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Since the market introduction of the commercial system ComScan 160 [1] X-ray backscatter imaging has become an established inspection technique in certain areas of nondestructive testing, e.g. corrosion inspection on aircrafts. Several preceding publications on X-ray backscatter imaging have been focussed on the current status of the ComScan system and on topical applications [2,3,4]. In the present article the horizon shall be opened to all relevant results which have been obtained worldwide with X-ray backscatter techniques. Due to space limitations it is certainly not possible to give a complete overview, but some selected results will be reported. In reference [5] additional information and many references to this topic can be found. Furthermore, in that work reference is also given to the patent situation. Additionally to this, an overview on the history of X-ray backscatter techniques, on physical and technical foundations of the techniques and its numerous variations will be given in chapter 3.1.5 of the to-be-published handbook on NDT [6] (in German).
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Niemann, W., Zahorodny, S. (1998). Status and Future Aspects of X-Ray Backscatter Imaging. In: Thompson, D.O., Chimenti, D.E. (eds) Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5339-7_48
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