X-ray weld inspection

A method of an x-ray weld inspection comprising:

• controlling a motor arrangement to move at least one x-ray source and at least one x-ray detector during an x-ray weld scan substantially along a direction of a weld, the weld being a pipeline weld, the motor arrangement configured to move, using a first mounting and a second mounting, respectively, the at least one x-ray source and the at least one x-ray detector;
• wherein at least one section of the weld is imaged at least two times during a single x-ray scan by moving at least one of the at least one x-ray detector in an oscillating movement substantially along the direction of the weld while moving the at least one x-ray detector substantially along the direction of the weld during the single x-ray scan of the weld, producing at least two imaging data sets, respectively, and
• wherein an angle of incidence of x-rays at the at least one section of the weld is different for the at least two imaging data sets.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause an apparatus to at least:

• control a motor arrangement to move at least one x-ray source and at least one x-ray detector during an x-ray weld scan substantially along a direction of a weld, the weld being a pipeline weld, the motor arrangement configured to move, using a first mounting and a second mounting, respectively, the at least one x-ray source and the at least one x-ray detector;
• wherein at least one section of the weld is imaged at least two times during a single x-ray scan by moving at least one of the at least one x-ray detector in an oscillating movement substantially along the direction of the weld while moving the at least one x-ray detector substantially along the direction of the weld during the single x-ray scan of the weld, producing at least two imaging data sets, respectively, and
• wherein an angle of incidence of x-rays at the at least one section of the weld is different for the at least two imaging data sets.