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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter A Stewart, Bristol, GB;
Michael R Hawkesworth, Birmingham, GB;
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce plc, , GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250308 ; 2503581 ; 2504731 ;
Abstract
To produce an image of a component of part of an engineering structure such as an aero-engine using a positron emission tomography (PET) technique it is proposed to provide the component or part of the structure of interest with a surface coating containing a radioisotope labelling material. The radioisotope label may be provided by applying a film of lacquer, paint or the like containing the isotope, or the component etc. may be bombarded by suitably energetic ions in order to induce a reaction in which a selected isotope is produced.