Data collection, processing and storage systems for X-ray tomographic images

EJ Morton - US Patent 10,295,483, 2019 - Google Patents
An X-ray imaging inspection system for inspecting items comprises an X-ray source 10
extending around an imaging volume 16, and defining a plurality of source points 14 from …

Development of a high speed X-ray tomography system for multiphase flow imaging

EJ Morton, RD Luggar, RJ Key, A Kundu… - 1998 IEEE Nuclear …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a new system for quantitative measurement of multiphase flow. It is
based on the use of high speed (50 frames per second) X-ray tomographic imaging. This …

Optimization of X-ray target parameters for a high-brightness microfocus X-ray tube

A Ihsan, SH Heo, SO Cho - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2007 - Elsevier
Parameters of a transmission-type X-ray target have been optimized for a microfocus X-ray
tube with an emphasis on maximizing the intensity of X-rays generated from the target while …

X-ray scanners

EJ Morton - US Patent 9,618,648, 2017 - Google Patents
The present application discloses an X-ray scanner having an X-ray source arranged to emit
X-rays from source points through an imaging volume. The scanner may further include an …

X-ray tomographic inspection systems for the identification of specific target items

EJ Morton - US Patent 10,591,424, 2020 - Google Patents
The present specification discloses an X-ray scanning sys tem with a non-rotating X-ray
scanner that generates scan ning data defining a tomographic X-ray image of the object and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the output of measured and GEANT4 simulated X-ray tubes

M Kirkpatrick, S Hood, S Guatelli… - Radiation Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Monte Carlo simulation codes that model particle interactions with matter, including
GEANT4, can be used to support the development of novel X-ray tubes and instruments for …

Performance of different theories for the angular distribution of bremsstrahlung produced by keV electrons incident upon a target

A Omar, P Andreo, G Poludniowski - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Different theories of the intrinsic bremsstrahlung angular distribution (ie, the shape function)
have been evaluated using Monte Carlo calculations for various target materials and …

Design considerations for transmission X-ray tubes operated at diagnostic energies

LMN Távora, EJ Morton, WB Gilboy - Journal of Physics D …, 2000 - iopscience.iop.org
A low-energy expansion of the EGS4 Monte Carlo code system was used in studies that
aimed to understand photon production in transmission target x-ray tubes. In each case, foil …

X-ray scanners having source points with less than a predefined variation in brightness

EJ Morton - US Patent 10,175,381, 2019 - Google Patents
The present application discloses an X-ray scanner having an X-ray source arranged to emit
X-rays from source points through an imaging volume. The scanner may further include an …

Simulation of X-ray tubes for imaging applications

LMN Tavora, EJ Morton, FP Santos… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work describes the simulation of X-ray tubes used in imaging applications. The cross
section for the electron impact ionisation of the K-shell for selected materials, and given by …