• Title of article

    Detection of buried landmine with X-ray backscatter technique

  • Author/Authors

    Yuk، نويسنده , , Sunwoo and Kim، نويسنده , , Kwang Hyun and Yi، نويسنده , , Yun، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    388
  • To page
    392
  • Abstract
    We describe a continuously operating scanning X-ray imaging system developed for landmine detection based on a backscatter X-ray principle, thus detection is done from the same side as the source. The source operates at 120 kV p and 3 mA. To study the physics of Compton X-ray backscattering, the photon transport factor, backscatter factor (BSF) and backscatter probability (BSP) were simulated using Monte-Carlo calculations using the generalized particle transport program MCNP. Based on the Monte-Carlo analyses results, a mine detecting system has been designed. It potentially has a low false alarm rate and a high detection probability, and a direct imaging facility.
  • Keywords
    Backscatter X-ray , Landmine , Backscatter factor (BSF) , Monte-Carlo , x-ray imaging
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2030128