David Prendergast from Shanklin-based Innovative Physics presented the talk 'From AI to Fukushima' to the Isle of Wight Cafe Scientifique on 21 Jan 2019.
2. Quick Summary
•Founded in 2008 to commercialise IP portfolio of
radiation detection technologies
•Privately owned and funded
•UK grown company; trading office on the Isle of Wight
•Representatives in BeNeLux, China, Japan, USA and
Singapore
•Markets including, Civil Nuclear, Homeland Security and
Defence, Environmental Protection, CBRNe and Medical
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3. IPL Capabilities –
Devices &
Systems
Sensors &
hardware
Software and
Services
Cloud Based
Support & Sofware
as a service
Sensors
Device Fab,
ASICs, PCB,
Material
OEM Support
FPGA,
Firmware,
Analogue, Digital
circuit design
High-level
sofware,
Reconstructon,
AI (machine and
deep learning)
AWS API
REST,JSON
Support and high
levels processing
13. HSL Spectral- Feature Enhancements
HSL core spec….
- Energy Binning
- Spectral Analysis
- Multi-isotope identification: 50keV to
3MeV
- User defined colour coding for ease of
identification
- Intuitive User Interface
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17. Computer Vision v AI
Feature
extraction
Data Acquisition
Preprocessing
Segmentation
Good/ bad
Classification
computer vision deep learning
patern recogniton
24. HSL Spectral- Software
** Prototype design
- Individual isotopes can be
assigned a colour. Colours
can be assigned automatically
or via menu selection.
- Example shows Cs137 as grey
and Co60 as blue
Cs137
Co60
25. HSL Spectral- Software
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** Prototype design
- Hotspots can be selected on
from an isotope list which is
filled in automatically.
- Example shows a Cs137
Isotopic ID selected
28. Difficulties: Inverse square law
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The intensity of the radiaton observer
varies with the inverse square of the
distance.
33kBq Cs137 source results in
approximately 0.1nSv/h at 5m.
Such low levels of radiaton are extremely
difficult to observe.
30. Tracking the person
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This allows use to focus the
image reconstructon
algorithms on the areas where
the moving objects are and
ignore the background
43. Some details: GAN’s
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• Fraudster detectve approach in competton
• The fraudster create fake versions of the hit data
• Discriminator learns how to recognise fakes
• Our main aim is to provide robust recogniton results.
49. Pinhole
Pinhole system with source at
distance B, focal length L, pinhole
diameter d, and detector position
resolution RD.
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50. Pinhole
• Pinhole gamma cameras operate in a very
similar fashion to the Anger camera except
the photographic paper is replaced with a
sensor to read and record the data.
• The advantage of a pinhole gamma camera is
the hole only lets through a small amount of
radiation, they are usually able to reach very
high dose rate levels
• The disadvantage is that because of the one
hole, they do not have a wide field of view ,
taking a long time to do a capture, also they
aren’t very sensitive.
• A typical pinhole gamma camera will use
either a scintillator or a semiconductor
detection system
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51. Coded Aperture
• Coded aperture is essentially multiple pinholes.
• It works similar to a pinhole camera except has multiple holes, there multiple images
are produced.
• These images are then run through an algorithm that matched the specific coded
aperture used which will be the final reconstructed images.
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55. Coded Aperture
• When the reconstructed image is produced, the result
will be a ring of possible locations the count could have
come from.
• This is worked out from the way the sensor has detected
the gamma ray.
• As the sensor receives more and more counts, the
maximum likelihood of the original source is determined.
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62. IPL Capabilities –
Devices &
Systems
Sensors &
hardware
Software and
Services
Cloud Based
Support & Sofware
as a service
Sensors
Device Fab,
ASICs, PCB,
Material
OEM Support
FPGA,
Firmware,
Analogue, Digital
circuit design
High-level
sofware,
Reconstructon,
AI (machine and
deep learning)
AWS API
REST,JSON
Support and high
levels processing
63. Areas where IPL can add value
Cloud based customer suppport
AI
Support
Modular
Read
Chain
IoT/
Network
Support
Reconstruction
Algorithms
ComputerVision
71. AI Image Interpretation
• Supervised and unsupervised deep-learning
• 2D Inspection
• Automatic fault finding
• PCB inspection
• BGA void detection
• Intelligent template matching
• Back scatter density estimation
• 3D Inspection (3d convolutional neural nets)
• Casting inspection (Magnesium castings) identification of voids and
inclusions.
• Weld inspection
• Complex aero-structures
• Counterfeit IC detection
AI
Support
72. AI – outlier detection
• Can identify components
which deviate from
expectations
• Doesn’t require hard-rules
• Can be parameterized with
a single parameter,
representing multi-
parametric difference i.e. a
simple slider.
78. Hardware added value
Modular
Read
Chain
• X-ray tube
• Carbon nano-tube
• Excellent MTBF
• Less variation over lifetime of tube
• Lightweight
• Simplifies cooling solution
• X-ray sensors
• Digital x-ray sensors
• Area and line-scan
• High-speed
• Excellent
• Spatial resolution
• MTF
• DQE
79. IPL industrial inspection software framework
OEM Support Framework
OEM System Support
OEM Manufacturing
Support
Cloud based support & software as a
service
80. Factory based OEM support
• Sensor calibration
• Flat field
• MTF
• SNR
• Intelligent monitoring
• Constantly monitors system
characteristics to provide system
health estimate.
• Includes trend analysis and failure
prediction.
• Can automatically schedule
maintenance.
Sensor
Calibraton
OEM Manufacturing
Support
Intelligent
Monitoring
81. Real-time intelligent monitor cont…
• Trained to understand tube v image
SNR characteristics, using machine
learning.
• Reads KeVp and current from API.
• Real-time assessment of SNR, using
image analysis.
• Trend analysis and comparison to
peer machined in factory.
• Using cloud services can provide a
comparison service across entire
portfolio.