System and method for non-destructively determining thickness and uniformity of anti-tamper coatings

A system for non-destructively determining the thickness of an anti-tamper coating material on a part, comprising:

• means for emitting beta radiation directed toward the anti-tamper coating material;
• means for detecting at least a portion of said beta radiation reflected from the anti-tamper coating material;
• means for generating a count associated with said at least a portion of said beta radiation reflected from the anti-tamper coating material;
• means for generating a first value associated with said count generated by said radiation detector;
• and
• means for converting said first value to a second value associated with a level of thickness of the anti-tamper coating material.

A method for non-destructively determining the thickness of a non-transparent anti-tamper coating material on a part, comprising the steps of:

• emitting beta radiation directed toward the non-transparent anti-tamper coating material;
• detecting at least a portion of said radiation reflected from the non-transparent anti-tamper coating material;
• generating a count associated with said at least a portion of said radiation reflected from the non-transparent anti-tamper coating material;
• generating a first value associated with said count generated by said radiation detector;
• and
• converting said first value to a second value associated with a level of thickness of the non-transparent anti-tamper coating material.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-usable medium having computer-readable code embodied therein for configuring a computer processor, comprising:
• a first executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to prompt a beta radiation source to emit radiation directed toward an anti-tamper coating material;
• a second executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to prompt a radiation detector to detect at least a portion of said radiation reflected from the anti-tamper coating material;
• a third executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to generate a count associated with said at least a portion of said radiation reflected from the anti-tamper coating material;
• a fourth executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to generate a first value associated with said count generated by said radiation detector;
• and a fifth executable computer-readable code configured to cause a computer processor to convert said first value to a second value associated with a level of thickness of the anti-tamper coating material.