An explosives detection system for airline security using coherent x-ray scattering technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7079, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Madden, Robert W ^a   Mahdavieh, Jacob ^a   Smith, Richard C ^a   Subramanian, Ravi ^a  

^a L 3 Communications Security and Detection Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Diffraction; Explosive; Germanium; HPGe; Security; X ray; XRD

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ALARM SYSTEMS; DIFFRACTION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); EXPLOSIVE ACTUATED DEVICES; EXPLOSIVES; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NITRATION; SCATTERING; STARS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY SCATTERING;

DETECTION; HPGE; SECURITY; X-RAY; XRD;

X RAYS;

EID: 57649087699     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.796174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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