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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2016
Visuray Intech Ltd (Bvi), Road Town, Tortola, VG;
Andrii Sofiienko, Randaberg, NO;
David Ponce, Randaberg, NO;
Ådne Voll, Stavanger, NO;
Philip Teague, Houston, TX (US);
VISURAY INTECH LTD (BVI), Tortola, VG;
Abstract
A method of creating three-dimensional borehole data is provided, including illuminating a borehole using collimated beams of electromagnetic radiation; rotating the collimated beams in a sweep of at least 360 degrees; detecting backscattered electromagnetic radiation returned from surfaces of associated illumination planes using electromagnetic radiation sensors; converting detected radiation into a corresponding set of volume image data; analyzing the volume image data using computational visualization processing techniques; and creating a three-dimensional image representative of the volume data. Imaging methodologies include a complete, radial conic-shaped surface while the imaging system remains stationary; a plurality of scans performed while longitudinally moving the imaging system a distance d through the borehole between image capture operations; and a plurality of scans performed while longitudinally moving the imaging system a distance d, where d is a distance less than or equal to the collimated beam thickness, so that adjacent scans partially overlap.