Modelling an energy-dispersive X-Ray diffraction system for drug detection

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1238-1241

  Pani, Silvia ^a,b   Cook, Emily ^b   Horrocks, Julie ^c   George, Leah ^a   Hardwick, Sheila ^d   Speller, Robert ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Geometric modelling; Nondestructive testing; X ray imaging

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR ENERGY; DRUG CONTENT; DRUG DETECTION; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAY DIFFRACTION; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GEOMETRIC MODELLING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMULATED DATA; SIMULATION PROGRAM; STATISTICAL MODELS; X-RAY IMAGING;

DETECTORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; STATISTICAL TESTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

X RAYS;

EID: 67649224036     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2010124     Document Type: Article

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