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Title: Imaging and sensing based on muon tomography

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OSTI ID:1079432
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Techniques, apparatus and systems for detecting particles such as muons for imaging applications. Subtraction techniques are described to enhance the processing of the muon tomography data.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
Assignee:
Decision Sciences International Corporation (Poway, CA); Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
8,288,721
Application Number:
12/108,494
OSTI ID:
1079432
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Large vessel imaging using cosmic-ray muons journal June 2004
Image reconstruction and material Z discrimination via cosmic ray muon radiography
  • Schultz, L. J.; Borozdin, K. N.; Gomez, J. J.
  • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 519, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.035
journal March 2004
Penalized maximum-likelihood image reconstruction using space-alternating generalized EM algorithms journal January 1995
See inside: The development of a cosmic ray muon imaging system to aid the clean up of the UK’s nuclear waste legacy journal March 2008

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