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US 2021/0190705 A1Published application
Radiographic inspection system for pipes and other structures using radioisotopes
AssigneeVarex Imaging Corporation
InventorsClyde May, David T. Nisius, Rajashekar Venkatachalam
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Abstract
Some embodiments include a radiographic inspection system, comprising: a detector; a support configured to attach the detector to a structure such that the detector is movable around the structure; a radioisotope collimator; and a collimator support arm coupling the detector to the radioisotope collimator such that the radioisotope collimator moves with the detector.
Claims20
A radiographic inspection system, comprising:
- a detector;
- a support configured to attach the detector to a structure such that the detector is movable around the structure;
- a radioisotope collimator;
- and
- a collimator support arm coupling the detector to the radioisotope collimator such that the radioisotope collimator moves with the detector.
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A method, comprising:
- exposing a radioisotope;
- acquiring a plurality of images using a detector positioned with a structure between the exposed radioisotope and the detector;
- rotating the detector around the structure between the acquisition of at least two of the images;
- retracting the radioisotope only after completing the acquiring of the images.
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A system, comprising:
- means for generating images in response to radiation;
- means for collimating radiation;
- means for attaching the means for generating images in response to radiation to the means for collimating the radiation;
- and
- means for movably attaching the means for generating images in response to radiation to an object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.