New features in cold neutron radiography and tomography - Part I: Thinner scintillators and a neutron velocity selector to improve the spatial resolution

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 491, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 481-491

  Baechler, S ^a,b   Kardjilov, N ^c   Dierick, M ^d   Jolie, J ^e   Kuhne G ^b   Lehmann, E ^b   Materna, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold neutron radiography; Computed tomography; Energy selective neutron radiography; Neutron scintillator; Neutron velocity selector

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; NEUTRON BEAMS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE;

NEUTRON VELOCITY SELECTORS;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

EID: 0036788068     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01238-X     Document Type: Article

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