Abstract:
A method, apparatus and computer program product for tagging reference materials of interest in spectroscopic searching applications is presented. A reference list of materials to be considered as part of a final analysis of a spectroscopic analysis of a sample material is generated. A watchlist of at least one material to be retained for a final analysis of the spectroscopic analysis of a sample material is provided. A final analysis of the sample material is preformed using the watchlist of at least one material and the reference list of materials. A determination is then made regarding whether a spectrum of the sample material matches at least one spectrum of materials on the watchlist and on the reference list.
Abstract:
Stimulated emissions due to nuclear quadropole resonance are detected utilizing a terminated balanced transmission line and a directional coupler for the detection of explosives, contraband, narcotics and the like that exist between the transmission lines, in which a swept frequency continuous wave generator is utilized to scan between 100 KHz and 10 MHz.
Abstract:
Nuclear quadrupole resonance substance detection at a distance is provided by crossed or overlapping high frequency beams in which the frequency of one of the beams is offset with respect to the frequency of the other beam by an amount equal to the resonant frequency of the non-linear material to be detected. The presence of energy at the offset frequency within the overlapping beams pumps any non-linear material within the overlapping beams to cause stimulated emission which is detected, in one embodiment, utilizing a network analyzer, along with correlation of the detected stimulated emission signature with a library of signatures for predetermined substances.
Abstract:
System and method for imaging and chemically identifying contraband are described. In one aspect, a method is provided for locating and identifying contraband on a subject. The method includes scanning the subject using a plurality of imaging sensors to collect radiometric data (302), collecting chemical data from chemical vapors and particles located on and/or near the subject using a trace-detection sensor (304), and fusing the collected radiometric data and the collected chemical data to generate at least one of a location of the contraband and a probability of a chemical composition of the contraband (306).
Abstract:
NMR spin echo signals are acquired downhole. Principal Component Analysis is used to represent the signals by a weighted combination of the principal components and these weights are telemetered to the surface. At the surface, the NMR spin echo signals are recovered and inverted to give formation properties.
Abstract:
A retractable containment wall (10) separates an imaging suite into two sections: a "hot" or contaminated section and a "cold" or non-contaminated section. The wall (10) includes a center portion (14) and retractable peripheral portions (16). Each retractable portion (16) is made up of several panels (26). Between panels (26), between a panel (26) and a room wall (18), and between a panel (26) and the center portion (14) are tongue and groove seals (28) that mate to form seals at seams in the wall (10) when the wall (10) is deployed. Guide pins (32) propagate along a guide track (34) to facilitate transition of the portions (16) between deployed and retracted orientations. The center portion (14) includes a tube (12) that extends into the imaging region of a diagnostic imaging device located in the non-contaminated portion of the imaging suite. The subject is inserted into the tube (12) in preparation for an imaging procedure.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to method of NQR testing, which comprises irradiating a sample, receiving a response signal and analysing the response signal by combining a plurality of resonance parameters, preferably as a function of a variable environmental parameter and a plurality of weighting parameters, wherein said weighting parameters preferably indicate proportions of components in said response signal. The invention extends to further methods of NQR testing and to an apparatus for testing a sample. The invention provides a data model which may take the existence of multiple polymorphs of the sample into account (e.g. monoclinic and orthorhombic TNT).
Abstract:
Narrowband quadrupole resonance (QR) probes were developed from thin-film high- temperature superconducting (HTS) resonators. The QR probes are useful in analyte-detection systems, in particular for the detection of nitrogen-containing compounds. Embodiments of the invention provide greater than an order of magnitude improvement in sensitivity and the ability to reject RF interference sources located outside the pass-band of a superconducting QR probe. Methods and apparatus are described for analyte detection and resonance frequency adjustment.
Abstract:
A system and method are provided to detect target analytes based on magnetic resonance measurements. Magnetic structures produce distinct magnetic field regions having a size comparable to the analyte. When the analyte is bound in those regions, magnetic resonance signals from the sample are changed, leading to detection of the analyte.
Abstract:
Изобретение относится к исследованию веществ с помощью электромагнитных полей и может быть использовано для обнаружения и идентификации различных веществ в стационарных и мобильных системах контроля. Положительный эффект достигается за счет того, что сначала измеряют и записывают в память информацию о характерных пространственно-частотных признаках вещества, подлежащего обнаружению и идентификации, а затем, используя указанную информацию, генерируют и прикладывают в область предполагаемого нахождения скрытого вещества локальную неадиабатическую флуктуацию электромагнитного поля, несущую указанную информацию и регистрируют отклик указанного поля путем измерения характеристик неоднородности в поляризации локальной флуктуации поля и низкочастотных биений, вызываемые взаимодействием веществ, находящихся в указанной области, с указанным полем, и на основании сравнения полученных характеристик с таковыми для искомого скрытого вещества делают вывод о его наличии среди указанных веществ.