A detector for neutron imaging

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 III, 2004, Pages 1016-1019

  Britton Jr , Charles L ^a   Bryan, William L ^a   Wintenberg, Alan L ^a   Warmack, Robert J ^a   McKnight, Timothy E ^a   Frank, Shane S ^a   Cooper, Ronald G ^b   Dudney, Nancy J ^a   Veith, Gabriel M ^a   Stephan, Andrew C ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutrons; Radiation detector

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRON SOURCES; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DETECTORS; REFLECTOMETERS;

HIGH-FLUX ISOTOPE REACTOR (HFIR); NEUTRON IMAGING; SPALLATION NEUTRON SOURCES (SNS); THERMAL NEUTRONS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 3343011566     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.829660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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