{"id":4552,"date":"2025-05-29T11:44:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.infn.it\/TechTransfer\/portfolio_page\/method-for-detecting-and-locating-structures-using-muon-absorption-radiography\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T13:40:50","slug":"method-for-detecting-and-locating-structures-using-muon-absorption-radiography","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_page","link":"https:\/\/web.infn.it\/TechTransfer\/en\/portfolio_page\/method-for-detecting-and-locating-structures-using-muon-absorption-radiography\/","title":{"rendered":"Method for detecting and locating structures using muon absorption radiography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_raw_html]W3dwc2VvX2JyZWFkY3J1bWJd[\/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Method for detecting and locating structures using muon absorption radiography<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]The technology pertains to a muon radiography method suitable for detecting underground structures or cavities, or more generally, objects made of a specific material dispersed in a large quantity of another material with different properties. 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