TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Durchstrahlungssimulation mit aRTist - Kombination von analytischen und Monte-Carlo-Methoden T2 - DACH-Jahrestagung 2015 CY - Salzburg, Austria DA - 2015-05-11 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-33586 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Deresch, Andreas A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger T1 - Radiography simulation with aRTist - Combining analytical and Monte Carlo methods N2 - Modelling becomes more and more important in modern NDE. It is increasingly used to optimize techniques for complex applications and to support the preparation of written procedures. Hence, computer simulation nowadays has to be able to handle all significant properties of an NDE system with sufficient accuracy. In case of radiographic applications this includes models of the radiation source, of the interaction of radiation with materials, of the detection process, and the geometrical description of the part or the construction. Depending on the given inspection problem and the influencing factors that should be addressed by the simulation an appropriate physical model has to be chosen to describe the underlying interaction mechanisms. The simulator aRTist combines analytical and Monte Carlo methods to efficiently model the radiation transport. Simulation is a powerful tool to separate different influencing factors. Here we focus on Monte-Carlo simulation of scatter contributions within aRTist. T2 - DIR 2015 - International symposium on digital industrial radiology and computed tomography CY - Ghent, Belgium DA - 22.06.2015 KW - CT KW - Multi-angle radiography KW - Modelling KW - Laminography KW - Radiographic testing (RT) PY - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-33738 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Radiography simulation with aRTist - combining analytical and Monte-Carlo methods T2 - Digital Industrial Radiology and Computed Tomography (DIR 2015) CY - Ghent, Belgium DA - 2015-06-22 PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-33595 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Deresch, Andreas A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger T1 - A general spectrum model for X-ray generators N2 - A fast quantitative model for the energy spectra of radiation emitted by X-ray tubes is described, handling thin as well as thick plane targets of arbitrary materials. The developed model is based on fundamental interaction cross sections, describing electron and photon transport via numerical integration of discretized distributions. While the focus lies on bremsstrahlung production, modeling of characteristic radiation is fully integrated. The model does not include any free parameters. The validity of the model is shown through comparison with measurements and Monte Carlo simulations for several combinations of target material and acceleration potential between 30 kV and 450 kV. KW - Modeling KW - X-ray KW - Spectrum KW - Bremsstrahlung KW - Electron transport PY - 2016 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2015.12.007 SN - 0963-8695 VL - 79 SP - 92 EP - 97 PB - Butterworth-Heinemann CY - Oxford AN - OPUS4-35263 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schumm, A. A1 - Duvauchelle, P. A1 - Kaftandjian, V. A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Tabary, J. A1 - Mathy, F. A1 - Legoupil, S. ED - Büyüköztürk, O. T1 - Modelling of radiographic inspections N2 - Computer modelling of non-destructive testing methods has come a long way from the beginnings in the mid 90s to today. Radiographic modelling for components with higher wall thicknesses, as they are typical for nuclear applications, must include precise predictions of scattered radiation and its impact in terms of contrast reduction. Dedicated or general purpose Monte Carlo methods with the ability to calculate higher order scattering events are the state of the art for these applications. Aerospace applications, on the other hand, have stronger requirements on the modelling code's capabilities to import complex CAD geometries, and can benefit from faster analytical scatter models, limited to first or second order scattering events. Similar distinctions can be made for the various approaches proposed to accurately model geometrical and film unsharpness, film granularity, film responses, film/foil cartridges and photon noise. This article presents a state-of-the-art review of radiographic modelling from the perspective of two important application domains with very different requirements, nuclear and aerospace. T2 - NDTMS-2011 CY - Istanbul, Turkey DA - 15.05.2011 KW - Computer modelling KW - Monte-Carlo KW - Radiography KW - Film KW - Selenium PY - 2013 SN - 978-94-007-0722-1 SN - 978-94-007-0723-8 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0723-8_99 VL - 6 SP - 697 EP - 702 PB - Springer Netherlands AN - OPUS4-36655 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Müller, Christina A1 - Tillack, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Scharmach, Martina T1 - Wie kann man den Einfluß der industriellen Anwendungsfaktoren innerhalb der ZfP-Zuverlaessigkeitsformel messen? N2 - Dieses Poster beschäftigt sich mit der Zuverlässigkeitsformel und der Metrik für die Messung der Zuverlässigkeit T2 - DGZfP Jahrestagung 2000 CY - Innsbruck, Austria DA - 29.05.2000 KW - Anwendungszuverlässigkeit KW - Anwendungsparameter KW - ZfP-System PY - 2000 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-35849 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Combining analytical and Monte Carlo modelling for industrial radiology N2 - Modelling becomes more and more important in modern NDE. It is increasingly used to optimize techniques for complex applications, to support the preparation of written procedures, and for education purposes. To describe the complete chain of RT, the model includes simulating all necessary properties of X- or Gamma-ray sources, the interaction of photons with material with special attention to scattered radiation, the detection process, and the complete geometrical RT setup handling arbitrary parts or constructions. Depending on the given inspection problem and the influencing factors that should be addressed by the simulation, an appropriate physical model has to be chosen to describe the underlying interaction mechanisms. The simulator aRTist combines analytical and Monte Carlo methods to efficiently model the radiation transport such that transmission as well as scatter techniques can be modelled. In this contribution we focus on Monte Carlo simulation of scatter contribution within aRTist. Examples for RT/tomographic applications and back-scatter techniques are presented to demonstrate the usability of the presented simulation tool for a broad range of radiological applications. T2 - 19th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.06.2016 KW - Monte Carlo method KW - Radiography KW - Simulation PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-36617 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - A fast general spectrum model for quantitative radiography simulation N2 - A model is presented that employs a unified approach for simulating the photon energy spectra for transmission and direct beam targets composed of arbitrary homogeneous materials. In order to achieve this, a detailed model of electron transport within the target is employed. The validity of the developed model is shown through comparisons with Monte Carlo simulations as well as measurements for a number of different configurations. T2 - 19th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.06.2016 KW - Modelling KW - Radiography KW - Simulation KW - X-ray spectrum PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-36628 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger T1 - Supercomputing the cascade processes of radiation transport N2 - Modeling of the photon-electron cascade process in multicomponent objects of complex geometrical structure by use of hybrid supercomputers is considered. An approach to computing the cascade processes is developed. The approach has three key properties allowing the effective use of heterogeneous structure of computers for solving the tasks of radiation transport in complex multi-scale geometries. Firstly, two different discreet geometrical description of an object being under radiation is used: triangulated model for photon transport and voxel model for elec-tron transport. Secondly, small parameter of the problem is explicitly taking into ac-count for modeling surface effects (for instance, electron emission). Thirdly, the ef-fective calculation decomposition between CPU and GPU is developed for signifi-cant increasing the speed of calculations of processes in question. Modeling of ex-periment on researching the bremsstrahlung generated by electron beam in Ta target is carried out. Comparison of computing and experimental results shows satisfactory consent. T2 - 19th World Conference on Non-Destructive Testing CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.06.2016 KW - Modelling KW - Monte Carlo method KW - Photon-electron transport PY - 2016 AN - OPUS4-36608 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Hilpert, U. A1 - Bartscher, M. A1 - Neugebauer, M. A1 - Goebbels, Jürgen A1 - Weidemann, Gerd A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Simulation-aided computed tomography (CT) for dimensional measurements N2 - Carrying out dimensional measurements by CT means assessing coordinates in space. CT must therefore be treated as a coordinate measuring technique similar to optical or tactile Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMMs). The well-established standards and guidelines for the acceptance- and verificationtesting of CMMs require the use of calibrated reference standards to achieve measurement machine characteristics. Hence, transferring these concepts from coordinate metrology to CT, a dedicated CT-specific reference standard was designed, manufactured and calibrated using a tactile CMM. For comparison purposes, a CAD model was created by reverse engineering using the calibration data. The calibrated model was fed into a virtual CT and the measurement process was simulated. The reference standard was measured by micro-CT. By comparing the characteristics of the measurement output of CT and the output gained from simulation, the influences of measurement artefacts can be judged, for the first time, in analogy to existing Guidelines of coordinate metrology. T2 - DIR 2007 - International Symposium on Digital industrial Radiology and Computed Tomography CY - Lyon, France DA - 25.06.2007 KW - Computed tomography KW - X-ray KW - Simulation KW - Coordinate metrology PY - 2007 UR - http://www.ndt.net/article/dir2007/papers/12.pdf SP - Paper 6, 1 EP - 15 AN - OPUS4-37045 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Ewert, Uwe A1 - Martin Tschaikner, Martin A1 - Hohendorf, Stefan A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Haith, M. I. A1 - Huthwaite, P. A1 - Lowe, M. J. S. T1 - Corrosion monitoring with tangential radiography and limited view computed tomography N2 - Accurate and reliable detection of subsea Pipeline corrosion is required in order to verify the integrity of the pipeline. A laboratory trial was conducted with a representative pipe sample. The accurate measurement of the wall thickness and corrosion was performed with high energy X-rays and a digital detector array. A 7.5 MV betatron was used to penetrate a stepped pipe and a welded test pipe of 3 m length and 327 mm outer diameter, with different artificial corrosion areas in the 24 mm thick steel wall. The radiographs were taken with a 40 x 40 cm² digital detector array, which was not large enough to cover the complete pipe diameter after magnification. A C-arm based geometry was tested to evaluate the potential for automated inspection in field. The primary goal was the accurate measurement of wall thickness conforming to the standard. The same geometry was used to explore the ability of a C-arm based scanner in asymmetric mode for computed tomography (CT) measurement, taking projections covering only two thirds of the pipe diameter. The technique was optimized with the modelling Software aRTist. A full volume of the pipe was reconstructed and the CT data set was used for reverse engineering, providing a CAD file for further aRTist simulations to explore the technique for subsea inspections. T2 - 42nd Annual Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation CY - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA DA - 26.07.2015 KW - Corrosion monitoring KW - Tangential radiography KW - Computed tomography PY - 2016 SN - 978-0-7354-1353-5 DO - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4940574 SN - 0094-243X VL - 1706 SP - 110003-1 EP - 110003-8 PB - AIP Publishing AN - OPUS4-37555 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haith, M. I. A1 - Ewert, Uwe A1 - Hohendorf, Stefan A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Deresch, Andreas A1 - Huthwaite, P. A1 - Lowe, M. J. S. A1 - Zscherpel, Uwe T1 - Radiographic modelling for NDE of subsea pipelines N2 - This work presents an investigation of the accuracy of a radiographic simulation model applied to subsea pipeline inspections. Experimental measurements of a sample in a water tank are used to develop a set of calibrated simulation parameters for the modelling software aRTist. Image quality parameters such as signal-tonoise ratio, contrast and basic spatial resolution are compared with the aim of matching simulated values to experimental results. With this method signal-to-noise ratio was successfully matched while differences were still found in contrast-to-noise ratio comparisons. This means that measurements depending on absolute intensity are not accurate enough, however wall thickness measurements in tangential images, which are not based on absolute intensity, were found to produce similar results in simulated and experimental cases. The differences in contrast and intensity are thought to be due to detector backscatter and additional scatter from out-of-setup objects within the exposure bay, due to a lack of source collimation. These would affect the experimental results but were not included in the simulated setup. This was investigated by including different proportions of peripheral water and other objects in the modelled setup and examining the effect on Image quality parameters. Results show that this additional scatter has a significant impact on the radiograph, particularly on image contrast, and is therefore the likely cause of differences between experimental and simulated images. This implies that it will be very difficult to completely match simulated to experimental results, as including all possible scattering objects in the model would be very complex. An improvement could be made by using real subsea data to estimate this additional scattering, which could then be used to calibrate the model. However there would still be significant uncertainty in the ability of the model to accurately produce realistic intensity and contrast. KW - Digital radiography KW - Modelling validation KW - Subsea pipeline inspection KW - Tangential radiography PY - 2017 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2016.11.006 SN - 0963-8695 SN - 1879-1174 VL - 86 SP - 113 EP - 122 AN - OPUS4-39053 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Computersimulation in der Durchstrahlungsprüfung N2 - Vorstellung der Software "aRTist" zur Computersimulation von Durchstrahlungsprüfungen und deren Anwendungsfelder. T2 - DGZfP-Arbeitskreis Berlin, 385. Sitzung CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 07.03.2017 KW - Radiography KW - Simulation PY - 2017 AN - OPUS4-40165 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Wieder, Frank A1 - Vogel, Justus A1 - Ewert, Uwe A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Messerschmid, Magdalena ED - Xu, C. T1 - Scatter imaging – Simulation of aperture focusing by deconvolution N2 - X-ray scatter imaging is a well-established NDT technique to inspect complex objects using only a single-sided access. We present a specially designed multi-slit scatter camera consisting of several twisted slits which are parallelly arranged in a metal block. The camera projects one image per slit to the digital detector array, where the images are overlaying each other. The aperture is corrected based on a de-convolution algorithm to focus the overlaying projections into a single representation of the object. To achieve high scatter intensities from an object, it is necessary to optimize the parameters of the scatter system by simulation. T2 - IEEE Far East NDT New Technology & Application Forum CY - Xi'an, China DA - 22.06.2017 KW - Scatter imaging KW - Computer simulation KW - Aperture focusing KW - Deconvolution PY - 2018 SN - 978-1-5386-1615-4 DO - https://doi.org/10.1109/FENDT.2017.8584606 SP - 301 EP - 306 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ AN - OPUS4-48395 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Artistlib - remote control the radiographic simulator aRTist from Python N2 - The software aRTist is a simulation tool for the generation of realistic radiographs of virtual radiographic superstructures. With radiographic simulations, virtual component models can be scanned as in a computed-tomography scanner. In modern radiography, simulation has become an important tool to minimize cost- and time-intensive measurements. It is increasingly used to optimize techniques for complex applications, to support the method developments, and for educational purposes. With Artistlib, we have started the development of a programming interface to support use cases where the interactive use of the graphical user interface is not suitable. The open-source Python library is intended to remote control and automate the radiographic simulator aRTist. T2 - 10th International Symposium on Digital Industrial Radiography and Computed Tomography (DIR 2025) CY - Paris, France DA - 01.07.2025 KW - Computed Tomography KW - Numerical Simulation PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63703 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Realistische Simulation von Röntgencomputertomografie-Systemen N2 - Die Entwicklung und Bewertung realitätsnaher Nachbildungen eines industriellen CTSystems in einer Simulationssoftware waren Inhalt des WIPANO Forschungsprojektes CTSimU2 – „Realistische Simulation realer Röntgencomputertomografie-Systeme mit basisqualifizierter Simulationssoftware“. Als Voraussetzung dienen dabei Simulationssoftwares, die durch das Testframework aus dem Vorprojekt CTSimU1 basisqualifiziert wurden. Das Testframework testet die hinreichende physikalische Korrektheit und Funktionalität einer Simulationssoftware (Basisqualifizierung der Software). Für eine realitätsnahe Nachbildung ist nicht nur die Güte der Simulationssoftware, sondern insbesondere die Güte der Parametrisierung des realen CT-Systems in der Simulationssoftware ausschlaggebend. Dabei kann das Vorgehen der Parametrisierung in vier Schritte unterteilt werden: die Datenaufnahme am realen CT-System (Schritt 1), die Auswertung der aufgenommenen Daten für die Generierung allgemeiner Parameterangaben (Schritt 2), die Übertragung der Parameter in die spezifischen Simulationssoftwares (Schritt 3) und die Validierung der resultierenden Simulationsergebnisse Simulationsparameter durch einen geeigneten Test an dimensionellen Messgrößen (Schritt 4) Ziel des Projektes war es neben der Erarbeitung allgemeiner Methoden zur Datenaufnahme und Auswertung der Daten, die Entwicklung eines Tests, auf dessen Basis die ausreichend korrekte Simulation einer realen Anlage im Hinblick auf eine spätere Messunsicherheitsbestimmung beurteilt werden kann. Die erarbeiteten Ergebnisse sollen wie bereits im Vorprojekt CTSimU1 in einen Richtlinienentwurf für die Richtlinienreihe VDI/VDE 2630 übertragen werden. Dieser Beitrag fasst die Arbeiten und Ergebnisse des Projekts zusammen. T2 - DGZfP Jahrestagung 2025 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 26.05.2024 KW - Computertomografie KW - Simulation PY - 2025 AN - OPUS4-63705 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bruno, Giovanni A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Jaczinski, Jessica T1 - Virtual XCT - Simulation of Industrial XCT-Systems with aRTist N2 - One of the few 3D methods, that can be used to analyze an object non-destructively, is X-ray computed tomography (CT). The determination of the object's deviations, such as shape and the internal structure of objects, including defects and material degradation, is of particular interest to industry. The ability of CT to scan an object with its internal and external features at once causes increasing adoption in dimensional metrology. This includes the need to determine the measurement uncertainty. Experimental uncertainty determination by conducting repeated CT measurements is costly and time-consuming. The simulation of the CT measurement process offers the possibility of determining the task-specific measurement uncertainty numerically in a resource-efficient manner. There are already several software programs available that simulate CT systems, such as aRTist. Once the virtual replica of a CT system has been completed, it’s accuracy must be evaluated quantitively in comparison to the CT measurements. To focus on analyzing the quality of the simulated CT images different metrics are introduced for the comparison of experimental and simulated CT projections. The results of the comparisons are presented, and conclusions are drawn how to improve the simulation of industrial CT systems. T2 - MPA Seminar 2024 CY - Stuttgart, Germany DA - 08.10.2024 KW - X-ray Computed tomography KW - Simulations KW - Virtual XCT KW - Digital Twin PY - 2024 AN - OPUS4-61346 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Virtual CT with Complex scanning trajectories in aRTist N2 - The simulator aRTist combines analytical and Monte Carlo methods to efficiently model the radiographic process of industrial radiology. In this contribution we focus on virtual computer tomography, the simulation of tomographic scans. The possibilities to simulate complex scanning trajectories are shown in combination with the tomographic reconstruction using individual projection matrices. T2 - The 4th Annual Advances in X-Ray Imaging Workshop CY - Diamond Light Source, Didcot, UK DA - 11.06.2019 KW - X-ray Computer-tomography simulation PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-48297 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Virtual CT acquisition and reconstruction of complex and noisy scanning trajectories in aRTist N2 - In modern CT imaging, simulation has become an important tool to minimize cost- and time-intensive measurements. It is increasingly used to optimize techniques for complex applications, to support the preparation of written procedures, and for educational purposes. We extended the CT simulation software ‘aRTist’ with a module to set-up arbitrary trajectories including disturbing influences during the scan. Moreover, such geometric deviations can be compensated by the internal reconstruction tool. T2 - 9th Conference on Industrial Computed Tomography (iCT) CY - Padua, Italy DA - 13.02.2019 KW - Simulation KW - Arbitrary trajectories KW - Projection matrix KW - Filtered back projection PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-47476 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Radiographic Simulator aRTist - Computer simulation for industrial Tomography N2 - aRTist is an easy-to-use and practical simulation tool to generate realistic radiographic images from CAD objects. A dedicated add-on module makes CT simulation easy (virtual computer tomography). Just choose the number of projections. Unlike in the practice, simulation can separately image the primary and scatter radiation. This allows studying the scattering artefacts in CT (gray-level variations in regions of homogeneous material). T2 - 5. Jenaer μCT-Workshop CY - Jena, Germany DA - 20.11.2019 KW - Vitual computer tomography simulation PY - 2019 AN - OPUS4-49826 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Janczynski, Jessica A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Ulbricht, Alexander T1 - VIRTUELLE XCT – Simulation industrieller XCT-Systeme mit aRTist N2 - Eine der wenigen 3D-Methoden, mit denen ein Objekt zerstörungsfrei analysiert werden kann, ist die Röntgen-Computertomographie (XCT). Die Bestimmung von Formabweichungen und die innere Struktur von Objekten, einschließlich Defekten, ist für die Industrie von besonderem Interesse. Die Möglichkeit der XCT, ein Objekt mit seinen inneren und äußeren Strukturen gleichzeitig abzubilden, führt auch zu einer zunehmenden Anwendung der XCT in der dimensionellen Messtechnik einschließlich der Bestimmung der Messunsicherheit. Die experimentelle Ermittlung der Unsicherheit durch wiederholte XCT-Messungen ist kosten- und zeitintensiv. Die Simulation der XCT eröffnet die Möglichkeit, die aufgabenspezifische Messunsicherheit ressourceneffizient numerisch zu ermitteln. Es gibt bereits mehrere Softwarelösungen, die XCT-Systeme simulieren können, wie z. B. aRTist. Sobald ein XCT-System virtuelle nachgebildet wurde, muss seine Genauigkeit quantitativ im Vergleich zu den XCT-Messungen bewertet werden. Zur Bewertung der Qualität simulierter XCT-Bilder werden verschiedene Metriken für den Vergleich experimenteller und simulierter XCT-Projektionen eingeführt. Die Ergebnisse der Vergleiche werden präsentiert und Schlussfolgerungen gezogen, wie die Simulation industrieller XCT-Systeme verbessert werden kann. T2 - DGZfP-Jahrestagung 2025 CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 26.05.2025 KW - XCT KW - Simulation KW - Vergleich Messung vs. Simulation PY - 2015 AN - OPUS4-63293 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Illemann, J. A1 - Meinel, Dietmar A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Effektive Bestimmung der Fokusparameter von Mikrofokus-Röntgenquellen N2 - Mikrofokus-Röntgenquellen werden in der industriellen CT flexibelverwendet, um mit kleiner Leistung hohe Auflösung zu erzielen oder mit verminderter Auflösung bei höherer Leistung kürzere Messzeiten zu erreichen. Insbesondere Quellen in offener Bauweise benötigen Wartung wie Filamentwechsel und Nachstellen der Fokusparameter. Ziel ist es, einen optimal kleinen Quellfleck bei bekannter Spannung einzustellen und dessen Größe zu bestimmen. Zur Überprüfung der Quellfleckgröße sind bereits Verfahren unter Verwendung lithographisch hergestellter Masken mit Strichmustern oder Siemenssternen aus Mikrometer dünnen Schichten aus stark absorbierendem Material wie z.B. Gold bekannt. Diese erfordern wegen der geringen Absorption eine lange Messzeit und sind nur kostenintensiv herzustellen. Ihre Verwendung zur regelmäßigen Qualitätsüberprüfung von CT-Anlagen ist daher nicht verbreitet. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die richtungsabhängige Quellfleckgröße absolut zu bestimmen, wobei nur einfach zu beschaffende Wolframspitzen verwendet werden. Dazu werden radiographische Bilder in hoher Vergrößerung aufgenommen und die Grauwertverteilung parametrisiert. Unter Verwendung der Kenntnis von Targetmaterial und Spannung wird eine eineindeutige Zuordnung zur Quellfleckgröße vorgenommen. Dieses erfordert eine extensive Simulation für verschiedene Spannungen, Fokusgrößen und andere Einflussgrößen, sowie die experimentelle Verifikation an verschiedenen CT-Anlagen im Vergleich zu einer bekannten Methode. Erste Ergebnisse werden vorgestellt und die praktische Implementierung unter Angabe der Einschränkungen der Verwendbarkeit diskutiert. Die Autoren hoffen, damit einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Verbesserung der Qualitätssicherung und zur Arbeitseffizienz in der Mikrocomputertomographie leisten zu können. T2 - DGZfP DACH-Jahrestagung 2019 CY - Friedrichshafen, Germany DA - 27.05.2019 KW - Mikro-Computertomographie KW - Röntgenröhre KW - Quellfleckgröße KW - Brennfleck PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-485960 UR - https://www.ndt.net/search/docs.php3?id=24551 UR - https://www.ndt.net/article/dgzfp2019/papers/Mi.2.A.3.pdf IS - NDT.net Issue: 2019-08 SP - 1 EP - 13 AN - OPUS4-48596 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alekseychuk, V. O. A1 - Kupsch, Andreas A1 - Plotzki, D. A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Bruno, Giovanni T1 - Simulation-Assisted Augmentation of Missing Wedge and Region-of-Interest Computed Tomography Data N2 - This study reports a strategy to use sophisticated, realistic X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) simulations to reduce Missing Wedge (MW) and Region-of-Interest (RoI) artifacts in FBP (Filtered Back-Projection) reconstructions. A 3D model of the object is used to simulate the projections that include the missing information inside the MW and outside the RoI. Such information augments the experimental projections, thereby drastically improving the reconstruction results. An X-ray CT dataset of a selected object is modified to mimic various degrees of RoI and MW problems. The results are evaluated in comparison to a standard FBP reconstruction of the complete dataset. In all cases, the reconstruction quality is significantly improved. Small inclusions present in the scanned object are better localized and quantified. The proposed method has the potential to improve the results of any CT reconstruction algorithm. KW - Computed tomography KW - Missing wedge KW - Region of interest KW - Augmented data KW - CT simulation KW - aRTist PY - 2024 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-593799 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2313-433X/10/1/11 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging10010011 SN - 2313-433X VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - MDPI CY - Basel AN - OPUS4-59379 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Ballach, F. A1 - Bartscher, M. A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Borges de Oliveira, F. A1 - Braun, M. A1 - Dennerlein, F. A1 - Flessner, M. A1 - Fuchs, P. A1 - Günnewig, O. A1 - Hausotte, T. A1 - Hess, J. A1 - Kasperl, S. A1 - Kirschbaum, K. A1 - Li, K. A1 - Maass, N. A1 - Mayer, T. A1 - Orth, Anthony A1 - Reuter, T. A1 - Suppes, A. A1 - von Schmid, M. A1 - Weiß, D. T1 - Realistische Simulation realer Röntgencomputertomografie-Systeme mit basisqualifizierter Simulationssoftware – CTSimU2 BT - Abschlussbericht N2 - Das Förderprojekt CTSimU2 baute auf den Ergebnissen des Projektes CTSimU auf. Dieses Vorprojekt erarbeitete ein (Basis-)Qualifizierungsframework für Simulationssoftwares zur Anwendung bei der Röntgen-CT für dimensionelle Messungen. Dabei stand die ausreichende physikalische Korrektheit der Durchstrahlungssimulation im Vordergrund. Für die realitätsnahe Simulation einer CT-Anlage in einer Simulationssoftware (Digitales Modell) ist jedoch nicht nur die Korrektheit der Simulationssoftware selbst, sondern auch die Güte der Parametrisierung des realen CT-Systems in der Simulationssoftware entscheidend – dies stellte den Ausgangspunkt dar. Die Parametrisierung eines CT-Systems in einer Simulationssoftware lässt sich in vier Schritte unterteilen: nach der Datenaufnahme am realen CT-System folgt die Auswertung der aufgenommenen Daten für die Generierung allgemeiner Parameterangaben. Als letztes folgte die Übertragung der Parameter in die spezifischen Simulationssoftwares und die Validierung der resultierenden Simulationsparameter. Die Methodik der Datenaufnahme am CT und die Auswertung der Daten wurde in einem Werkzeugkasten allgemein beschrieben. Der dritte Schritt, die Umsetzung der Parameter, war softwarespezifisch und wurde beispielhaft mit den vorhandenen Simulationssoftwares durchgeführt. Die Validierung der Parameter war standardisierbar und konnte durch den entwickelten Test geleistet werden, auf dessen Basis die ausreichend korrekte Simulation einer realen Anlage beurteilt werden konnte. Endresultat des Projektes war ein Richtlinienentwurf (z. B. VDI/VDE 2630) zu diesem Test, der einen informativen Annex zum Stand der Technik bezüglich der Möglichkeiten zur Parameterbestimmung enthält. Mit einer Simulationssoftware, die die Basisqualifizierung aus CTSimU bestanden hat und einen Parameterdatensatz für ein reales CT-System enthält, der den Test aus CTSimU2 bestanden hat, können realistische Simulationen dieses CT-Systems möglich sein. KW - Computertomografie KW - Simulation KW - Dimensionelles Messen PY - 2025 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-641719 DO - https://doi.org/10.34657/21602 N1 - Dieses Projekt wurde durch die Förderrichtlinie WIPANO gefördert und durch das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (2022 -2025) finanziert. Der Projektträger Jülich verwaltet die Projekte der Förderrichtlinie WIPANO. SP - 1 EP - 22 PB - TIB Technische Informationsbibliothek CY - Hannover AN - OPUS4-64171 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Kolkoori, Sanjeevareddy A1 - Bellon, Carsten T1 - Quantitative simulation of back scatter X-ray imaging and comparison to experiments N2 - X-ray backscatter imaging is a well established NDT technique to inspect complex objects using only a single-sided access. In difference to conventional transmission X-ray radiography, the X-ray backscatter imaging utilizes the scattered radiation caused by the Compton scattering effect. In order to achieve high backscatter intensities from a test object, it is necessary to optimize the backscatter system parameters namely the angle between source and slit camera, the slit collimator system, the shielding between source and scatter camera, and the type of detector. In addition, the scatter phenomena in to the investigated object need to be understood. In this contribution, we present a Monte Carlo model McRay which considers all relevant single and multiple interactions of photons and electrons. This model can be used to simulate back scatter techniques. It allows not only calculating the scatter image for a given experimental setup but also registering the spectrum of the detected scattered photons. Both aspects are important to understand the imaging process, to interpret the results, and to optimize the backscatter camera investigated here. Additionally experimental results will be presented and compared with simulations. T2 - 19th World Conference on Nondestructive Testing CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.06.2016 KW - Radiology KW - Back-scatter techniques KW - Simulation KW - Monte Carlo methods KW - Measurements PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-365897 SN - 978-3-940283-78-8 VL - 158 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) CY - Berlin, Germany AN - OPUS4-36589 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Gollwitzer, Christian A1 - Fratzscher, Daniel A1 - Ewert, Uwe A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger T1 - Simulation of complex scan paths for 3D reconstruction N2 - X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a volumetric (3D) Imaging diagnostic method, well established in the medical field, and in industrial NDE as well. Developments in industrial CT aim to extent the applicability to complex structures, which do not allow the access of all directions. This are e.g. limited view, data and angle CT applications. New reconstruction algorithms are required on one side, and the accuracy has to be improved on the other side. Numerical Simulation can support such developments by providing well defined data sets for the testing of reconstruction algorithms. This approach of virtual CT is realized within the radiographic simulator aRTist, developed by BAM. The poster shows the possibilities of this tool to consider complex scan paths. Simulated data sets have been reconstructed by an versatile backprojection algorithm. T2 - International symposium on digital industrial radiology and computed tomography CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 20.06.2011 KW - Radiographie KW - Computer-Simulation KW - 3D-Rekonstruktion PY - 2011 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-243928 SN - 978-3-940283-34-4 IS - DGZfP-BB 128 (Poster 17) SP - 1 EP - 4 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für zerstörungsfreie Prüfung e.V. (DGZfP) AN - OPUS4-24392 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Gollwitzer, Christian A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Deresch, Andreas A1 - Ewert, Uwe A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger T1 - On POD estimations with radiographic simulator aRTist N2 - The computer simulation of radiography is applicable for different purposes in NDT such as for the qualification of NDT systems, the optimization of system parameters, feasibility analysis, model-based data interpretation, education and training of NDT/NDE personnel, and others. Within the framework of the European project PICASSO simulators will be adapted to support reliability assessments of NDT tasks. The radiographic simulator aRTist developed by BAM is well suited for this task. It combines analytical modelling of the RT inspection process with the CAD-orientated object description applicable to various industrial sectors such as power generation, aerospace, railways and others. The analytic model includes the description of the radiation source, the interaction of Radiation with the material of the part, and the detection process with special focus to DIR. To support reliability estimations the simulation tool is completed by a tool for probability of detection (POD) estimation. It consists of a user interface for planning automatic simulation runs with varying parameters, specifically defect variations. Further, an automatic image analysis procedure is included to evaluate the defect visibility and calculate the POD therefrom. T2 - International symposium on digital industrial radiology and computed tomography CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 20.06.2011 KW - Radiographie KW - Computersimulation KW - Probability of detection PY - 2011 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-245092 SN - 978-3-940283-34-4 IS - DGZfP-BB 128 (Tu.2.3) SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für zerstörungsfreie Prüfung e.V. (DGZfP) AN - OPUS4-24509 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Osterloh, Kurt A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Hohendorf, Stefan A1 - Kolkoori, Sanjeevareddy A1 - Wrobel, Norma A1 - Nusser, A. A1 - Freitag, M. A1 - Bücherl, T. A1 - Bar, D. A1 - Mor, I. A1 - Tamin, N. A1 - Weiss-Babai, R. A1 - Bromberger, B. A1 - Dangendorf, V. A1 - Tittelmeier, K. T1 - Computed tomography with X-rays and fast neutrons for restoration of wooden artwork N2 - The objects of this investigation were sculptures taken from a ca. three hundred years old baroque epitaph of a church in Tonning, a town in Northern Germany. Around 1900 it was found in a disastrous state heavily damaged by wood-worm. At that time, the whole artwork was treated with the tar extract carbolineum as a remedy. Nowadays, this substance has been identified as carcinogenic, and its presence can be perceived by its stench and visually at certain spots on the surface where it has penetrated the covering paint. A gold-painted sculpture of a massive wooden skull was interrogated with X-rays and fast neutrons to investigate the internal distribution of the carbolineum. The X-ray tomography, with its excellent spatial resolution revealed galleries left over from the worm infestation in the outer areas and cracks in the central region. The golden color coating appeared as a thick and dense layer. In comparison the tomography with fast neutrons, though being of lower resolution and yet unresolved artefacts revealed sections of slightly different densities in the bulk of the wood. These differences we attribute to the differences in the distribution of the impregnant in the wood, visible due to its higher hydrogen content making it less transparent for neutrons. T2 - WCNR-10 - 10th World conference on neutron radiography CY - Grindelwald, Switzerland DA - 05.10.2014 KW - Computed tomography KW - Neutron radiology KW - Conservation of wooden artwork PY - 2015 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-323050 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.07.066 SN - 1875-3892 VL - 69 SP - 472 EP - 477 PB - Elsevier B.V. CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-32305 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Bellon, Carsten A1 - Jaenisch, Gerd-Rüdiger A1 - Deresch, Andreas T1 - Combining analytical and Monte Carlo modelling for industrial radiology N2 - Modelling becomes more and more important in modern NDE. It is increasingly used to optimize techniques for complex applications, to support the preparation of written procedures, and for education purposes. To describe the complete chain of RT, the model includes simulating all necessary properties of X- or Gamma-ray sources, the interaction of photons with material with special attention to scattered radiation, the detection process, and the complete geometrical RT setup handling arbitrary parts or constructions. Depending on the given inspection problem and the influencing factors that should be addressed by the simulation, an appropriate physical model has to be chosen to describe the underlying interaction mechanisms. The simulator aRTist combines analytical and Monte Carlo methods to efficiently model the radiation transport such that transmission as well as scatter techniques can be modelled. In this contribution we Focus on Monte Carlo Simulation of scatter contribution within aRTist. Examples for RT/tomographic applications and back-scatter techniques are presented to demonstrate the usability of the presented simulation tool for a broad range of radiological applications. T2 - 19th Wolrd Conference on Nondestructive Testing CY - Munich, Germany DA - 13.06.2016 KW - Radiography KW - Computed tomography KW - Simulation KW - Monte Carlo methods PY - 2016 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-365856 SN - 978-3-940283-78-8 VL - 158 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für zerstörungsfreie Prüfung (DGZfP) CY - Berlin, Germany AN - OPUS4-36585 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -