WO2007134513A1 - Dispositif de modulation de spectre d'énergie, procédé et dispositif d'identification de matériaux et procédé de traitement d'image - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a radiation fluoroscopy imaging inspection of a large object, in particular to an energy spectrum modulating device, a material identification method and device, and an image processing method, which can utilize different energy radiation to identify substances in large and medium-sized objects such as shipping and aviation containers. material. technical background
- the existing cargo inspection system using radiation imaging generally allows a single-energy ray to interact with an object to be inspected to detect an image that penetrates the object to be inspected to obtain an image.
- This system is capable of reflecting changes in the shape and mass thickness of the object being inspected, but does not identify the material.
- the present invention has been accomplished in view of the problems in the prior art.
- the object of the present invention is to generate X-rays with significant differences in the main energy levels of the two energy spectra in the high energy section (>1 MeV), and to detect the penetrating radiation after the two beams are in the same position as the substance, and determine according to the two detection values.
- the effective atomic number range of the substance which in turn enables non-invasive inspection of the item.
- an energy spectrum modulation apparatus comprising: a first energy spectrum modulation component for performing energy spectrum modulation on a first ray having a first energy spectrum; and a second energy spectrum modulation component, Coupled with the first energy spectrum modulation component for spectrally modulating a second ray having a second energy spectrum different from the first energy spectrum.
- At least one of the first energy spectrum modulation component and the second energy spectrum modulation component is coupled to a rotating shaft.
- the first energy spectrum modulation component comprises at least one first blade
- the second energy spectrum modulation component comprises at least one second blade
- the first vane is composed of a high Z material.
- the first blade is composed of at least one of Pb, W, U and Cu.
- the second vane is composed of a low z material.
- the second vane is composed of at least one of 8, C, polyethylene and other hydrogen-rich organic materials.
- the first vane and the second vane are staggered and rotatable about the rotating shaft.
- the mass thickness of the first blade is less than or equal to the mass thickness of the second blade in the ray direction.
- the gain of the concentrating device is variable.
- the material thickness information is determined based on the degree of attenuation of the radiation by the object to be inspected.
- the weighting factor of the image for the first detection value is smaller than the weighting factor of the image for the second detection value.
- the X-rays of two different energy spectra are alternately generated by the apparatus of the present invention, and the energy spectrum is dominated by X-rays having significant energy differences. This facilitates the identification of thicker objects to be inspected.
- the generated high- and low-energy X-rays are modulated by different absorption materials to obtain a more optimized low-energy ray energy spectrum, and the equivalent energy difference between the two X-rays is further opened, thereby improving the recognition of the material material. The correct rate, especially for the detection of smaller mass thickness materials.
- variable gain detector adjusts the amplification gain for different single pulse doses and ray energies of high and low energy rays to obtain a larger dynamic range, which can further improve the detection effect of the same detector on different energy rays. Detection effect and detection accuracy.
- Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view of the energy spectrum modulating device in the material identification system shown in Figure 1;
- Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the energy spectrum produced by the accelerator and a schematic diagram of the dual energy spectrum obtained after modulation.
- Figure 4 shows the relationship between radiant energy and material properties and material mass thickness over the entire energy interval;
- Figure 5 is a flow chart for detecting and identifying materials using two beams of different energies; and Figure 6 is a flow chart of a method for adjusting images using different mass thickness information. detailed description
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the configuration of a material identification system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- a material identification system includes a radio frequency linear accelerator 1, an energy spectrum modulation device 2, a synchronization control portion 4 connected to the radio frequency linear accelerator 1 and the energy spectrum modulation device 2 via a line 3, and a first The collimator 6A, the second collimator 6B, the third collimator 6C, the control portion 9 connected to the spectrum modulation device 2 via the line 10, the detector 8 connected to the control portion 9 via the line 11, and the line 12 A material identification and image processing portion 13 connected to the detector 8.
- X-rays of two different energies are alternately generated by the radio frequency linear accelerator 1, which respectively act on the same object 7 to be inspected, and the X-rays penetrating the object 7 to be inspected are detected by the detector 8, and then passed.
- the computer 13 analyzes the detection result of the detector 8 to obtain a radiation image of the object to be inspected and realizes the distinction between the material properties of the object to be inspected.
- the suitable spectrum modulation materials are also different.
- a certain energy threshold such as ⁇ 3MeV
- a low Z material should be selected as the energy spectrum modulation material of the X-ray, such as 8 , C, polyethylene and other hydrogen-rich organic materials.
- high Z material should be selected as the energy spectrum modulation material of the X-ray, such as Pb, W. , U, etc.; also can choose medium Z material such as Cu.
- Figure 2 is a plan view of the energy spectrum modulating device 2 in the material identification system shown in Figure 1.
- the spectral modulation device 2 includes a rotating shaft 201 coupled to a servo motor, a first energy spectrum modulation component 202 disposed on the rotating shaft 201, and a second energy spectrum modulating component coupled to the first energy spectrum modulating component 202. 203 and a position detector (not shown). ,
- the second spectrum modulation component 203 is a composite material of a low Z material, such as polyethylene plus lead, and is formed into one or more blades for energy spectrum modulation of high energy rays. As shown in Fig. 2, the thickness of the blade of the second energy spectrum modulating member 203 along the ray emission direction is larger than the mass thickness of the blade of the first energy modulating member 202.
- the blade rotates around the axis according to the set frequency.
- a trigger signal is generated as a synchronization signal, which is respectively transmitted to the synchronous control through the line 3 and the line 10.
- the portion 4 and the control portion 9, and then the synchronization between the radio frequency linear accelerator 1 and the detector 8 and the energy spectrum modulation device 2 are controlled by the synchronization control portion 4 and the control portion 9, respectively.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the energy spectrum generated by the accelerator and a schematic diagram of the dual energy spectrum obtained after modulation.
- the energy spectrum before modulation is a normalized energy spectrum curve 301a and 301b produced by a dual-energy accelerator with a high energy of 9 MeV and a low energy of 6 MeV ; as shown in Fig. 3 (B) It is shown that the energy spectrum after energy spectrum modulation is the energy spectrum curves 302a and 302b, respectively. As can be seen from the figure, the difference between the two energy spectra is further pulled.
- the detector 8 can change its gain multiple according to the external trigger signal, thereby changing the dynamic range of the detector 8, so as to more accurately obtain the signal values of the two energy rays and the substance, so as to accurately distinguish the two kinds of energy.
- the difference between the ray and the substance For example, in the case of rays having different energies, the detectors 8 have different gain multiples.
- the output data signal of the detector 8 is transmitted to the material identification and image processing section 13 via the line 12.
- the detector 8 detects the high energy detection value HEL and the low energy detection value LEL.
- the effective atomic number range of the material in the object to be inspected is determined, thereby determining the material properties of the substance.
- the fitting function Classification curve obtained by the fitting function Classification curve.
- the variance value is calculated for the fitting function value, and then the fitting curve is moved by the corresponding variance value according to the required optimal classification criterion.
- step S130 the modulated X-ray passes through the first and second collimators 6A and 6B, illuminates the object 7 to be inspected, and interacts with the object 7 to be inspected.
- the detector 8 detects the high and low energy imaging signals to the material identification and image processing portion 13. In the material identification and image processing section 13, it is judged whether the transmitted signal is a high energy imaging signal or a low energy imaging signal.
- step S190 in order to obtain a clear image of the object to be inspected, a plurality of images obtained by scanning the object to be inspected by X-rays having different energies may be subjected to fusion processing to obtain a scanned image of better quality.
- the material properties of the object to be inspected are determined, for example, whether the mass thickness of the object 7 to be inspected is thick or thin.
- the approximate range of the mass thickness of the substance is judged, that is, when the attenuation is severe, for example, less than a predetermined threshold, it is considered to be a mass thickness material, and when the attenuation is small, for example, greater than a predetermined threshold, it is considered to be low. Quality thickness material.
- step S193 for a material having a small mass thickness, a smaller weighting factor is given to the energy data, such as 30%; and a higher weighting factor, such as 70%, is assigned to the low energy data.
- step S194 for a material having a large mass thickness, a high weighting factor is given to the high energy data, such as 70%; and a low weighting factor is given to the low energy data, such as 30%.
- step S195 the high-energy image and the low-energy image are synthesized in accordance with the weighting factor given above, thereby obtaining a final sharp image.
- the present invention proposes to compare the X-rays of different energies with the substance to obtain a detection value and a corresponding predetermined threshold value, and assign different weight factors to the high-energy and low-energy data respectively, thereby finally obtaining the final weight. Grayscale information of the image.
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