ABSTRACT
Industrial radiography is typically applied for the volumetric inspection of industrial products and installations. Industrial radiography is based on the discovery of X-rays by W. C. Roentgen in 1895, the discovery of gamma radiation by H. Becquerel in 1896, and the extraction of Radium sources by P. and M. Curie in 1898. The major problem in industrial radiography is the image degradation by scattered radiation, generated by Compton scattering inside the penetrated object. Users of digital industrial radiology, who are interested to move from classical film radiography to digital industrial radiology, should know which particular application field they want to enter. Storage phosphor imaging plates are image media for film-less radiography. Novel applications in addition to film radiography emerge, taking advantage of the higher sensitivity and the digital image processing, as well as the capability to analyze digital radiographs with affordable computer systems.
