Considerations for the Design of a Multi-Color High-Speed X-Ray Computed Tomography Diagnostic

This report describes the development and work progress of designing and building an improved radiographic computed tomographic technique that has the potential to provide material specificity of a three-dimensional spatial field, relatively quickly in time (on the order of 100 ns), with mm3 voxel r...

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Main Authors: Zellner, Michael B, Chaney, Gerard T, Benjamin, Chester A, Cantrell, Ronald, Borys, Robert W, Strickland, Robin D, Sturgill, Joshua M, Perrella, James A, Schafer, Gerald L, Yonce, Corey E
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCURACY
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
DATA ACQUISITION
ELECTRICAL GROUNDING
ENERGY OUTPUT
ENERGY SELECTIVE
FLUX(RATE)
FLUX-ENERGY CURVES
IMPULSE LOADING
MATERIAL SPECIFICITY
MEASUREMENT
Mechanics
Medicine and Medical Research
Nuclear Physics & Elementary Particle Physics
OUTPUT
PULSE POWER SOURCES
ROBUSTNESS
SHIELDING
STATIC DATA
THREE DIMENSIONAL
TIME
X RAYS
X-RAY FLUX
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Summary:This report describes the development and work progress of designing and building an improved radiographic computed tomographic technique that has the potential to provide material specificity of a three-dimensional spatial field, relatively quickly in time (on the order of 100 ns), with mm3 voxel resolution (a voxel is the three-dimensional equivalent of a pixel). This report details thoughts and work performed focusing on potential issues regarding: the robustness of a structural frame and components of the diagnostic; how to obtain accurate measurements of the x-ray flux verses energy output of the multiple x-ray sources, which is necessary to obtain material specificity; electrical grounding and shielding of the numerous pulse power sources; and collection of static data that can be used to prove the premise of material specificity in a nondynamic state. Conclusions are made suggesting possible paths forward for construction of a device that would have the potential to make measurements of dynamic events with high-impulse loadings. The original document contains color images. Prepared in collaboration with Bowhead Science & Technology, Alexandria, VA, and Dynamic Science Inc., Aberdeen, MD.