Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a method of denoising one or more inspection images comprising a plurality of pixels, comprising: receiving an inspection image generated by an inspection system configured to inspect one or more containers, the inspection image being corrupted by a Poisson-Gaussian noise and a variance of the noise being non-constant in the plurality of pixels, and denoising the received inspection image by applying, to the inspection image, a variance-stabilizing transformation for transforming the variance of the noise into a constant variance in the plurality of pixels, wherein the variance-stabilizing transformation is based on a descriptor associated with the angular divergence of the inspection radiation and the Poisson-Gaussian noise.

Abstract: The invention relates to equipment (1) for the radiography of a load (11) moving relative thereto, the radiography equipment comprising a source (2) for emitting pulses (16) of divergent X-rays, a collimator (4) for the source for delimiting an incident x-ray beam (22), and sensors (8) for receiving X-rays, which are aligned with the incident beam so as to collect the X-rays after the latter have passed through the load and generate raw image signals. The equipment includes a reference block (6) comprising intermediate x-ray sensors (28) which are to be located within the incident beam, between the source and the load, so as to be irradiated by at least two separate angular sectors of the incident beam, and which are to output separate reference signals corresponding to each angular sector to be used in the conversion of raw image signals into a portion of a radiographic image. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

Abstract: In one aspect, there is provided a method of denoising one or more inspection images comprising a plurality of pixels, comprising: receiving an inspection image generated by an inspection system configured to inspect one or more containers, the inspection image being corrupted by a Poisson-Gaussian noise and a variance of the noise being non-constant in the plurality of pixels, and denoising the received inspection image by applying, to the inspection image, a variance-stabilizing transformation for transforming the variance of the noise into a constant variance in the plurality of pixels, wherein the variance-stabilizing transformation is based on a descriptor associated with the angular divergence of the inspection radiation and the Poisson-Gaussian noise.

Abstract: The invention relates to equipment (1) for the radiography of a load (11) moving relative thereto, the radiography equipment comprising a source (2) for emitting pulses (16) of divergent X-rays, a collimator (4) for the source for delimiting an incident x-ray beam (22), and sensors (8) for receiving X-rays, which are aligned with the incident beam so as to collect the X-rays after the latter have passed through the load and generate raw image signals. The equipment includes a reference block (6) comprising the intermediate x-ray sensors (28) which are to be located within the incident beam, between the source and the load, so as to be irradiated by at least two separate angular sectors of the incident beam, and which are to output separate reference signals corresponding to each angular sector to be used in the conversion of the raw image signals into a portion of a radiographic image. The invention also relates to a corresponding method.

Abstract: A radiographic imaging method for three-dimensional reconstruction in which the three-dimensional shape of a model representing an object is calculated from a geometrical model of the object that is known a priori, and obtained from a confinement volume of the object estimated from a geometrical pattern visible in two images and from knowledge of the positions of the sources. A geometrical model is used that comprises information making it possible using an estimator for the object to establish a geometrical characteristic for the model representing the object.

Abstract: Bidimensional detector of ionizing radiation and manufacturing process for the detector. The detector includes a block created from a material which releases secondary particles by interaction with incident ionizing radiation with an energy level greater than or equal to 100 keV. The thickness of the block is at least equal to one-tenth of the mean free path traveled by the incident ionizing radiation particles in the material. Parallel slits run through the block and the slits are filled with a fluid configured to interact with the secondary particles to produce other particles representing the radiation. The block, and then the slits, are formed, for example, by waterjet cutting, electrical discharge machining, or roll-out stretch wire. The bidimensional detector can be used, for example, for radiographic purposes.

Abstract: Two-dimensional detector of ionizing radiation and process for manufacturing this detector This detector comprises sheets (4) emitting particles by interaction with ionizing radiation, semiconducting layers (6) that alternate with the sheets and can be ionized by the particles, and groups of conducting tracks (22) in contact with the layers. Means (26) of creating an electric field are used to collect charge carriers generated in the layers due to interaction with particles, through the tracks. For example, the layer and the corresponding tracks are formed on each sheet and the sheets are then assembled together. For example, the invention is applicable to radiography and can achieve good X-ray detection efficiency and high spatial resolution at the same time.

Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a detector for two-dimensional analysis of a flux of photons or neutral particles. The detector comprises a solid plane converter (5) constituted by a two-dimensional matrix of cells (such as 9c), an array of charge-multiplying wires (6) using stimulated ionization of a gas, and a cathode grid (7). The cells both convert the photons or neutral particles and collect the charge, and the ionization is preferably stimulated until self-regulating streams of electrons appear (streamer mode).The invention has application to imaging devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a neutral particle detector for providing one-dimensional analysis of a flux (14) of neutral particles which reach it in a sheet. The detector comprises a solid plane converter (17) disposed at a grazing incidence, a grid of charge amplifying wires (18) making use of stimulated ionization of a gas, and charge collecting tracks (19). The tracks are disposed in the immediate proximity of the converter and are subjected to the same electrical potential as the converter. The invention is applicable to imaging.

Abstract: A device for detecting and localizing neutral particles such as X photons, gamma photons or neutrons is essentially constituted by a solid converter (2) disposed at a glancing incidence relative to the radication to be detected, together with networks of wires such as (3') disposed in the proximity of the converter. The device is applicable to industrial imaging.