3D Imaging Using Combined Neutron-Photon Fan-Beam Tomography: A Monte Carlo Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2-2016
Publication Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Volume
111
Issue
May 2016
First page number:
110
Last page number:
116
Abstract
The application of combined neutron-photon tomography for 3D imaging is examined using MCNP5 simulations for objects of simple shapes and different materials. Two-dimensional transmission projections were simulated for fan-beam scans using 2.5 MeV deuterium-deuterium and 14 MeV deuterium-tritium neutron sources, and high-energy X-ray sources, such as 1 MeV, 6 MeV and 9 MeV. Photons enable assessment of electron density and related mass density, neutrons aid in estimating the product of density and material-specific microscopic cross section- the ratio between the two provides the composition, while CT allows shape evaluation. Using a developed imaging technique, objects and their material compositions have been visualized.
Repository Citation
Hartman, J.,
Pour Yazdanpanah, A.,
Barzilov, A.,
Regentova, E.
(2016).
3D Imaging Using Combined Neutron-Photon Fan-Beam Tomography: A Monte Carlo Study.
Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 111(May 2016),
110-116.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.02.018