Photon and neutron interrogation techniques for chemical explosives detection in air cargo: A critical review

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

Volumn 603, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 510-528

  Runkle, Robert C ^a   White, Timothy A ^b   Miller, Erin A ^a   Caggiano, Joseph A ^a   Collins, Brian A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active interrogation; Dual energy radiography; Explosives detection; Neutron scattering; Nuclear resonance; X ray radiography

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE INTERROGATION; AIR CARGOS; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIVES; CRITICAL REVIEWS; DUAL-ENERGY RADIOGRAPHY; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; INCIDENT PARTICLES; INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES; NEUTRON INTERROGATIONS; NUCLEAR RESONANCE; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; POTENTIAL TECHNIQUES; SUB SURFACES; TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION IMAGING;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; EXPLOSIVES; LIGHT; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; NITRATION; PHOTONS; RADIOLOGY; RESONANCE; SCANNING; TRACE ANALYSIS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 65449176740     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.02.015     Document Type: Review

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