Subsurface Intelligence with Muon Tomography
By transforming muon data into reliable 3D density maps, we help mining companies identify, characterize, and monitor mineral deposits with confidence. This reduces risk and cost of traditional methods, while saving time, optimizing return, and minimizing environmental impact across the mining value chain.
The biggest mining companies in the world have told us it’s a game-changer.
The Earth, transparent.
In subsurface environments where the scale, grade, and location of mineral deposits and anomalies are generally uncertain, Ideon provides 95% certainty on measurement of density — revealing the unseen.
Muon tomography is the only straight-line subsurface imaging technology available today, delivering the highest available resolution along with precise anomaly location information.
Cosmic-Ray Muons
Muons penetrate Earth’s surface, and lose energy as they encounter material of different densities.
Detectors
Proprietary detectors in the survey area measure muon intensity within at least a 120° field of view.
Satellite to Cloud
The captured muon data is transmitted to the surface, then via satellite to Ideon.
2D Radiographs
The data is transformed into x-ray-like images of density anomalies in the survey area.
3D Density Model
Inversion technologies create subsurface 3D density models.
What’s next? Beyond muon tomography…
While it’s true that we love muon tomography, we also believe in the power of multi-physics fusion. We’re currently developing several complementary imaging sensors as well as advancing our joint inversion capabilities to seamlessly integrate gravity, magnetometry, and seismic data sets.