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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Hirashima, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Yasui, Tokyo, JP;
Mayumi Naito, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/05 (2006.01); G01M 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 3/20 (2013.01); G01N 23/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A defect inspection method according to an embodiment has: exposing a target object to a tracer having higher absorptance for a neutron ray than the target object; radiating the neutron ray to the target object exposed to the tracer; generating at least one neutron image based on the neutron ray having penetrated the target object exposed to the tracer; and detecting a defect of the target object based on the generated at least one neutron image.