Advances in neutron radiographic techniques and applications: A method for nondestructive testing

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 437-442

  Berger, Harold ^a  

^a Industrial Quality Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutron imaging; Nondestructive testing; Phase sensitive imaging; Radiography; Radioscopy; Tomography

Indexed keywords

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ISOTOPES; NEUTRONS; RADIOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING METHODS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES;

RADIOACTIVITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORROSION; CYCLOTRON; DEVICE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY; FILM; FILTER; HISTORY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING; MATERIALS; NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOGRAPHY; REACTOR; ROBOTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; X RAY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 3142532644     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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