Explosives detection using prompt-gamma neutron activation and neural networks

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 937-943

  Nunes, W V ^a   Da Silva, A X ^b   Crispim, V R ^a   Schirru, R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Explosives detection; Monte Carlo transport code; Neural networks; Prompt gamma neutron activation

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMODULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EXPLOSIVES;

EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; SIMULATION; TRAINING;

EXPLOSIONS; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NERVE NET; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036093193     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(02)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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