The discernibility of land mines using lateral migration radiography

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3392, Issue , 1998, Pages 878-887

  Su, Zhong ^a   Howley, Joseph L ^a   Jacobs, Jennifer A ^a   Dugan, Edward T ^a   Jacobs, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Land mine detection; Land mine type identification; Lateral migration radiography; Multiple detector systems; X ray backscatter

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BOMBS (ORDNANCE); LIGHT SCATTERING; METAL DETECTORS; MINES; MINING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTONS; POLLUTION; RADIOLOGY; REMEDIATION;

LAND MINE DETECTION; LAND MINE TYPE IDENTIFICATION; LATERAL MIGRATION RADIOGRAPHY; MULTIPLE-DETECTOR SYSTEMS; X-RAY BACKSCATTER;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0011759351     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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