Matsumura, Satoshi
Kondo, Akihiko
Nakamura, Keita
Mizutani, Takaaki
Kohama, Eiji
Wada, Kenji
Kobayashi, Taizo
Roy, Nimisha
Frost, J. David
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japanese Society of the Promotion of Science (19H00787, 19H00787, 19H00787, 19H00787, 19H00787, 19H00787)
National Science Foundation (EEC-1449501, EEC-1449501)
Article History
Received: 26 August 2023
Accepted: 4 November 2023
First Online: 16 November 2023
Competing interests
: The relevant patent has been registered by Japan Patent Office on 31<sup>st</sup> August 2021 as the application number of P6936451, the patent applicant of National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, Kiso-Jiban Consultants Co., Ltd., and Tsukuba Technology Co., Ltd., and inventors including the authors of SM, AK, TM, and EK. The patent covers the basic concept of 3D-DIS, i.e., the in-situ X-ray CT scanning that scans the soil samples underground. The relevant patent has been presented publicly by Japan Patent Office on 31st May 2022 as the application number of P2022-81096A, the patent applicant of National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, Kiso-Jiban Consultants Co., Ltd., Tsukuba Technology Co., Ltd., and The Ritsumeikan Trust, and inventors including the authors of SM, AK, KN, TM, EK, and TK. The patent covers the basic structure of SeDX, i.e., the drilling machine including the X-ray CT scanner. No other author reports conflict of interest.