Homeland security instrumentation for radiation detection at borders

American Nuclear Society 4th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human Machine Interface Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1309-1317

  Kouzes, Richard ^a   Ely, James ^a   Hansen, Randy ^a   Schweppe, John ^a   Siciliano, Edward ^a   Stromswold, David ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeland Security; Portal Monitors; Radiation

Indexed keywords

HOMELAND SECURITY; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; PORTAL MONITORS;

ALGORITHMS; CROSSTALK; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 32044456721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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