Pixelated diffraction signatures for explosive detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8357, Issue , 2012, Pages

  O'Flynn, Daniel ^a   Reid, Caroline ^a   Christodoulou, Christiana ^a   Wilson, Matt ^b   Veale, Matthew C ^b   Seller, Paul ^b   Speller, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angular dispersive X ray diffraction; Energy dispersive X ray diffraction; Explosive detection; Pixelated detector

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; DETECTORS; EXPLOSIVES; SCATTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFRACTION PROFILES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS; ENERGY-RESOLVING DETECTORS; EXPLOSIVE DETECTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION SPECTRA; PIXELATED DETECTORS; RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY , UK; SCATTERING TECHNIQUES;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 84875537583     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.919184     Document Type: Conference Paper

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