Neutron Imaging at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Application to Biological Research

Bilheux, Hassina Z; Cekanova, Maria; Bilheux, Jean-Christophe; Bailey, William Barton; Keener, Wylie S; Davis, Larry E; Herwig, Kenneth W

Title: Neutron Imaging at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Application to Biological Research

Full Record
Other Related Research

Abstract

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Neutron Sciences Directorate (NScD) has recently installed a neutron imaging beamline at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) cold guide hall. The CG-1D beamline supports a broad range of user research spanning from engineering to material research, energy storage, additive manufacturing, vehicle technologies, archaeology, biology, and plant physiology. The beamline performance (spatial resolution, field of view, etc.) and its utilization for biological research are presented. The NScD is also considering a proposal to build the VENUS imaging beamline (beam port 10) at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). Unlike CG-1D which provides cold neutrons, VENUS will offer a broad range of neutron wavelengths, from epithermal to cold, and enhanced contrast mechanisms. This new capability will also enable the imaging of thicker biological samples than is currently available at CG-1D. A brief overview of the VENUS capability for biological research is discussed.

Authors:

Bilheux, Hassina Z ^[1]; Cekanova, Maria ^[2]; Bilheux, Jean-Christophe ^[1]; Bailey, William Barton ^[1]; Keener, Wylie S ^[1]; Davis, Larry E ^[1]; Herwig, Kenneth W ^[1]

ORNL
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)

Publication Date:: Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1154825

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Annual ORNL Biomedical Science and Engineering Conference, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 20140506, 20140508

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: neutron imaging; neutron radiography; neutron computed tomography; CG-1D imaging beamline; VENUS; biology

Citation Formats


                    Bilheux, Hassina Z, Cekanova, Maria, Bilheux, Jean-Christophe, Bailey, William Barton, Keener, Wylie S, Davis, Larry E, and Herwig, Kenneth W. Neutron Imaging at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Application to Biological Research.  United States: N. p., 2014. 
        Web.

Copy to clipboard


                    Bilheux, Hassina Z, Cekanova, Maria, Bilheux, Jean-Christophe, Bailey, William Barton, Keener, Wylie S, Davis, Larry E, & Herwig, Kenneth W. Neutron Imaging at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Application to Biological Research.  United States.

Copy to clipboard


                    Bilheux, Hassina Z, Cekanova, Maria, Bilheux, Jean-Christophe, Bailey, William Barton, Keener, Wylie S, Davis, Larry E, and Herwig, Kenneth W. 2014.  
        "Neutron Imaging at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Application to Biological Research".  United States.

Copy to clipboard


                    
@article{osti_1154825,

  title        = {Neutron Imaging at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Application to Biological Research},

  author       = {Bilheux, Hassina Z and Cekanova, Maria and Bilheux, Jean-Christophe and Bailey, William Barton and Keener, Wylie S and Davis, Larry E and Herwig, Kenneth W},

  abstractNote = {The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Neutron Sciences Directorate (NScD) has recently installed a neutron imaging beamline at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) cold guide hall. The CG-1D beamline supports a broad range of user research spanning from engineering to material research, energy storage, additive manufacturing, vehicle technologies, archaeology, biology, and plant physiology. The beamline performance (spatial resolution, field of view, etc.) and its utilization for biological research are presented. The NScD is also considering a proposal to build the VENUS imaging beamline (beam port 10) at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). Unlike CG-1D which provides cold neutrons, VENUS will offer a broad range of neutron wavelengths, from epithermal to cold, and enhanced contrast mechanisms. This new capability will also enable the imaging of thicker biological samples than is currently available at CG-1D. A brief overview of the VENUS capability for biological research is discussed.},

  doi          = {},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1154825},
  journal      = {},
number       = ,

  volume       = ,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014},

  month        = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014}

}

Copy to clipboard

Conference:

Other availability

Please see Document Availability for additional information on obtaining the full-text document. Library patrons may search WorldCat to identify libraries that hold this conference proceeding.

Save / Share:

Export Metadata

Save to My Library

Similar records in OSTI.GOV collections:

Overview of the Neutron Radiography and Computed Tomography at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Applications

Conference Bilheux, Hassina; Bilheux, Jean-Christophe; Tremsin, Anton; ...

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Neutron Sciences Directorate (NScD) has installed a neutron imaging (NI) beam line at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) cold guide hall. The CG-1D beam line produces cold neutrons for a broad range of user research spanning from engineering to material research, additive manufacturing, vehicle technologies, archaeology, biology, and plant physiology. Recent efforts have focused on increasing flux and spatial resolution. A series of selected engineering applications is presented here. Historically and for more than four decades, neutron imaging (NI) facilities have been installed exclusively at continuous (i.e. reactor-based) neutron sources rather than atmore »« less
The CG-1D neutron imaging beamline at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory High Flux Isotope Reactor

Conference Santodonato, Louis; Bilheux, Hassina; Bailey, William; ...

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Neutron Sciences Directorate has installed a neutron imaging beamline at the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) cold guide hall. CG-1D is one of the three instruments that make up the CG1 instrument suite. The beamline optics and detector have recently been upgraded to meet the needs of the neutron imaging community (better smoothing of guide system artifacts, higher flux or spatial resolution). These upgrades comprise a new diffuser/aperture system, two new detectors, a He-filled flight tube and silicon (Si) windows. Shielding inside the flight tube, beam scrapers and a beam stop ensure that biological dosemore »« less
An interactive web-based tool to guide the preparation of neutron imaging experiments at oak ridge national laboratory

Journal Article Zhang, Yuxuan; Bilheux, Jean-C; Bilheux, Hassina; ... - Journal of Physics Communications

An interactive web-based tool has been developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to guide the end-user sample preparation for neutron imaging experiments. The tool is capable of estimating transmission through the sample using the cold neutron spectrum at the High Flux Isotope (HFIR) CG-1D imaging beamline. It can also predict the position and height of the resonance peaks at the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) SNAP beamline when performing neutron resonance imaging with neutron energies higher than 1 eV. This tool provides robust and user-friendly sample input and utilizes measured/simulated beam spectrum at corresponding beamlines for accurate transmission/attenuation calculations. Bymore »« less
https://doi.org/10.1088/2399-6528/ab4ee6
Overview of the conceptual design of the future VENUS beamline at the Spallation Neutron Source

Conference Bilheux, Hassina; Herwig, Kenneth; Keener, Wylie; ...

VENUS will be a world-class neutron-imaging instrument that will uniquely utilize the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) time-of-flight (TOF) capabilities to measure and characterize objects across several length scales (mm to m). When completed, VENUS will provide academia, industry and government laboratories with the opportunity to advance scientific research in areas such as energy, materials, additive manufacturing, geosciences, transportation, engineering, plant physiology, biology, etc. It is anticipated that a good portion of the VENUS user community will have a strong engineering/industrial research focus. Installed at Beamline 10 (BL10), VENUS will be a 25-m neutron imaging facility with the capability to fullymore »« less
Reactor Performance Improvement Options to Sustain High Flux Isotope Reactor Leadership into the Future

Conference Chandler, David; Betzler, Benjamin; Cook, David

The mission of the Neutron Sciences Directorate (NScD) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is the undertaking of high-impact research into the structure and properties of materials across the spectrum of biology, chemistry, physics, materials science, and engineering. NScD operates two world-leading neutron scattering facilities including the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) and the Spallation Neutron Source. HFIR achieved full power in 1966, and over a half century later, it continues to serve a variety of national missions. HFIR provides one of the highest steady-state neutron fluxes of any research reactor in the world tomore »« less
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202124708016

Full Text Available

Similar Records