Scanning method and apparatus comprising a buoyancy material for scanning an underwater pipeline or a process vessel
US10845320B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 4, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2223/5055
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed herein are a scanning method and apparatus suitable for scanning a pipeline or process vessel in which a beam of gamma radiation from a source is emitted through the vessel to be detected by an array of detectors which are each collimated to detect radiation over a narrow angle relative to the width of the emitted radiation beam.
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