Nuclear Fusion Diagnostics - Doug Peterson Imaging Product Manager, Image Science, Product Evangelist, AI guru, and Photographer

Executive Summary

I delivered specialized film digitization solutions for the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore and the Z Pulsed Power Facility at Sandia National Laboratories, enabling critical scientific measurement capabilities for high-energy physics experiments.

Some details of this project are covered by NDA or national security restrictions. However, a publicly available article from researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is available here.

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Strategic Challenge

National Laboratories needed to replace legacy PDS microdensitometer systems, which could no longer be maintained. A replacement system needed to match the results of the legacy system in order to provide continuity of the scientific data being collected from film-based X-ray diagnostics in high-radiation environments.

Technical Contribution

Conducted a comprehensive evaluation of imaging quality requirements for nuclear fusion research centers
Engineered custom version of our high-precision film digitization platform tailored to scientific measurement workflows
Developed specialized NIST-traceable calibration target to validate measurement accuracy
Designed custom software pipeline integrating with laboratory data analysis systems
Demonstrated that our solution could reconstruct X-ray exposures within ~10% of legacy systems while significantly improving acquisition speed

This solution modernized critical scientific infrastructure while ensuring measurement continuity for national security research programs.