Patent ID: 9285329
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G01N,G01T,G21K

Claim Text:
1. A method of analyzing a sample of material by diffractometry, the method comprising: providing a diffractometer that comprises: a detector material having a detection plane a proximate to the sample of material, spectrometry measurement means, adapted to measure an energy released by each photon interaction with the detector material and to establish at least one energy spectrum S(E); and irradiating the sample with the incident beam; establishing a plurality of energy spectra; and combining the energy spectra, wherein the detector comprises a pixelated detector including means for locating an interaction of a photon with the detector material, and the method further comprises: defining a partition of the detector in virtual pixels, and associating one of the virtual pixels with each photon interaction; establishing a measured energy spectrum Si(E) for each virtual pixel (Pi) of the detector; and combining energy spectra measured for different virtual pixels (Pi) of the detector.