Visuray Intech Ltd (bvi)

Visuray Intech Ltd

Teague, Philip

Henning Torsteinsen

Melissa Spannuth

Ådne Voll

David Ponce

Kambiz A Safinya

Spencer Gunn

Andrii Sofiienko

Morteza Esmaeili

Kambiz Safinya

An apparatus and associated method for obtaining a three-dimensional representation of a target object within a fluid-carrying conduit, such as a hydrocarbon exploration or production well, using high energy photons is provided. The representation is essentially a three-dimensional image that achieves visualization of the shape of the target object despite the intervening opaque fluids located between the imaging tool and the object. In one specific though non-limiting embodiment, a narrow, pencil-shaped beam of radiation is scanned in coordination with a similarly narrow detector field-of-view in order to sample the radiation-scattering properties of only a small volume of material at any given time. The result is a clearer visualization with a greater viewing depth.

X-ray backscatter imaging of an object embedded in a highly scattering medium

Methods of reconstructing the surface topography of an object embedded in a scattering medium are provided, with example methodologies including: imaging an object embedded in a signal scattering medium using a scattered signal detector; detecting changes in the magnitude of a plurality of scattered signals obtained from multiple fields of view within the medium; and constructing an image of the surface topography of the object based on said plurality of detected signal magnitude changes. A plurality of system, apparatus, control means, evaluation methods, and materials and components useful for practicing the methods are also disclosed.

System and method for reconstructing the surface topography of an object embedded within a scattering medium

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Stavanger, Norway

Henning Torsteinsen