A method and system for determining concentricity of a multiple layer golf ball are disclosed herein. One or more images of a golf ball are generated using an X-ray source, a camera or a digital detector, and an image intensifier. An edge detection algorithm is preferably utilized. The method also includes calculating Y,Z center coordinates of the a best fit diameter or ellipse of the inner edge layer and outer edge layer of the multiple layer golf ball.

A method and system for determining concentricity of a multiple layer golf ball are disclosed herein. One or more images of a golf ball are generated using an X-ray source, a camera or a digital detector, and an image intensifier. An edge detection algorithm is preferably utilized. The method also includes calculating Y,Z center coordinates of the a best fit diameter or ellipse of the inner edge layer and outer edge layer of the multiple layer golf ball.

In some embodiments, the present specification describes methods for displaying a three-dimensional image of an isolated threat object or region of interest with a single touch or click and providing spatial and contextual information relative to the object, while also executing a view dependent virtual cut-away or rendering occluding portions of the reconstructed image data as transparent. In some embodiments, the method includes allowing operators to associate audio comments with a scan image of an object. In some embodiments, the method also includes highlighting a plurality of voxels, which are indicative of at least one potential threat item, in a mask having a plurality of variable color intensities, where the intensities may be varied based on the potential threat items.

In some embodiments, the present specification describes methods for displaying a three-dimensional image of an isolated threat object or region of interest with a single touch or click and providing spatial and contextual information relative to the object, while also executing a view dependent virtual cut-away or rendering occluding portions of the reconstructed image data as transparent. In some embodiments, the method includes allowing operators to associate audio comments with a scan image of an object. In some embodiments, the method also includes highlighting a plurality of voxels, which are indicative of at least one potential threat item, in a mask having a plurality of variable color intensities, where the intensities may be varied based on the potential threat items.

For volumetric analysis of the elemental composition of a measured sample (3) the method of three-dimensional scanning is executing using fluorescence induced by electromagnetic radiation, in which the primary beam (1) of electromagnetic radiation is flattened and is directed at the measured sample (3) in which it irradiates the measured area (6). From the measured area (6) there exits fluorescence radiation, which is almost completely shielded by the shielding means (7) to a secondary beam (9), which is released towards the shielded detector (4) through the permeable area (8) formed in the shielding means (7). The secondary beam (9) projects the image of the measured area (6) onto the shielded detector (4), which records the data of the measured area (6) and subsequently uses the data to obtain an elemental composition of the measured sample (3), including the distribution of concentration of elements in the sample volume.

The invention discloses a scanning method and apparatus suitable for scanning a pipeline or process vessel in which a beam of gamma radiation from a source is emitted through the vessel to be detected by an array of detectors which are each collimated to detect radiation over a narrow angle relative to the width of the emitted radiation beam.

A method for identifying a foil position in a power storage device includes: analyzing the power storage device by X-ray CT analysis to obtain an X-ray absorbed amount at each position; acquiring an on-path X-ray absorbed amount at each on-path position on a specific imaginary line passing through an electrode sheet; and identifying a foil position of an electrode foil through which the specific imaginary line passes, based on the on-path X-ray absorbed amount. The foil position identifying includes fitting to determine an approximate curve that changes to fit a change in the on-path X-ray absorbed amount in a fitting region and generates a single peak in the fitting region, and estimating a foil position of a single electrode foil from the on-path position corresponding to the single peak of the determined approximate curve.

A method for identifying a foil position in a power storage device includes: analyzing the power storage device by X-ray CT analysis to obtain an X-ray absorbed amount at each position; acquiring an on-path X-ray absorbed amount at each on-path position on a specific imaginary line passing through an electrode sheet; and identifying a foil position of an electrode foil through which the specific imaginary line passes, based on the on-path X-ray absorbed amount. The foil position identifying includes fitting to determine an approximate curve that changes to fit a change in the on-path X-ray absorbed amount in a fitting region and generates a single peak in the fitting region, and estimating a foil position of a single electrode foil from the on-path position corresponding to the single peak of the determined approximate curve.

A target inspection system includes a portable x-ray scanner configured to output a scanning beam of x-rays, a transmission detector module to detect x-rays of the scanning beam of x-rays that are transmitted through a target when the target is interposed between the portable x-ray scanner and the transmission detector module, and a coupling arm configured to couple the portable x-ray scanner to the transmission detector module mechanically to form a target inspection assembly, via a mechanical coupling between the coupling arm and the portable x-ray scanner at a proximal end of the coupling arm, and via a mechanical coupling between the coupling arm and the transmission detector module at a distal end of the coupling arm. The transmission detector module and the portable x-ray scanner are mechanically coupled together via the coupling arm, defining an opening to receive the target to be interposed therebetween for an x-ray scanning operation.

A target inspection system includes a portable x-ray scanner configured to output a scanning beam of x-rays, a transmission detector module to detect x-rays of the scanning beam of x-rays that are transmitted through a target when the target is interposed between the portable x-ray scanner and the transmission detector module, and a coupling arm configured to couple the portable x-ray scanner to the transmission detector module mechanically to form a target inspection assembly, via a mechanical coupling between the coupling arm and the portable x-ray scanner at a proximal end of the coupling arm, and via a mechanical coupling between the coupling arm and the transmission detector module at a distal end of the coupling arm. The transmission detector module and the portable x-ray scanner are mechanically coupled together via the coupling arm, defining an opening to receive the target to be interposed therebetween for an x-ray scanning operation.