Patent ID: 9488605
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. An x-ray computed tomography (CT)/x-ray fluorescence (XRF) system comprising: an x-ray CT subsystem for acquisition of volume information; a confocal XRF subsystem for acquisition of elemental composition information; and a controller in communication with the x-ray CT subsystem and the XRF confocal subsystem, wherein the controller manages the acquisition by the x-ray CT subsystem and the confocal XRF subsystem, enables the identification and selection of a feature of interest within the volume information acquired by the x-ray CT subsystem, generates a coordinate transfer function for translating the selected feature of interest from the volume information of the x-ray CT subsystem, and uses the generated coordinate transfer function to define a region of interest for subsequent acquisition of the elemental composition information the confocal XRF subsystem from the selected feature of interest.