SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE COMPOSITION OF AN OBJECT
First Claim
1. A method for determining the composition of an object comprising the following procedures:
- irradiating said object with X-ray radiation from an X-ray source from a first irradiation direction;
determining for each spatially resolvable transmission path respective of said first irradiation direction the propagation-absorption of X-ray radiation by said object for at least one selected energy range to yield propagation-absorption information for a respective at least one selected substance; and
determining the integrated density for said at least one selected substance for at least one spatially resolvable transmission path of said first irradiation direction by respectively mapping according to said at least one selected substance the entries of said propagation-absorption dataset with the entries of an absorption-coefficient dataset,wherein said at least one selected substance and said selected energy range are selected according to at least one substance-selection criterion and at least one energy-selection criterion, respectively, in a manner such that a distinguishable dependency exists between the spectral absorption properties for each atomic number of the at least one selected substance and the selected energy range.
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a method for identifying the elemental composition of an object (120) characterized by comprising the following procedures: (210) selecting an energy range of an irradiation energy range according to at least one energy-selection criterion to obtain a selected energy range; (215) selecting, according to at least one element-selection criterion, pure elements and/or compounds for which analysis of said object is performed, to obtain selected elements; (220) determining the absorption coefficient for the selected pure elements and/or compounds according to the selected energy range; (230) determining the integrated density of the selected pure elements and/or compounds. Additional and alternative embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for determining the composition of an object comprising the following procedures:
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irradiating said object with X-ray radiation from an X-ray source from a first irradiation direction; determining for each spatially resolvable transmission path respective of said first irradiation direction the propagation-absorption of X-ray radiation by said object for at least one selected energy range to yield propagation-absorption information for a respective at least one selected substance; and determining the integrated density for said at least one selected substance for at least one spatially resolvable transmission path of said first irradiation direction by respectively mapping according to said at least one selected substance the entries of said propagation-absorption dataset with the entries of an absorption-coefficient dataset, wherein said at least one selected substance and said selected energy range are selected according to at least one substance-selection criterion and at least one energy-selection criterion, respectively, in a manner such that a distinguishable dependency exists between the spectral absorption properties for each atomic number of the at least one selected substance and the selected energy range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A composition determining system operative to identify the composition of an object said composition determining system comprising:
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an X-ray source operative to emit X-rays; and an X-ray detector that enables determining the propagation-absorption of X-rays by said object for a first irradiation direction; wherein said X-ray detector is operatively coupled with; a controller; a storage device comprising a set of instructions; and a power supply; wherein said controller when executing said instructions is at least operative to perform the following procedures based on the determined propagation-absorption; determining, for at least one selected substance and at least one selected energy range, the integrated density in said object for a transmission path respective of said first irradiation direction, wherein said at least one selected substance and said selected energy range are selected according to at least one substance-selection criterion and at least one energy-selection criterion, respectively, such that a distinguishable dependency exists between the spectral absorption properties for each atomic number of the at least one selected substance and the selected energy range.
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20. The composition determining system operative to identify the composition of an object according to claim 20, wherein said controller is operative to determine for a spatially resolvable position in the object the local density of said at least one selected substance.
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