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High-Fidelity Calibration and Characterization of Hyperspectral Computed Tomography System

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1763249· OSTI ID:1763249
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This document archives the results developed by the Lab Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project sponsored by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL). In this work, a numerical study was performed to show the feasibility of approximating the non-linear operator of SNL's unique high-energy hyperspectral computed tomography system as a sequence of linear operators. The four main results gained from this work include the development of a simulation test-bed using a particle-transport Monte Carlo approach; the demonstration to assemble a linear operator of almost-arbitrary resolution for a given narrow energy window, developing a compression approach to dramatically reduce the size of the linear operator via a spline approach, and the demonstration of using the linear operator to perform processing of x-ray data; in this case, the development of an iterative reconstruction method. This numerical study has indicated that if these results can be replicated on the SNL system, the improved performance could be revolutionary as the method to approximate the nonlinear operator for a hyperspectral CT system is not feasible to perform on a traditional CT system.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1763249
Report Number(s):
SAND--2019-11867; 679956
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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