Patent ID: 7209539

Claim:
Process for non-destructive on-site testing of a large mechanical industrial structure, wherein a first image acquisition step comprises: placing an X-ray emitting source on one side of the large industrial structure; emitting an X-ray beam from the X-ray emitting source; detecting the beam on the other side of the industrial structure using a digital camera detecting X-rays, so as to obtain an image of the industrial structure through which the X-rays pass, the digital camera including a scintillator, a CCD diode matrix, and an optics provided between the scintillator and the CCD diode matrix, the optics directing a light beam output from the scintillator onto the CCD diode matrix; analyzing, in real time, the obtained image of the industrial structure output from the digital camera in order to determine whether or not the obtained image is usable; and if it is determined that the obtained image is unusable, automatically and directly modifying the setting of the X-ray emitting source and carrying out, in real time, a new image acquisition step for the industrial structure by repeating said emitting, said detecting, and said analyzing.