Design and characteristics of the JRR-3M thermal neutron radiography facility and its imaging systems

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 309-324

  Matsubayashi, Masahito ^a   Kobayashi, Hisao ^b   Hibiki, Takashi ^c   Mishima, Kaichiro ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

THERMAL NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY;

NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034322710     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT00-A3146     Document Type: Article

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