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Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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TY - GEN
T1 - Portable, fast-neutron tomography with an isotopic source and organic scintillation detectors
AU - Joyce, Malcolm J.
AU - Agar, Stewart
AU - Aspinall, Michael D.
AU - Colley, Edmund
AU - Colling, Miriam
AU - Dykes, Joseph
AU - Kardasopoulos, Phoevos
AU - Mitton, Katie
PY - 2016/10/3
Y1 - 2016/10/3
N2 - This paper describes the use of fast neutrons and a small number of organic liquid scintillation detectors to realize real-time, in-situ fast neutron tomography. The aim of the research was to determine whether fast neutron tomography can be achieved with an isotopic source and relatively few organic liquid scintillation detectors as opposed to the usual requirement of installed facilities. A system has been designed comprising 7 liquid scintillation counters, rotary table, solid water collimator and reconstruction processing. A number of experiments have been carried out with two concrete samples to determine whether solid/hollow characteristics n cylindrical samples can be discerned. The data indicate significant potential, highlighting the possibility of portable, in-situ fast neutron tomography of samples without the need for a reactor, beam-line, scintillation screen or CCD camera.
AB - This paper describes the use of fast neutrons and a small number of organic liquid scintillation detectors to realize real-time, in-situ fast neutron tomography. The aim of the research was to determine whether fast neutron tomography can be achieved with an isotopic source and relatively few organic liquid scintillation detectors as opposed to the usual requirement of installed facilities. A system has been designed comprising 7 liquid scintillation counters, rotary table, solid water collimator and reconstruction processing. A number of experiments have been carried out with two concrete samples to determine whether solid/hollow characteristics n cylindrical samples can be discerned. The data indicate significant potential, highlighting the possibility of portable, in-situ fast neutron tomography of samples without the need for a reactor, beam-line, scintillation screen or CCD camera.
U2 - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2015.7581956
DO - 10.1109/NSSMIC.2015.7581956
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
AN - SCOPUS:84994115622
SN - 9781467398633
BT - 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2015 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, NSS/MIC 2015
Y2 - 31 October 2015 through 7 November 2015
ER -