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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2022
Applicant:
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Christopher Bowdon, Kempston, GB;
Paul David Featonby, Wylam, GB;
James Stephen Howstan, Bishop Auckland, GB;
Peter Jackson, London, GB;
Kenneth James, Cleveland, GB;
Emanuele Ronchi, Cleveland, GB;
Assignee:
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/04 (2018.01); G01N 23/046 (2018.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01); G01N 23/087 (2018.01); G01N 23/18 (2018.01); G01V 5/00 (2006.01); G01T 1/164 (2006.01); G01N 23/06 (2018.01); G01N 9/24 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G21K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/18 (2013.01); G01N 9/24 (2013.01); G01N 23/04 (2013.01); G01N 23/046 (2013.01); G01N 23/06 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 23/087 (2013.01); G01T 1/164 (2013.01); G01T 1/2018 (2013.01); G01V 5/005 (2013.01); G01V 5/0016 (2013.01); G21K 1/02 (2013.01); G01N 2223/419 (2013.01); G01N 2223/5055 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention discloses a scanning method and apparatus suitable for scanning a pipeline or a process vessel in which a beam of gamma radiation from a source is emitted through the pipeline or the process vessel to be detected by an array of detectors, which are each collimated to detect gamma radiation over a narrow angle relative to a width of the emitted beam of gamma radiation.