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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2023
Filed:
May. 27, 2022
Viken Detection Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Peter J. Rothschild, Newton, MA (US);
Viken Detection Corporation, Burlington, MA (US);
Abstract
Elemental composition of a pipe is determined by a fluorescence x-ray detector device. An outer housing of the device is inserted into the pipe via a flexible insertion member. A radioactive x-ray source is encompassed by a shield within the housing. A shutter selectively opens to enable radiation from the x-ray source to exit the shield and illuminate an inner wall of the pipe. An x-ray detector within the housing detects fluorescence x-rays emitted from the pipe upon illumination by the x-ray source. A controller then determines the presence of one or more elemental materials contained within the pipe based on the fluorescence x-rays.