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On the resolving and source identification limitations of a real-time fast-neutron imaging system

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On the resolving and source identification limitations of a real-time fast-neutron imaging system. / Beaumont, Jonathan; Mellor, Matthew; Joyce, Malcolm.
2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 NSS/MIC). IEEE, 2014. p. 1-7.

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Beaumont, J, Mellor, M & Joyce, M 2014, On the resolving and source identification limitations of a real-time fast-neutron imaging system. in 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 NSS/MIC). IEEE, pp. 1-7, 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Seoul, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, 27/10/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829503

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Beaumont, J., Mellor, M., & Joyce, M. (2014). On the resolving and source identification limitations of a real-time fast-neutron imaging system. In 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 NSS/MIC) (pp. 1-7). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829503

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Beaumont J, Mellor M, Joyce M. On the resolving and source identification limitations of a real-time fast-neutron imaging system. In 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 NSS/MIC). IEEE. 2014. p. 1-7 doi: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829503

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Beaumont, Jonathan ; Mellor, Matthew ; Joyce, Malcolm. / On the resolving and source identification limitations of a real-time fast-neutron imaging system. 2013 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (2013 NSS/MIC). IEEE, 2014. pp. 1-7

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