Title of article
Performance evaluation tools for nuclear based interrogation techniques — an application of the PFNA technology
Author/Authors
Feinstein، نويسنده , , R.L and Keeley، نويسنده , , D.A and Bendahan، نويسنده , , J، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1995
Pages
6
From page
579
To page
584
Abstract
To facilitate the design and tuning of the Pulsed Fast Neutron Analysis (PFNA) system, under development for non-intrusive inspection of large cargo containers, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has developed and utilized a family of computational tools to encapsulate the essential physics and system characteristics and to serve as a framework for hardware and software trade-off studies. One such tool is the PFNASIM code, a physics based, end-to-end simulator of the entire PFNA technology that maps the atomic densities of any material container to the observed γ-ray counts in each detector. Another tool is the PFNA Performance Evaluation Tool (PFNAPET) that utilizes estimation theory and the output of PFNASIM to predict the minimum error in estimated atomic densities inside the container. These two codes are described and an example of performance evaluation on a cargo container is included.
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Serial Year
1995
Journal title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A
Record number
1993695
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