Downhole imaging tool utilizing x-ray generator
US7634059B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 15, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V5/125
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An X-ray downhole imaging tool is provided and includes an X-ray tube capable of operating at least at 50 KeV and emitting at least one hundred micro-amperes of continuous electron current and a radiation detector axially displaced from the X-ray tube, at least partially shielded therefrom and radially directed. In certain embodiments, the radiation detector includes a microchannel plate and a resistive anode. In certain embodiments, a second detector which is axially directed is also provided.
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