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Article

A Fast Neutron Radiography System Using a High Yield Portable DT Neutron Source

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J. Imaging 2020, 6(12), 128; https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6120128
Submission received: 20 October 2020 / Revised: 18 November 2020 / Accepted: 24 November 2020 / Published: 26 November 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Neutron Imaging)

Abstract

Resolution measurements were made using 14.1 MeV neutrons from a high-yield, portable DT neutron generator and a neutron camera based on a scintillation screen viewed by a digital camera. Resolution measurements were made using a custom-built, plastic, USAF-1951 resolution chart, of dimensions 125 × 98 × 25.4 mm3, and by calculating the modulation transfer function from the edge-spread function from edges of plastic and steel objects. A portable neutron generator with a yield of 3 × 109 n/s (DT) and a spot size of 1.5 mm was used to irradiate the object with neutrons for 10 min. The neutron camera, based on a 6LiF/ZnS:Cu-doped polypropylene scintillation screen and digital camera was placed at a distance of 140 cm, and produced an image with a spatial resolution of 0.35 cycles per millimeter.
Keywords: fast neutron radiography; FNR; imaging; deuterium-tritium; DT; 14.1 MeV; USAF-1951; modulation transfer function; MTF fast neutron radiography; FNR; imaging; deuterium-tritium; DT; 14.1 MeV; USAF-1951; modulation transfer function; MTF
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Williams, D.L.; Brown, C.M.; Tong, D.; Sulyman, A.; Gary, C.K. A Fast Neutron Radiography System Using a High Yield Portable DT Neutron Source. J. Imaging 2020, 6, 128. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6120128

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Williams DL, Brown CM, Tong D, Sulyman A, Gary CK. A Fast Neutron Radiography System Using a High Yield Portable DT Neutron Source. Journal of Imaging. 2020; 6(12):128. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6120128

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Williams, David L., Craig M. Brown, David Tong, Alexander Sulyman, and Charles K. Gary. 2020. "A Fast Neutron Radiography System Using a High Yield Portable DT Neutron Source" Journal of Imaging 6, no. 12: 128. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6120128

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Williams, D. L., Brown, C. M., Tong, D., Sulyman, A., & Gary, C. K. (2020). A Fast Neutron Radiography System Using a High Yield Portable DT Neutron Source. Journal of Imaging, 6(12), 128. https://doi.org/10.3390/jimaging6120128

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