Synchrotron Data - Etschmann 1004 (Mar 2009) - XANES imaging development using Maia 384

96-channel prototype of the massively parallel Maia detector was tested last year at the NSLS and used to prove the concepts of high throughput fluorescence imaging and full spectral XANES imaging. The aim of this experiment is to use the new 384-channel Maia detector to collect full-spectral high-spatial resolution images at a minimum of 50 energy points to generate XANES images of geological materials with applications to mineral processing, mineral exploration, and environmental geochemistry. By enabling for the first time large-scale (thousands to millions of pixels) XANES imaging, this new technique will revolutionize the study of Earth materials.