Speaker:Anirudh Doshi

Multi-Energy Image Production from an X-Ray Simulator (XRSIM)

Simulation modeling solves real-world problems safely and efficiently. It provides an important method of analysis, which is easily verified, communicated, and understood. Across industries and disciplines, simulation modeling provides valuable solutions by giving clear insights into complex systems. One such field where simulation preserves a lot of effort and is cost-effective is simulating actions of X-Ray machines, which are used to scan materials or objects in industries to study their basic properties, in particular, find different defects that may be present in the said objects but are invisible to the human eye.

XRSIM is a simulator developed in the early 1990s by the Centre of Non-Destructive Evaluation (CNDE), Iowa State University. It is based on C++ compiled on MSVC (Microsoft Visual C++ compiler) which tries to emulate real-life X-Ray machines with their detectors and generators to produce an image of the object placed in front of the X-Ray machine. X-ray machines use invisible electromagnetic energy beams to produce images of internal tissues, bones, and organs on film or digital media. Standard X-rays are performed for many reasons, including diagnosing tumors or bone injuries. With the advancement of technology and even real-life X-Ray machines, the simulators too needed an upgrade in terms of their functionality and performance. In this project, we have tried to enhance XRSIM to make it compatible with present-day X-Ray machines without compromising on the core features, which make it a very useful tool. The aim of my Creative Component was to enhance the capability of XRSIM to produce Dual-Energy based images and Multi-Energy based images without affecting the core functionality of the working of XRSIM.

Committee: Samik Basu (major professor) and Pavan Aduri

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