable of computationally determining effective atomic numbers with small error factors even for light elements. The X-ray imaging apparatus has an X-ray generation unit 101 (400) for generating X-rays and a detecto... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100232569 | DEVICE FOR THE ONLINE DETERMINATION OF THE CONTENTS OF A SUBSTANCE, AND METHOD FOR USING SUCH A DIVICE A device for the online determination of the contents of a substance having a gamma-radiating isotope, which includes at least one detector, which measures the natural gamma radiation of said isotope. In order to be able to easily calibrate the device, a measurement is ... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100220835 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTION OF MATERIALS A method of and apparatus for obtaining radiation interaction data related to an image of an object. The method involves using a detector system for detecting and collecting spectroscopically resolvable information about incident radiation, and collecting one or more da... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100202584 | OPTIMAL WEIGHTS FOR MEASURING SPECTRAL X-RAY DATA A method for determining a composition of an object using a spectral x-ray system is provided. X-ray photons of at least two different energies are transmitted through the object. The energy of each detected x-ray photon using a detector in the x-ray system is estimated... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100172470 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTENTS DETERMINATION METHOD USING TRANSMITTED X-RAY An X-ray that has passed through a target object 13 is detected by a two-dimensional X-ray detector 14 capable of energy discrimination, to determine an actual X-ray strength at a specific energy level. The target object 13 is rotationally scanned i... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100166142 | METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF HIGH ATOMIC NUMBER ELEMENTS Disclosed herein is a method for detecting high atomic number elements in an article by using radiation having two different energies. The detecting of high atomic number elements can be accomplished by using an algorithm, curve fitting or using a data table. Disclosed ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100128844 | System and Method for Material Segmentation Utilizing Computed Tomography Scans Certain embodiments provide a radiation analysis system for material segmentation utilizing computed tomography (CT) scans. The radiation analysis system includes an input module configured to input dual energy data. The dual energy scanned data includes first data corr... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100119037 | NONDESTRUCTIVE IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND NONDESTRUCTIVE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE A nondestructive identification device includes: a radiation source 1 irradiating an x-ray 2 to a standard sample 5 made of a known material and a sample 3; a sensor 4 detecting a radiation ray having transmitted the standard sample 05/13/2010 | |
| 20100098211 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ENRICHMENT OF UF6 A system and method are disclosed for determining the enrichment of 235U in Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6) utilizing synthesized X-rays which are directed at a container test zone containing a sample of UF6. A detector placed behind the container test zone then d... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100078139 | Method of Correcting Gypsum Crystal Water Effect on Infrared Moisture Measurement Ash composition measurements of calcium carbonate and gypsum in paper is accomplished with a dual X-ray sensor system with one X-ray source that is powered at about 5.9 KV and a second X-ray source that is powered at about 4.2 KV. Corresponding detectors measure radiati... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100002834 | Method and apparatus for assessing characteristics of liquids A method to perform security screening at an airport on hand-carried baggage. The method includes requesting passengers with hand carried baggage to remove from the baggage a container that holds a liquid and perform an x-ray inspection on the hand carried baggage and o... | 01/07/2010 |
| 20090323894 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME MARK OF SUBSTANCE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM Disclosed are a method and a device for real-time mark for a high-energy X-ray dual-energy imaging container inspection system in the radiation imaging field. The method comprises the steps of emitting a first main beam of rays and a first auxiliary beam of rays having ... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090310745 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION METHOD, ESPECIALLY FOR CHARACTERIZING PARTICLES OF NUCLEAR FUEL FOR A HIGH-TEMPERATURE REACTOR The aim of the method is to characterize an element (21) comprising a plurality of superposed layers separated from one another by interfaces. It comprises at least the following steps: The element (21) is illuminated with radiation (15) emitted by ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090310744 | TARGET COMPOSITION DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS A target composition determination apparatus includes, an x-ray emission element for concurrently transmitting x-ray photons with a plurality of different energy levels at a target, and an x-ray detection element for receiving x-rays interacting with the target and for ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090232276 | X-RAY DETECTION IN PACKAGING Angle dispersive X-ray diffraction is used to test pharmaceutical products including a dosage form inside packaging, for example a tablet inside a blister pack, without removing the dosage form from the packaging. The dosage form is aligned with a measurement system hav... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090207972 | Device and Method for Detecting Foreign Matter, and Device and Method for Removing Foreign Matter The contaminant detector of the invention is a contaminant detector for detection of solid contaminants present in coke, and comprises X-ray irradiation means that irradiates X-rays onto coke to be evaluated for the potential presence of solid contaminants; X-ray intens... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090196396 | Tray for assessing the threat status of an article at a security check point A tray for holding a material while the material is being subjected to penetrating radiation. The tray has a surface on which the material rests while subjected to penetrating radiation. The surface has at least two areas, namely a first area and a second area, the firs... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090175412 | Radiation Threat Detection Systems and methods for detecting clandestine fissile or radioactive material on the basis of emitted radiation and particles (such as neutrons and alpha particles) arising from within the material. Emission by the fissile or radioactive material is detected in conjunct... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090161823 | Apparatus and Method for Fluid Phase Fraction Determination Using R-Rays Optimized for Wet Gas An apparatus for determining fractional amounts of each phase of a multiple phase fluid includes an x-ray generator includes a sample chamber is configured to admit therein a sample of fluid for analysis. The chamber is disposed in a radiation path output from the gener... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090154643 | X-ray detection device for foreign matter An X-ray detection device for detecting whether or not foreign matter is mixed in on the basis of the transmission amount of X-rays that have penetrated an examination subject article by applying X-rays, at a predetermined detection position to an examination subject ar... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090103677 | Classification method for sedimentary rocks A method of determining a parameter of interest of reservoir rock formation is described using the steps of measuring an x-ray attenuation or absorption distribution of a sample of said rock formation, identifying the mineral phase part of said distribution, and subdivi... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090080607 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR FAT ANALYSIS Meat processing device having at least one comminution unit for comminution and/or mixing of fresh and/or frozen meat and having at least one transport means (2) on which the meat can be transported and which is arranged, in the direction of processing, downstrea... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090052621 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BASIS MATERIAL DECOMPOSITION WITH K-EDGE MATERIALS A diagnostic imaging system includes a high frequency electromagnetic energy source that emits a beam of high frequency electromagnetic energy toward an object to be imaged, a detector that receives high frequency electromagnetic energy emitted by the high frequency ele... | 02/26/2009 |
