Virtual Centre for Industrial & Process Tomography
Virtual Centre forIndustrial & Process Tomography
3rd World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography
The Third World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography was held at The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada, September 2nd to 5th 2003.
Prizes and Awards
The Maurice Beck Prize for "best paper" went to "Element specific x-ray tomography at the 15 MeV linac", B. Masschaele, M. Dierick and L.Vanhoorebeke, Ghent University, Belgium.
Tomoflow Prize for "key advances in instrumentation" went to "High-speed capacitance scanner", J. Frounchi and F. Dehkhoda, Tabriz University, Iran
Congress Pictures
Programme
Overview I
Process Tomography and Particle Tracking: Research and Commercial Diagnostic Tool
E H Stitt, K James
HARDWARE I: Electrical Impedance Tomography
Keynote: Best Value Design of Electrical Tomography Systems
D Georgakopoulos, W Q Yang, R C Waterfall
Prototype Hardware for Finite Element Modelling
M Komarudin, W R B Lionheart, T A York
A High Performance Online Data Processing EIT System
Y Ma, N Holliday, Y Dai, M Wang, R A Williams, G Lucas
Towards Miniaturised Electrical Tomography Systems
T N Phua, L Sun, C Gregory, J Hatfield, T A York
Depth Profile Scanning of Cylindrical Bar and Wire Using a Spectroscopic Direct Current Injection Technique
S J Dickinson, R Binns, A J Peyton, W Yin
A Specific Signal Conditioner for Electrical Impedance Tomography
Y Dai, Y Ma, M Wang
A Modular, Adaptive Electrical Impedance Tomography System
T Savolainen, L M Heikkinen, M Vauhkonen, J P Kaipio
An Electrical-Impedance Tomography System for Collecting Validation-Quality Data from Gas-Solid Flows
P R Tortora, S L Ceccio, W W Schultz, T J O’Hern, J R Torczynski, S M Trujillo
A Powerful Computational DSP Module for Multiphase Flow Measurement
N Holliday, Y Ma, M Wang
SOFTWARE I: Hard-field Techniques
Keynote Perspective in Data Fusion Between X-ray Computed Tomography and Electrical Capacitance Tomography in an Absorption Column
D Toye, G L’Homme, M Crine, P Marchot
Advances in Automatic Evaluation of 3D-CT Data
S Oeckl, U Hassler, T Wenzel, M Maisl, R Hanke
Image Reconstruction Algorithms for High-Speed Chemical Species Tomography
C A Garcia-Stewart, N Polydorides, K B Ozanyan, H McCann
Automatic Weight Matrix Generation for Gamma-ray Tomography
R Maad, G A Johansen
Quality Improvements for Cone-Beam CT Using Beam Hardening and Scattering Correction
S Kasperl, M Franz, R Hanke, U Hassler, S Schröpfer
High-Energy Gamma-ray Tomography in the Nuclear Industry
B A Cattle, L Elliott, A S Fellerman, D B Ingham, D Lesnic, R M West
Characterisation of the Correction Map for an OFAPT Sensor with Fibre Receivers
K B Ozanyan, H McCann
A Source Model for Optical Diffusion Tomography
T Vilhunen, V Kolehmainen, M Vauhkonen, J P Kaipio
Industrial Inspection and Measurement Processes Using Micro Computer Tomography
N Blessing
Applications I: Model Validation with Tomographic Data
Keynote: Phase Distribution in a High Pressure Slurry Bubble Column Via Computed Tomography
A Shaikh, N Rados, M Al-Dahhan
An Experimental and Simulation Study of the Hydrodynamics of a Linear Low Density Polyethylene
L Schober, I Hulme, B Chandrasekaran, A Kantzas
Potential of Combined Macro- and Micro-Scale Tomography to Monitor Multiphase Viscous Fluid Mixing
L Ruffino, T A York, R Mann, G Tiddy, O Tadthong, P Bonnet, B D Grieve
Visualisation of Air Bubbles by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
F Heese, P Robson, L Hall
Tomographic Analysis of Flocs and Flocculating Suspensions
C Selomulya, X Jia, R A Williams
Quantitation of Heating of Foods Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
K Nott, L Hall
Monitoring of Air Bubbles in Pulp Flow based on Electrical Impedance Tomography
S Zhou, J Halttunen
Flow Distribution in Countercurrent Flow Structured Packing Bed via Computed Tomography
S Roy, M H Al-Dahhan, M P Dudukovic, T B Skourlis, F M Dautzenberg
OVERVIEW II
Monte Carlo Simulation for Radiation Tomography
R P Gardner
HARDWARE II: Hard-Field
Keynote: Semiconductor Quantum Devices for Optical Tomography
K B Ozanyan
Scattered Gamma Radiation Utilised for Level Measurements in Gravitational Separators
M B Holstad, G A Johansen, P Jackson, K S Eidsnes
Density Profiling in Multiphase Systems Using Gamma Ray Absorption
M Darwood, K James, P Jackson, P Hewitt
Multiphase Flow Regime Identification by Multibeam Gamma-ray Densitometry — Experimental Results
S A Tjugum, G A Johansen, O A Iversen
Element Specific X-ray Tomography at the 15 MeV Electron Linac
B Masschaele, M Dierick, L Vanhoorebeke
Near Infra-red Tomography for Concentration Measurements of Exhausting Water Vapour of a Packed Bed Adsorber
K Salem, D Mewes, E Tsotsas
Development and Implementation of Gamma-ray Tomography for Field Applications
M W Darwood, M Davies, D Godden, P Jackson, K James, E H Stitt
Quasi-3D Modelling of Electromagnetic Wave Scattering of Dielectric Objects for Microwave Tomography
J Hu, Z Wu, H McCann, L E Davis
Optimisation of the Signal to Noise Performance of Photodiode Receivers in Near-infrared Absorption
P Wright, K B Ozanyan, S J Carey, H McCann
SOFTWARE II: Electrical and Magnetic Imaging
Keynote: Spatial-temporal Modelling for Electrical Impedance Imaging of a Mixing Process
R M West, S Meng, R G Aykroyd, R A Williams
Non Iterative Inversion Method for Electrical Resistance, Capacitance and Inductance Tomography for Two Phase Materials
A Tamburrino, G Rubinacci, M Soleimani, W R B Lionheart
Sensitivity Analysis of 3D Magnetic Induction Tomography (MIT)
W R B Lionheart, M Soleimani, A J Peyton
Optimal Control in Process Tomography
A R Ruuskanen, A Seppänen, S Duncan, E Somersalo, J P Kaipio
Image Reconstruction in 3D Magnetic Induction Tomography using a FEM Forward Model
M Soleimani, W R B Lionheart, A J Peyton, X Ma
MERIT - A New Magneto-electrical Resistivity Imaging Technique: Part 1, Modeling and Tomographic Reconstruction
A Kemna, A Tillmann, A Verweerd, E Zimmermann, H Vereecken
MERIT - A New Magneto-electrical Resistivity Imaging Technique: Part 2, Magnetic Sensors and Instrumentation
E Zimmermann, A Verweerd, W Glaas, A Tillmann, A Kemna
A Quantitative Algorithm for Parameter Estimation in Magnetic Induction Tomography
R Casanova Luis, A F da Silva, A R Borges
Forward Problem in 3D Magnetic Induction Tomography (MIT)
M Soleimani, W R B Lionheart, C H Riedel, O Dössel
APPLICATIONS II: Flow Measurements
Keynote: A Novel Tomographic Flow Analysis System
A Hunt, J D Pendleton, R B White
Volumetric Flow Rates from Impedance Tomography in Oil/Gas Flows
G Fehmers
Development of a Signal Prediction Based ECT-System for Precise Flow Velocity Measurement
A Fuchs, B Brandstätter
Application of Electrical Resistance Tomography to Two-Phase Flow and Void Fraction Measurement
F Dong, X T Qiao, Z X Jiang, L A Xu
The Use of Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT) to Monitor Flow Patterns in Horizontal Slurry Transport Pipelines
A D Pachowko, M Wang, C Poole, D Rhodes
Non-invasive Imaging of Pressure-driven Suspension Flows with Electrical Resistance Tomography
J T Norman, H V Nayak, R T Bonnecaze
Acoustical Tomographic Imaging of Flow Fields
P Holstein, R Müller, A Raabe, M Barth, D Mackenzie, K Arnold, A Ziemann, M Schatz
Application of Optical Tomography for Measurement of Small Gas Flows
M R Rząsa, A Pląskowski
3D Presentation of Images with Capacitance Tomography
H G Wang, S Liu, F Jiang, W Q Yang
OVERVIEW III
Computed Tomography Applications for the Oil and Gas Industry
L Tomutsa
HARDWARE III: Electromagnetic Inductance
Keynote: A State of the Art Review of Electromagnetic Tomography
H S Tapp, A J Peyton
Numerical Simulation of Eddy Current Losses in High Frequency Magnetic Field Water Fraction Meters
E A Hammer, F Pettersen, A Nødseth
Characterising the Effects of the External Electromagnetic Shield on a Magnetic Induction Tomography Sensor
A J Peyton, S Watson, R J Williams, H Griffiths, W Gough
A 3D Imaging System for Measuring the Shape and Volume of the Human Body
W A Wan-Daud, H S Tapp, C Ktistis, A J Peyton
Understanding the Coupling Mechanisms in High Frequency EMT
D Goss, R O Mackin, E Crescenzo, H S Tapp, A J Peyton
Optimizing the Spatial Sensitivity Response of a New Current Sensor Constructed with a Printed Coil Array
A Salisbury, A J Peyton, A Dytch
Development of Electromagnetic Inductance Tomography (EMT) Hardware for Determining Human Body Composition
D Goss, R O Mackin, E Crescenzo, H S Tapp, A J Peyton
A Combined Digital Camera - EMT System to Measure Human Body Composition
H S Tapp, D Goss, R O Mackin, E Crescenzo, W A Wan-Daud, C Ktistis, A J Peyton
SOFTWARE III: Electrical Capacitance I
Keynote: Development of 3-Dimensional Electrical Capacitance Tomography Based on Neural Network Multi-criterion Optimization Image Reconstruction
W Warsito, L-S Fan
A Comparison of the Mutual Energy Concept with an Adjoint State Approach for Jacobian Calculation in ECT
B Brandstätter, B Kortschak
A Novel Image Reconstruction Algorithm for Electrical Capacitance Tomography Based on Variational Methods and Green’s Functions
A Fraguela, J Oliveros, S Gomez
On-line Iterative Image Reconstruction for ECT
S Liu, L Fu, W Q Yang, H G Wang, F Jiang
Image Reconstruction in Process Tomography Using Hierarchical Self-organising Maps
D Benchebra, P V S Ponnapalli, R Deloughry
A Fast Gauss-Newton Based ECT Algorithm with Automatic Adjustment of the Regularization Parameter
G Holler, D Watzenig, B Brandstätter
A Hybrid Iterative Algorithm for Electrical Capacitance Tomography
T Dyakowski, M Rutkowski, D Sakson
An Interpretation of the Linear Back-Projection Algorithm Used in Capacitance Tomography
J C Gamio, C Ortiz-Aleman
APPLICATIONS III: Tomography for Design of Heat and Mass Transfer Equipment
Keynote: Measurement of Acid-Base Neutralisation Reactions by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
S Evans, L Hall
Gamma Tomography System For Determination of Solids Loading in Gas-Solid Flows: Comparison with Axial Pressure Gradient Method
T J O’Hern, S M Trujillo, P R Tortora
Measurement of Liquid and Gas Flow Distribution in a Fixed Bed Reactor Using a Gamma-ray Tomographic System
A Koudil, C Boyer, Y Bentolila
Study of Stirred Tank Reactor Hydrodynamics Using Positron Emission Particle Tracking
R P Fishwick, E H Stitt, J M Winterbottom
Measurement of Particle Separation by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
F Heese, L Hall
Using X-ray Microtomography to Improve the Characterisation of Catalyst Pore Structure
L Ruffino, R Mann, R Oldman, E H Stitt, E Boller, P Cloetens, M DiMichiel, J Merino
Quantitation of Fluid Flow Through Medical Devices Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
F Heese, L Hall
The Use of Inductance Spectroscopy to Image the Conductivity Distribution of a Layered Conductor
W Yin, S J Dickinson, A J Peyton
Study of Solids Distribution and Permeability of Extruded Samples Using X-ray Micro-Tomography
N Gopinathan, X Jia, R A Williams, E H Stitt
OVERVIEW IV
Applications of Electric Potential (Displacement Current) Sensors in Human Body Electrophysiology
C J Harland, T D Clark, R J Prance
HARDWARE IV: Electrical Modalities
Keynote: Towards Wireless Impedance Tomography Systems
T A York, D Belabdi, A Burnett-Thompson, D Emiroglu, O Egbetola, L McCulloch, S Savvides, W Q Yang
High-Speed Capacitance Scanner
J Frounchi, F Dehkhoda
Electromagnetic Geotomography — Frequency Selection
A Prałat, R Zdunek
The Design of a 1000 Frames/Second ERT Data Capture System and Calibration Techniques Employed
A J Wilkinson, E W Randall, D Durrett, T Naidoo, J J Cilliers
Tomometric Approach Using Multi Sensor Data Fusion in Particle Segregation Studies
U Datta, V Mathiesen, S Mylvaganam
A Study on the Characterization of Air-water Two-phase Vertical Flow by Using Electrical Resistance Imaging
Y Wu, H Li, M Wang, R A Williams
2½D Temperature Mapping: The Tomographic “Blanket”
S Garcia C, K B Ozanyan
SOFTWARE IV: General Imaging
Image Reconstruction for Process Tomography Using Sampled Pattern Matching Method
M Takei, H Li , M Ochi, Y Saito, K Horii
Virtual Channel Concept for Measuring Solids Mass Flow Rate
T Dyakowski, V Mosorov, D Sankowski, M Seaton, Ł Mazurkiewicz, K Grudziń, A Jaworski
An Experimental Evaluation of the State Estimation with Fluid Dynamical Models in Process Tomography
A Sepp 0nen, L Heikkinen, T Savolainen, E Somersalo, J P Kaipio
Research on the Pixel-pixel Cross Correlation for the Velocity Distribution Measurement of Two-phase Flow
X Deng, L H Peng, D Y Yao, B F Zhang
Multigrid Implementation of Some Regularized Image Reconstruction Methods for Limited-Data Tomography
R Zdunek, A Prałat
Image Reconstruction for Pressure Filtration Using EIDORS 3D
T A York, Ł Mazurkiewicz, N Polydorides, R Mann, B Grieve
Generic Reality Visualisation Models Through Fusion of Process Tomography Sensor Data
B S Hoyle, X Jia, X Z Wang, R A Williams
Octopus, a Fast and User-friendly Tomography Reconstruction Package Developed in LabView
M Dierick, B Masschaele, L Van Hoorebeke
APPLICATIONS IV: Tomography for Particulate Processes
Keynote: Positron Emission Tomography Applied to Fluidization Engineering
C Dechsiri, F Van de Wiel, H G Dehling, A M J Paans, A C Hoffmann
Observation of 3-D Structure of Bubbles in a Fluidized Catalyst Bed
T Kai, M Misawa, T Kanda, T Takahashi, I Tiseanu, N Ichikawa
Fast Computed Tomographic Imaging within Turbulent Fluidised Beds
P R P Bruneau, R F Mudde, T H J J van der Hagen
Tracking Individual Particles in a Fluidized Bed Using a Medical PET-Camera
A C Hoffmann, C Dechsiri, F van de Wiel, A Ghione, H G Dehling, A M J Paans
Computational Modelling of Packed Bed Systems
N Gopinathan, M Fairweather, X Jia, R A Williams
Use of ERT in a Geotechnical Centrifuge
F K Günzel, C J Fyfe, M C R Davies
In Situ Electrical Impedance Imaging of Paste During Extrusion Revealing Structure of Extrudate
R M West, D M Scott, G Sunshine, J Kostuch, L Heikkinen, R Hou, R A Williams
OVERVIEW V
Electrical Impedance Imaging
D Issaacson, J Newell, G Saulnier
HARDWARE V: Electrical Capacitance Tomography
Keynote: Transient Analysis of the AC-based Capacitance Measuring Circuit for Tomography
A Gonzalez-Nakazawa, J C Gamio, W Q Yang
A New High-Speed Control Interface for an Electrical Capacitance Tomography System
M Byars, J D Pendleton, D Goodeve
A Parallel Measurement Strategy for Electrical Capacitance Tomography
G Lu, L H Peng, B F Zhang
High-Speed Capacitance Measuring System For Process Tomography
J Frounchi, A-R Bazzazi, K Ebnabbasi, K Hosseini
Capacitance Tomography for Dynamic Process Imaging
P Brzeski, J Mirkowski, T Olszewski, A Pląskowski, W Smolik, R Szabatin
High Resolution Rotary Electrical Capacitance Tomography System
J Frounchi, A-R Bazzazi
Parallel Realisation of the Linear Back-projection Algorithm for Capacitance Tomography Using TMS320C6701 Digital Signal Processors
D F Garcia-Nocetti, J C Gamio, L A Aguilar
SOFTWARE V: Electrical Imaging
Keynote: Time-varying Electrical Impedance Tomography with IMM Scheme
K Y Kim, S I Kang, B S Kim, M C Kim, S Kim
The Mathematical Formulation of the State Evolution Equation in Electrical Process Tomography
H K Pikkarainen
The Combination of Principal Component Analysis with Neural Network as a Highly Efficient 3D EIT Solution
M Stasiak, K Siwek, R Sikora, S F Filipowicz, J Sikora
Estimating Shapes and Free Surfaces with Electrical Impedance Tomography
O-P Tossavainen, M Vauhkonen
Enhancement of Electrical Impedance Tomography Images for the Binary Mixture System
M C Kim, S Kim, K Y Kim
Statistical Inversion Approach for Optimizing Current Patterns in EIT
J P Kaipio, A Sepp 0nen, E Somersalo, H Haario
Adjoint Formulations in Impedance Imaging
N Polydorides, W R B Lionheart
Simultaneous Reconstruction of the Boundary Shape and Conductivity in 2D Electrical Impedance Tomography
M Soleimani, R Sadleir, K Jersey-Willuhn
APPLICATIONS V: Process Control and Imaging
Keynote: Application of Electrical Resistance Tomography Technology to Pharmaceutical Processes
F Ricard, C Brechtelsbauer, C Lawrence, Y Xu, A Pannier
Characterization and Analysis of Copper Heap Leaching by X-ray Computed Tomographic Techniques
J D Miller, C L Lin, C Roldan, C Garcia
Quantitation of the function of a Biofilm Reactor by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
K Nott, F Heese, M Paterson-Beedle, L Macaskie, L Hall
Characterization of Liquid-feed Injection Phenomena In Process Engineering By Using Dual-energy X-ray Tomography
M Strabel, K E Wirth
Identification of Cracks in Copper Mines by Bell Functions Approximation in Electrical Impedance Tomography
R Sikora, J Sikora, S F Filipowicz, Z Giza, M Stasiak
Moisture Profiles Determination During Convective Drying Using X-ray Microtomography
A Leacute;onard, S Blacher, P Marchot, J-P Pirard, M Crine
Imaging the Flow Profile of Molten Steel Through a Submerged Pouring Nozzle
X Ma, A J Peyton, R Binns, S R Higson
HARDWARE VI: Development of Sensor Systems
Keynote: Scattering Effects as Imaging Signals for (Neutron) Tomography
W Treimer, M Strobl, A Hilger, U Feye–Treimer
Monitoring of High Pressure Separation of Real Hydrocarbon/Water Mixtures by Single Electrode Capacitance Probes
R B Schüller, K Olsen, M Halleraker, B Engebretsen
Development of a Virtual Instrument System for Industrial Process Tomography
R Deloughry, I Davenport, X Ma, P V S Ponnapalli
Characterisation of Heterogeneous Mixtures by Using Thick-film Ultrasonic Transducers
T Dyakowski, J Hale, A Jaworski, N White, N Harris, A Nowakowski, G Meng, S Rwifa
Process Tomography System by Electrostatic Charge of Particles
M Machida, B Scarlett
SOFTWARE VI: Electrical Capacitance II
Keynote: Near-Infrared (NIR) Tomography for Breast Cancer Imaging
B W Pogue, K D Paulsen
Using Functional Analysis for Understanding Complex 3D Processes
D Sankowski, V Mosorov, K Grudzień, A Pląskowski, A Jaworski
Electrical Impedance Tomography in the Half Space: Locating Obstacles by Electrostatic Measurements on the Boundary
B Schappel
Application of Simulated Annealing and Genetic Algorithms to the Reconstruction of Electrical Permittivity Images in Capacitance Tomography
C Ortiz-Alemán, R Martin, J C Gamio, A Nicolas
Spline Smoothing Algorithms for Improving Capacitance Tomography Image Reconstruction
A Grebennikov
APPLICATIONS VI: Electrical Tomography for Imaging Industrial Processes
Keynote: Process Compliant Electrical Impedance Instrumentation for Wide Scale Exploitation on Industrial Vessels
B D Grieve, J L Davidson, R Mann, W R B Lionheart, T A York
Flow Distribution and Velocity Measurement in a Radial Flow Fixed Bed Reactor Using Electrical Resistance Tomography
G T Bolton, C W Hooper, R Mann, E H Stitt
Flow Uniformity in a Model Digester Measured with Electrical Resistance Tomography
D S Vlaev, C P J Bennington
Development of an Eddy Current System for Monitoring Taphole Operations
J A Coveney, A J Peyton, A K Kyllo, M H Pham, N B Gray
On Reconciling Tomographic Measurements with a Fluid Mixing Model for Semi-Batch Operation of a Stirred Vessel
S J Stanley, H V Hristov, R Mann, K Primrose
Using Electrical Capacitance Tomography to Investigate Gas Solid Contacting
R B White