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Three-Dimensional Backscatter X-Ray Imaging System

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX11CC68C
Agency Tracking Number: 090052
Amount: $599,383.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: T7.01
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2011
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2011-07-05
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2013-07-04
Small Business Information
744 S 400 East
Orem, UT 84097-
United States
DUNS: 169065526
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Clark Turner
 Principal Investigator
 (801) 226-5522
 cturner@aribex.com
Business Contact
 Cindy Dayton
Title: Administrative Manager
Phone: (801) 226-5522
Email: cdayton@aribex.com
Research Institution
 SCI Institute of the University of Utah
 Todd Nilsen
 
72 Central Campus Drive, 3750 WEB
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9200
United States

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 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

The NASA application requires a system that can generate 3D images of non-metallic material when access is limited to one side of the material. The objective of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of developing and build a new, practical, potentially portable, battery operated, self-contained Compton x-ray backscatter 3D imaging system by using a specially designed automated rotationally movable x-ray source, a 2D x-ray detector with a highly collimator system and the development of a suitable 3D processing computer model. In the proposed x-ray imaging system, the primary technical advance will be to extend methods that normally supply a 2D projected image through a sheet of material, to a 3D image with more complicated features at different depths, such as voids, cracks, corrosion or delaminations. The portability of the proposed imaging system will allow bringing it to the object to be imaged. Phase 2 will be conducted with a focus on technology transition and an understanding of what it will take to demonstrate and qualify the proposed method in a prototype for use in an actual imaging system and a realistic environment. Also in Phase II, time reduction in setup, data image acquisition, and 3D-image reconstruction analysis will be realized by remote automated control of the operation and movement of a brighter x-ray source and a state-of-the-art digital flat panel detector in conjunction with a highly collimator system.

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