A charged particle beam device according to the present invention changes a signal amount of emitted charged particles by irradiating the sample with light due to irradiation under a plurality of light irradiation conditions, and determines at least any one of a material of the sample or a shape of the sample according to the changed signal amount.

In embodiments, the present invention describes the use of three-dimensional (3D) stationary gantry X-ray computed tomography systems to scan animals/livestock for enabling improved management of animal farming processes, functions or events. The present invention also discloses the use of 3D stationary gantry X-ray computed tomography systems for carcass screening and improved abattoir production planning, execution, and automation. In various embodiments, use of the scanning technology supports high throughput, automated, meat-processing lines with reduced manual labor, objectively measured product quality and improved food safety standards. In embodiments, the present specification discloses the use of 3D X-ray inspection to generate an image of an entire carcass and sections of the carcass, during the stages of dissection, final product preparation, and packaging of the carcass.

An arrayed X-ray source and an X-ray imaging apparatus are described. An example X-ray source includes a housing and X-ray generators located in the housing. The X-ray generators are arranged in an array. The X-ray generators are provided separately from each other and configured to emit X-rays independently of each other.

An X-ray generation apparatus includes an X-ray generation unit, a storage container configured to store the X-ray generation unit, and an insulating component arranged between an inner surface of the storage container and at least a part of the X-ray generation unit. The insulating component includes a first insulating member and a second insulating member, the first insulating member includes a first portion having a first surface, and a second portion having a second surface, a step difference is formed by the first surface and the second surface, and the second portion has a thickness smaller than that of the first portion, an adhesive surface of the second insulating member and the second surface of the first insulating member are connected by an adhesive material, and a flatness of the second surface is better than a flatness of the first surface.

An apparatus for bulk ore sorting using gamma activation analysis is disclosed. The apparatus includes a conveyor system that includes one or more conveyor belts, surrounded by one or more radiation shields, to transport ore material along a transport path. A pulsed X-ray radiation source is configured to irradiate ore material at an irradiation region and one or more detectors are configured to detect a gamma radiation output from irradiated ore material at a detection region. The transport path has a bend, located between the irradiation region and the detection region, and about a vertical axis, of at least 45 degrees. The one or more detectors are configured to detect a radiation output from the irradiated ore material at times between X-ray pulses of the pulsed X-ray radiation source irradiating the ore material.

An X-ray generation device includes an electron gun emitting an electron beam, an X-ray generation target including a plurality of target parts generating X-rays in response to incidence of the electron beam from the electron gun, and an irradiation area switching unit switching an area of the X-ray generation target irradiated with the electron beam between a first irradiation area and a second irradiation area. The number of target parts included in the first irradiation area is larger than the number of target parts included in the second irradiation area. An area of the target parts included in the first irradiation area is larger than an area of the target parts included in the second irradiation area.

Disclosed example radiographic source exposure devices include: a radiographic source capsule having a radionuclide; a radiographic shield; a channel within the radiographic shield, the channel having a first end and a second end; and a replaceable tube configured to guide a radiographic source capsule between a stored position and an exposed position in which at least a portion of the radiographic source capsule is exposed to an exterior of the radiographic shield.

A portable neutron generating system for SNM inspection that includes charge storage device configured to store a high voltage electrical charge and a controller to selectively electrically connect the charge to a plasma generator. The plasma generator is configured to generate a plasma, which in turn generates neutrons, in response to the electrical charge being provided to the plasma generator. A high voltage switch is located between the charge storage device and the plasma generator and is configured to electrically discharge the high voltage charge on the charge storage device to the plasma generator. The plasma generator is removably attachable to the portable neutron generating system such that it may be easily removed from the portable neutron generating system when the gas inside the plasma generator is at end of life and a refreshed plasma generator easily connected to the portable neutron generating system.

An x-ray imaging system and method for reconstructing three-dimensional images of a region of interest from spatially and temporally overlapping x-rays using novel reconstruction techniques are provided. The x-ray imaging system may include a detector to generate a signal in response to x-rays incident upon the detector, wherein the signal indicates the intensity of the x-rays incident upon a pixel of the detector, a plurality of x-ray sources arranged to emit x-rays such that said x-rays pass through a region of interest (ROI) and spatially and temporally overlap at the pixel of the detector, and a processing unit to receive the signal indicating the intensity of x-rays incident upon the pixel of the detector and generate an estimate of the intensity attributable to each of the two or more x-rays overlapping at the pixel of the detector.

The disclosure provides a scanning imaging system for security inspection of an object and an imaging method thereof, the system comprising: a conveying unit configured for bringing the object to move along a conveying direction; a plurality of radiographic sources at one side of the conveying unit, being arranged successively in a direction vertical to a plane, in which the conveying unit is located, and configured for alternately emitting ray beams to form a scanning area; a linear detector array at the other side of the conveying unit, being configured for detecting first projection images, which are formed after the ray beams emitted by the plurality of radiographic sources penetrate through the object, in the process of the object passing through the scanning area; an imaging unit configured for obtaining a first reconstructed image of the object based on the first projection images of the plurality of radiographic sources.