Robust statistical reconstruction for charged particle tomography

Schultz, Larry Joe; Klimenko, Alexei Vasilievich; Fraser, Andrew Mcleod; Morris, Christopher; Orum, John Christopher; Borozdin, Konstantin N; Sossong, Michael James; Hengartner, Nicolas W

Robust statistical reconstruction for charged particle tomography

Patent · 08 October 2013

OSTI ID:1097256

Schultz, Larry Joe; Klimenko, Alexei Vasilievich; Fraser, Andrew Mcleod; Morris, Christopher; Orum, John Christopher; Borozdin, Konstantin N; Sossong, Michael James; Hengartner, Nicolas W

Systems and methods for charged particle detection including statistical reconstruction of object volume scattering density profiles from charged particle tomographic data to determine the probability distribution of charged particle scattering using a statistical multiple scattering model and determine a substantially maximum likelihood estimate of object volume scattering density using expectation maximization (ML/EM) algorithm to reconstruct the object volume scattering density. The presence of and/or type of object occupying the volume of interest can be identified from the reconstructed volume scattering density profile. The charged particle tomographic data can be cosmic ray muon tomographic data from a muon tracker for scanning packages, containers, vehicles or cargo. The method can be implemented using a computer program which is executable on a computer.

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Research Organization:: LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States))

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Assignee:: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Number(s):: 8,552,370

Application Number:: 11/977,409

OSTI ID:: 1097256

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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