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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2013
Visuray Intech Ltd, Road Town, Tortola, VG;
Kambiz Safinya, Houston, TX (US);
Adne Voll, Stavanger, NO;
Andrii Sofiienko, Randaberg, NO;
David Ponce, Randaberg, NO;
Melissa Spannuth, Stavanger, NO;
Henning Torsteinsen, Stavanger, NO;
VISURAY INTECH LTD, Road Town, Tortola, GB;
Abstract
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.