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Title: Pseudolocal tomography

Abstract

Local tomographic data is used to determine the location and value of a discontinuity between a first internal density of an object and a second density of a region within the object. A beam of radiation is directed in a predetermined pattern through the region of the object containing the discontinuity. Relative attenuation data of the beam is determined within the predetermined pattern having a first data component that includes attenuation data through the region. The relative attenuation data is input to a pseudo-local tomography function, where the difference between the internal density and the pseudo-local tomography function is computed across the discontinuity. The pseudo-local tomography function outputs the location of the discontinuity and the difference in density between the first density and the second density.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos, NM
  2. Manhattan, KS
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
870532
Patent Number(s):
5539800
Assignee:
Regents of University of California, Office of Technology (Alameda, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10S - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
pseudolocal; tomography; local; tomographic; data; determine; location; value; discontinuity; internal; density; region; beam; radiation; directed; predetermined; pattern; containing; relative; attenuation; determined; component; input; pseudo-local; function; difference; computed; outputs; tomography function; local tomography; predetermined pattern; internal density; /378/

Citation Formats

Katsevich, Alexander J, and Ramm, Alexander G. Pseudolocal tomography. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Katsevich, Alexander J, & Ramm, Alexander G. Pseudolocal tomography. United States.
Katsevich, Alexander J, and Ramm, Alexander G. Mon . "Pseudolocal tomography". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870532.
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year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
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Works referenced in this record:

Local Tomography
journal, April 1992


Representation of a Function by Its Line Integrals, with Some Radiological Applications
journal, September 1963