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Description
The most common description found in the literature is that muography is an innovative method of imaging structures, comparable in principle to clinical X-ray radiography. But it is in fact a complete technology and research field in its own right, the development of which has accelerated significantly over the last three decades. And this acceleration covers all relevant aspects in such an interdisciplinary field, from sensors developments and integration to particles tracking techniques and algorithms optimization in the inverse problem resolution. Unlike all academic researches, muography has also opened new horizons in the non destructive testing paradigm for industrial applications. This is growing up rapidly in civil engineering, mining prospection, nuclear industry, metallurgy etc by offering not only structural imaging solutions but also monitoring capabilities.
In this talk I will review early (recent) developments in geosciences with a dedicated focus on volcanology and related progress in risk assessment and mitigation that muography promises. Then I will follow the technology transfer and valorization processes that led to the birth of a dedicated company proposing muography-based services, MUODIM, to a variety of clients in the private sector. Technical but also economical challenges will be discussed and addressed on a few examples.