Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-ray backscatter imaging of an object embedded in a highly scattering medium
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Application No.: US14078916Application Date: 2013-11-13
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Publication No.: US10253618B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Kambiz Safinya , Adne Voll , Andrii Sofiienko , David Ponce , Melissa Spannuth , Henning Torsteinsen
- Applicant: VISURAY INTECH LTD
- Applicant Address: GB Road Town, Tortola
- Assignee: VISURAY INTECH LTD
- Current Assignee: VISURAY INTECH LTD
- Current Assignee Address: GB Road Town, Tortola
- Agency: Adams and Reese LLP
- Agent Raymond R. Ferrera
- Main IPC: E21B47/09
- IPC: E21B47/09

Abstract:
An apparatus and associated method for obtaining a three-dimensional representation of a target object within a fluid-carrying conduit, such as a hydrocarbon exploration or production well, using high energy photons is provided. The representation is essentially a three-dimensional image that achieves visualization of the shape of the target object despite the intervening opaque fluids located between the imaging tool and the object. In one specific though non-limiting embodiment, a narrow, pencil-shaped beam of radiation is scanned in coordination with a similarly narrow detector field-of-view in order to sample the radiation-scattering properties of only a small volume of material at any given time. The result is a clearer visualization with a greater viewing depth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140254764A1 X-Ray Backscatter Imaging of an Object Embedded in a Highly Scattering Medium Public/Granted day:2014-09-11
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