Radiological Methods

W. C. Röntgen

The division's major tasks comprise the development, application and validation of non-destructive techniques. It contributes to the improvement of reliability and performance of materials and components for safe operation of products and industrial plants in all branches.

The division is engaged in crime prevention and waste inspection.

Key activities

• Develpoment and validation of modern stationary and mobile radiographic methods by X-ray, gamma, electron and neutron radiation and its standardisation
• Three-dimensional procedures and reconstruction algorithms for specific radiological tasks
• Modelling and simulation of non-destructive tests and their reliability
• Development of validation procedures for NDT
• Develpoment of reference materials and standards for image reproduction in NDT
• Accreditation, expertise, reference materials and catalogues
• Improvement of reliability in modern NDT by digital signal processing
• Type approval of X- and gamma equipment
• Editorial board NDE of the journal Materialprüfung/materials testing
• Information services - Materials Technology and NDT

Fields of competence

• Radiological Applications and Radiation Protection
• Reliability of Non-destructive Evaluation Systems
• Digital Radiology and Image Analysis
• Radiological Models and Algorithms
• Security
• THz Development and Application

Contact

Instruments and methods of investigation

• Equipment for investigation with X-ray and gamma radiation at a large energy scale (5keV-12keV)
• Equipment for digital radiology with imaging plates (computed radiography), flat panel detectors, line cameras and mechanised radiological systems
• Electron spin resonance imaging system
• NDT specific image processing systems and LINUX cluster for numeric simulations
• High resolution X-ray film digitisation and printing

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