Signature-based radiation scanning using radiation interrogation to detect explosives

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 893-895

  Lowrey, J D ^a   Dunn, W L ^a  

^a Kansas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Improvised explosive devices; Inelastic scattering; Neutron capture

Indexed keywords

DETECTION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH SPECIFICITY; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; NEUTRON CAPTURE; NEUTRON INTERROGATION; RADIATION SCANNING; STANDOFF DISTANCE;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; INELASTIC SCATTERING; NEUTRONS; NITRATION; RADIATION SHIELDING;

EXPLOSIVES;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BOMB; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNATURE BASED RADIATION SCANNING;

ALGORITHMS; EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77649238151     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.01.028     Document Type: Article

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