Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Nanofabricated structures for sub-beam resolution and spectral enhancement in tomographic imaging
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Application No.: US17076303Application Date: 2020-10-21
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Publication No.: US11340179B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Eugene M. Lavely , Amrita V. Masurkar , Thomas J. Stark
- Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NH Nashua
- Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NH Nashua
- Agency: Finch & Maloney PLLC
- Agent Scott J. Asmus
- Main IPC: G01N23/00
- IPC: G01N23/00 ; G01N23/2251

Abstract:
Techniques are provided for tomographic imaging with sub-beam resolution and spectral enhancement. A system implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes a target structure comprising one or more selected materials nanopatterned on a first surface of the target structure in a selected arrangement. The system also includes a primary particle beam source to provide a particle beam incident on an area of the first surface of the target structure, the area encompassing one or more of the nanopatterned materials, such that the materials generate characteristic X-rays in response to the primary beam. The system further includes a spectral energy detector (SED) to perform individual photon counting and spectral analysis of the characteristic X-rays and estimate attenuation properties of the imaged sample. The sample is positioned both adjacent to a second surface of the target structure, opposite the first surface, and between the target structure and the SED.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210116400A1 NANOFABRICATED STRUCTURES FOR SUB-BEAM RESOLUTION AND SPECTRAL ENHANCEMENT IN TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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