Oceaneering International, Inc.
Subsea computed tomography system with flat panel detectors
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Abstract:
A Computed Tomography (CT) system can be deployed by subsea vehicles such as remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) or by divers to perform CT inspections on a subsea structure. In embodiments, a marinized signal source and a marinized flat panel signal detector are positioned at a structure to be inspected subsea and possibly repositioned at different angles about the structure to acquire a series of 2D radiographic images which are then fed to a reconstruction algorithm that produces a 3D reconstructed volume of the structure being inspected.
Status:
Grant
Type:
Utility
Filling date:
9 May 2019
Issue date:
27 Apr 2021