The analysis and correction of neutron scattering effects in neutron imaging

Materials Evaluation

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1174-1178

  Raine, Dudley A ^a   Brenizer, J S ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Imaging; Neutron radiography; Nondestructive testing; Radiography; Scattering effect

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; ALGORITHMS; ERROR CORRECTION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION;

BEAM IMAGING; BEAM OBJECTS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CORRECTION ALGORITHMS; NEUTRON IMAGE; NEUTRON IMAGING; SCATTER FUNCTIONS; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SYSTEM GEOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING;

NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING;

CORRECTION ALGORITHM; OBJECT SCATTER FUNCTION (OSF);

EID: 0031258510     PISSN: 00255327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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