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WO/2009/106803A2 |
The invention provides a method, system and detector arrangement for scanning an object moving in a first direction comprising irradiating the object with radiation having a peak energy of at least 900 keV, providing a first detector reg...
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WO/2009/106815A2 |
A drive-through scanning system comprises a radiation generating means (10, 12) arranged to generate radiation at two different energy levels and direct it towards a scanning volume, detection means (16) arranged to detect the radiation ...
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WO/2009/106801A2 |
The invention provides a method and system for scanning an object comprising providing a first detector region having a thickness of at least 2 mm and a second detector region having a thickness of at least 5 mm wherein the second detect...
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WO/2009/106847A2 |
A mobile scanning system comprising a scanner including a radiation source and detection means mounted on a vehicle and arranged to scan an object, control means mounted on the vehicle and arranged to control the scanner, an operator sys...
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WO/2009/106857A2 |
A cargo scanning system comprises a plurality of scanners each arranged to scan a respective object and generate a set of scan data, processing means arranged to process each set of scan data to determine whether it meets a predetermined...
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WO/2009/082552A9 |
Measurements made by a wireline-conveyed pulsed neutron tool with two or more gamma ray detectors are used to provide a mineralogical and/or elemental image of the formation. This may be used in reservoir navigation and in furthering the...
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WO/2009/101572A2 |
The invention relates to an X-ray apparatus (100) and a method for the examination of a subject (1), comprising the irradiation of the subject (1) with X-rays and the detection of backscattered/reflected photons (X') as well as transmitt...
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WO/2009/082551A9 |
Measurements made by a natural gamma ray tool are used to provide an elemental composition of an earth formation. Additional measurements made with a pulsed neutron toot with two or more gamma ray detectors are used to provide a mineralo...
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WO/2009/088547A2 |
A method for measuring radiation in a borehole, the method including placing a detector comprising a scintillator and a plurality of photodetectors in the borehole; detecting a radiation interaction with a first photodetector; detecting ...
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WO/2009/088501A1 |
We disclose a modular battery-powered downhole logging tool, which may be a modular memory pulsed-neutron gamma ray spectroscopy tool. A battery module powers the tool. A memory controller module provides processing power and memory for ...
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WO/2009/088625A2 |
A method for automatically inspecting a container for a target material using a computed tomography (CT) scanning system includes performing an initial radiographic scan of the container. Based at least partially on projection data gener...
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WO/2009/088555A2 |
A sensor for measuring at least one of temperature and pressure in a borehole, the sensor including a mixing medium disposed in a housing adapted for insertion into the borehole, the mixing medium exposed to at least one of the temperatu...
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WO/2009/082655A1 |
System for drilling boreholes into subsurface formations. A gyrotron injects millimeter-wave radiation energy into the borehole and pressurization apparatus is provided for pressurizing the borehole whereby a thermal melt front at the en...
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WO/2009/082533A2 |
A method for determining a chemical composition of a material in a borehole, the method including placing an analysis apparatus into the borehole; placing a sample of the material onto a metal surface of the apparatus; illuminating the s...
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WO/2009/079058A2 |
An apparatus and a method for determining characteristics of earth formations traversed by a borehole that compensates the mudcake and standoff effects with fewer than usual detectors (16). The apparatus includes a radiation source (11) ...
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WO/2009/076256A2 |
Method and system for analyzing electrical pulses contained in a pulse train signal representative of the interaction of x-ray bursts with a nuclear detector configured for subsurface disposal. The pulse train signal is sampled to form a...
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WO/2009/073646A2 |
A well logging instrument includes a source of high energy neutrons (16) arranged to bombard a formation surrounding the instrument. A scintillator (32) sensitive to gamma radiation resulting from interaction of the high energy neutrons ...
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WO/2009/070049A1 |
The inventive well gamma logging method (variants) involves generating gamma-quanta and recording said gamma-quanta by means of a detector, wherein the different variants of a high voltage xenon detector is used as a detector.
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WO/2009/067394A2 |
An apparatus and method for inspecting personnel or their effects. A first and second carriage each carries a source for producing a beam of penetrating radiation incident on a subject. A positioner provides for synchronized relative mot...
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WO/2009/065213A1 |
Disclosed are a system and method configured for detecting cosmic ray muon (CRM) flux along a variety of trajectories through a subterranean test region, collecting the muon detection data, and processing the data to form a three-dimensi...
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WO/2009/058501A2 |
A method for a pulsed gamma - gamma density tool to simultaneously compensate for interactions due to the photoelectric effect and density variations caused by standoff enables a more precise determination of bulk formation density. This...
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WO/2009/046703A1 |
The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting and safely neutralizing hazardous goods to be selected from a quantity of non-hazardous goods, having the following characteristics: a) the consecutively delivered quantity of ...
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WO/2009/048781A1 |
A method is disclosed for the non-destructive determination of the pore size distribution and the distribution of fluid flow velocities using NMR spin echo signal measurements. In one embodiment, the invention involves simultaneously inj...
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WO/2009/045616A2 |
Systems and methods for classifying targets within a container are provided. In one aspect, a method for resolving alarms raised by an imaging system that includes a component for detecting contraband in a container is provided. The meth...
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WO/2009/045621A1 |
Systems and methods for classifying targets (220) within a container (202) are provided. In one aspect, a method for resolving an alarm raised by an imaging system (200) is provided, the imaging system alarm triggered by an alarm target ...
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WO/2009/045592A1 |
A low value of Th/U ratio as determined from natural gamma radiation is indicative of deepwater sedimentation. This, together with estimates of total organic carbon from pulsed neutron measurements, is used to characterize source rocks. ...
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WO/2009/045670A1 |
Methods for detecting a liquid under a surface and characterizing Ice are provided The liquid may be a liquid hydrocarbon such as crude oil or fuel oil or mineral oil The surface may be ice, snow, or water, and the method may be practice...
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WO/2009/040424A1 |
The present invention is related to an apparatus (10) for transporting a charged particle beam. The apparatus comprises: means (12) for scanning the charged particle beam on a target (3), a dipole magnet (15) arranged upstream of the mea...
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WO/2009/039884A1 |
The present invention is related to an apparatus (10) for transporting a charged particle beam. The apparatus comprises: means (12) for scanning the charged particle beam on 'a target (3), a dipole magnet (15) arranged upstream of the me...
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WO/2009/032503A2 |
A nuclear tool includes a tool housing; a neutron generator disposed in the tool housing; and a solid-state neutron monitor disposed proximate the neutron generator for monitoring the output of the neutron generator. A method for constru...
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WO/2009/030923A1 |
A method of controlling an inspection system (100) which generates radiation from a source (102) and allows the radiation to be detected by a detector (122) during an exposure period (C) of a control waveform used to drive the detector (...
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WO/2009/032981A1 |
A method is disclosed for changing an optical path length through a fluid downhole, comprising interspersing an optically transmissive member into a first optical path through the fluid, thereby creating a second shorter optical path thr...
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WO/2009/027667A2 |
A scanning system comprises a radiation source arranged to direct radiation towards an object, a detection means arranged to detect the radiation, and control means arranged to control the source so that it produces pulses of radiation, ...
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WO/2009/024817A1 |
A method of and apparatus for obtaining radiation interactiondata and especially an image of an object which involves providing a radiation source such as an x-ray or gamma-ray source and a radiation detector system such as an x-ray or g...
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WO/2009/024818A1 |
A method and apparatus for obtaining radiation data useful for the identification and detection of composition of a liquid are described. These are based on providing a radiation source and a radiation detector system spaced therefrom to...
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WO/2009/025935A1 |
Methods and systems for scanning a container for contraband are provided. In one aspect, a method includes scanning the container using computed tomography (CT) to identify a location of an item of interest, determining a nuclear resonan...
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WO/2009/026065A2 |
A nuclear tool includes a tool housing; a d-D neutron generator disposed in the tool housing; a d-T neutron generator disposed in the tool housing; and, optionally, a control circuit for controlling pulsing of the d-D neutron generator a...
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WO/2009/026061A2 |
A method for determining at least one formation property calculated from neutron measurements acquired with a downhole tool includes emitting neutrons from a source in the tool into the formation, detecting neutrons with at least one det...
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WO/2009/023437A2 |
A shield for a well logging instrument includes an outer layer including a reinforcing fiber disposed in a matrix and an inner layer including a thermal neutron absorbing material disposed in a matrix. The thermal neutron absorbing mater...
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WO/2009/023009A1 |
In some embodiments, apparatus and systems, as well as methods, may operate to irradiate a portion of a geological formation (94) with neutrons in a neutron burst generated by a switchable electronic source (84), to measure (with one or ...
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WO/2009/023552A2 |
The invention relates to a method for detecting the presence of hydrocarbons near an unmanned offshore oil platform. The method steps include monitoring reflected atmospheric and thermal radiation, detecting the presence of hydrocarbons,...
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WO/2009/020996A2 |
A well logging instrument (40) includes a radiation generator (44) and a high voltage power supply (52) functionally coupled to the generator. The generator and the supply are longitudinally separated by a distance sufficient for emplace...
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WO/2009/017931A2 |
A method and system of inspecting baggage to be transported from a location of origin to a destination is provided that includes generating scan data representative of a piece of baggage while the baggage is at the location of origin, an...
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WO/2008/127495A9 |
A dosimeter is disclosed for use in container including outer walls defining an interior volume, the dosimeter including: a radon detection element adapted to detect a radon level for the interior volume; a neutron detection element adap...
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WO/2009/005932A2 |
An integrated, multi-sensor, Level 1 screening device is described, which system provides a next-generation Explosives Detection System (EDS) that enables high throughput, while drastically reducing false alarms. In exemplary embodiments...
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WO/2009/006332A2 |
A logging-while-drilling density sensor includes a gamma ray source and at least two NaI detectors spaced apart from the source for determining measurements indicative of the formation density. An analytic function based on a heuristic m...
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WO/2009/002927A2 |
Methods for density logging utilizes gamma-rays above a pair-production threshold so as to determine lithology information of formations whereby to correct a measured density data.
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WO/2008/154635A1 |
Elemental analysis of an earth formation is obtained using measurements from a gamma ray logging tool. From the elemental analysis, an estimate of the carbon content and the sulfur, vanadium, nickel, titanium and/or molybdenum content of...
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WO/2008/150312A2 |
Dual modality detection devices and methods are provided for detecting nuclear material, the devices include a neutron detector including multiple neutron detection modules (104); and a gamma detector (108 ) including multiple gamma dete...
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WO/2008/142446A2 |
A method and apparatus for obtaining radiation transmission data comprising information about the composition of an object are described. The principle involves providing a radiation source such as an x-ray or gamma-ray source and a radi...
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