Patent ID: 9440289
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B22F,G01N,G01V

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: an X-ray source for illuminating a target, the X-ray source comprising a plurality of transmitters each producing a different photon energy or mean photon energy, wherein photon energies from the X-ray source are between 1 keV (kilo-electron Volts) and 100 keV; a detector to detect one or more of photons, emitted from the target as a result of the target illumination by the X-ray source, wherein the photons are emitted from the material due to Compton scattering and/or coherent (Thomson) scattering; and a signal processor coupled to the detector to analyze the detected scattered photons and to perform range gating on the analyzed scattered photons for determining a three dimensional chemical compositional profile of the target.