Energy discrimination radiography systems and methods for inspecting industrial components

A method for inspecting a component comprising a plurality of constituents, said method comprising:

• irradiating the component;
• receiving a data stream corresponding to radiation passing through the component, the data comprising energy discriminated data;
• processing the energy discriminated data to generate a multi-energy data set;
• and
• decomposing the multi-energy data set, to generate a plurality of material characterization images in substantially real time.

An energy discrimination radiography system comprising:

• at least one radiation source configured to alternately irradiate a component with radiation characterized by at least two energy spectra, wherein the component comprises a plurality of constituents;
• at least one radiation detector configured to receive radiation passing through the component;
• and
• a computer operationally coupled to said at least one radiation detector, said computer being configured to:
• receive data corresponding to each of the energy spectra for a scan of the component;
• process the data to generate a multi-energy data set;
• and
• decompose the multi-energy data set to generate a plurality of material characterization images in substantially real time.

An energy discrimination radiography system comprising:

• at least one radiation source configured to irradiate a component comprising a plurality of constituents;
• at least one radiation detector configured to receive radiation passing through the component and to generate a data stream for a scan of the component, the data stream comprising energy discriminated data;
• and
• a computer operationally coupled to said at least one radiation detector, said computer being configured to:
• receive the data stream;
• process the data stream to generate a multi-energy data set;
• and
• decompose the multi-energy data set to generate a plurality of material characterization images in substantially real time.