J. Imaging 2018, 4(4), 55; https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging4040055
Neutron Imaging at Compact Accelerator-Driven Neutron Sources in Japan
Research Laboratory of Accelerator-Based BNCT System, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
Received: 8 November 2017 / Revised: 28 February 2018 / Accepted: 22 March 2018 / Published: 27 March 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Neutron Imaging)
Abstract
Neutron imaging has been recognized to be very useful to investigate inside of materials and products that cannot be seen by X-ray. New imaging methods using the pulsed structure of neutron sources based on accelerators has been developed also at compact accelerator-driven neutron sources and opened new application fields in neutron imaging. The world’s first dedicated imaging instrument at pulsed neutron sources was constructed at J-PARC in Japan owing to the development of such new methods. Then, usefulness of the compact accelerator-driven neutron sources in neutron science was recognized and such facilities were newly constructed in Japan. Now, existing and new sources have been used for neutron imaging. Traditional imaging and newly developed pulsed neutron imaging such as Bragg edge transmission have been applied to various fields by using compact and large neutron facilities. Here, compact accelerator-driven neutron sources used for imaging in Japan are introduced and some of their activities are presented. View Full-TextKeywords:
compact accelerator-driven neutron source; Bragg edge transmission; resonance imaging; traditional imaging; material analysis; temperature measurement
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