Detection of chemical explosives using multiple photon signatures

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 884-887

  Loschke, K W ^a   Dunn, W L ^a  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Detection; Improvised explosive devices; Photon

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; DETECTION OF CHEMICALS; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; INERT MATERIALS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION RADIATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCANNING; RAPID DETECTION; STANDOFF DISTANCE;

BACKSCATTERING; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; NITRATION; PHOTONS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS;

EXPLOSIVES;

FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; BOMB; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PHOTON; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNATURE BASED RADIATION SCANNING;

ALGORITHMS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PHOTONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649234579     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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