Simulation study of muon scattering for tomography reconstruction

Nuclear materials that pose a homeland security threat typically have high atomic numbers (Z > 82). It is of vital importance to develop smart, efficient, and inexpensive systems to detect such high-Z materials without opening a container. Muon Tomography (MT) provides a non-invasive channel for...

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Main Authors: Mitra, D., Banerjee, A., Waweru, S., White, S., Gnanvo, K., Hohlmann, M.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Clustering algorithms
Detectors
Geometry
Mesons
Scattering
Sensor arrays
Space technology
Target tracking
Terrorism
Tomography
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Summary:Nuclear materials that pose a homeland security threat typically have high atomic numbers (Z > 82). It is of vital importance to develop smart, efficient, and inexpensive systems to detect such high-Z materials without opening a container. Muon Tomography (MT) provides a non-invasive channel for such investigation. We have been investigating such muon scattering with numerical simulation with GEANT4 for some time [6]. In this article we report the development of an efficient clustering algorithm for detecting threat objects in a probed volume.
ISSN:1082-3654
2577-0829
DOI:10.1109/NSSMIC.2009.5402209