On May 5, the Earthquake Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, the Wigner Physics Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and NEC Corporation (NEC) announced the inside of a huge object such as a volcano using the highly permeable cosmic ray "muon". Announced that it has started joint development of a measurement system for "muography", a visualization technology for seeing through.
In order to maintain a safe and secure life and social infrastructure, it is necessary to carry out warning monitoring to grasp the activity status of natural structures such as volcanoes, deterioration monitoring of large buildings where human investigation is difficult, and internal investigation. be.
"Muography" has been used for internal surveys of volcanoes and pyramids and for deposit exploration, but it was difficult to use it as a sensor for non-destructive inspection due to environmental factors such as noise, equipment size, and cost.However, in recent years, it has been put into practical use due to technological innovations such as miniaturization and high accuracy of equipment and accumulation of technical verification know-how.
This time, the three parties jointly visualized structures such as buried objects and the inside of mountain bodies, which were difficult to observe in the past, and the collected structure data will be used in the future as the cutting-edge AI technology "NEC the" including NEC's original image processing technology. In cooperation with "WISE" and existing systems, the company plans to work toward further promotion of technological development such as prediction of dangerous events and proactive measures.
