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Title: Image restoration of high-energy X-ray radiography with a scintillator blur model

Abstract

High-energy X-ray radiographic image restoration is performed using a simulated radiation point spread function and an experimentally derived optical point spread function. It is shown that a robust method for removal of thick monolithic scintillator blur can be determined through independent examination of the blur components. We show that the scintillator blur for a 20 MeV end-point X-ray beam and 20 mm thick LYSO scintillator contributes significantly to the system blur. It is also shown that the optical scatter in the monolithic crystal degrades the low-frequency response of the system. The use of a simulated point spread function for image restoration using deconvolution provides a simple method for image restoration, thereby enhancing feature identification and areal density reconstruction.

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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS), North Las Vegas, NV (United States); Nevada National Security Site/Mission Support and Test Services LLC (NNSS/MSTS), North Las Vegas, NV (United States); Las Vegas, NV (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Office of Defense Programs (DP)
OSTI Identifier:
1615124
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1616429; OSTI ID: 1725796; OSTI ID: 1726017
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-20-20416; DOE/NV/03624-0674; DOE/NV/03624-0617
Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002; S0168900220304009; 163910; PII: S0168900220304009
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001; AC52-06NA25396; NA0003624
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment Journal Volume: 968 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Radiography; Imaging; Image restoration; Blur; imaging; image restoration; blur

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Smalley, Duane, Baker, Stuart, Baldonado, Brandon, Castaneda, Jesus, Corredor, Andrew, Clayton, Jessica H., Fegenbush, Logan, Gautier, Cort, Gehring, Amanda, Haines, Todd, Lucero, James, Stearns, John, and Walters, Katie. Image restoration of high-energy X-ray radiography with a scintillator blur model. Netherlands: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2020.163910.
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Smalley, Duane, Baker, Stuart, Baldonado, Brandon, Castaneda, Jesus, Corredor, Andrew, Clayton, Jessica H., Fegenbush, Logan, Gautier, Cort, Gehring, Amanda, Haines, Todd, Lucero, James, Stearns, John, & Walters, Katie. Image restoration of high-energy X-ray radiography with a scintillator blur model. Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163910
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Smalley, Duane, Baker, Stuart, Baldonado, Brandon, Castaneda, Jesus, Corredor, Andrew, Clayton, Jessica H., Fegenbush, Logan, Gautier, Cort, Gehring, Amanda, Haines, Todd, Lucero, James, Stearns, John, and Walters, Katie. Wed . "Image restoration of high-energy X-ray radiography with a scintillator blur model". Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.163910.
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@article{osti_1615124,
title = {Image restoration of high-energy X-ray radiography with a scintillator blur model},
author = {Smalley, Duane and Baker, Stuart and Baldonado, Brandon and Castaneda, Jesus and Corredor, Andrew and Clayton, Jessica H. and Fegenbush, Logan and Gautier, Cort and Gehring, Amanda and Haines, Todd and Lucero, James and Stearns, John and Walters, Katie},
abstractNote = {High-energy X-ray radiographic image restoration is performed using a simulated radiation point spread function and an experimentally derived optical point spread function. It is shown that a robust method for removal of thick monolithic scintillator blur can be determined through independent examination of the blur components. We show that the scintillator blur for a 20 MeV end-point X-ray beam and 20 mm thick LYSO scintillator contributes significantly to the system blur. It is also shown that the optical scatter in the monolithic crystal degrades the low-frequency response of the system. The use of a simulated point spread function for image restoration using deconvolution provides a simple method for image restoration, thereby enhancing feature identification and areal density reconstruction.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2020.163910},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = C,
volume = 968,
place = {Netherlands},
year = {Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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