HIDDEN EXPLOSIVES DETECTOR EMPLOYING PULSED NEUTRON AND X-RAY INTERROGATION

HIDDEN EXPLOSIVES DETECTOR EMPLOYING PULSED NEUTRON AND X-RAY INTERROGATION

Methods and systems for the detection of small amounts of modern, highly-explosive nitrogen-based explosives, such as plastic explosives, hidden in airline baggage. Several techniques are employed either individually or combined in a hybrid system. One technique employed in combination is X-ray imag...

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Hauptverfasser: SCHULTZ, FREDERIC, J, CALDWELL, JOHN, T
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS
GEOPHYSICS
GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
PHYSICS
TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:Methods and systems for the detection of small amounts of modern, highly-explosive nitrogen-based explosives, such as plastic explosives, hidden in airline baggage. Several techniques are employed either individually or combined in a hybrid system. One technique employed in combination is X-ray imaging. Another technique is interrogation with a pulsed neutron source in a two-phase mode of operation to image both nitrogen and oxygen densities. Another technique employed in combination is neutron interrogation to form a hydrogen density image or three-dimensional map. In addition, deliberately-placed neutron-absorbing materials can be detected.