Landmine detection: The problem and the challenge

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 557-563

  Hussein, E M A ^a   Waller, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Explosives; Landmines; Radiation methods

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; EXPLOSIVES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PHOTONS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADIOISOTOPES;

LANDMINE DETECTION; PULSED NEUTRON GENERATOR;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EXPLOSIVE;

ARMY; COMPTON EFFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; TECHNIQUE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; EXPLOSIONS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 0034670313     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00218-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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