Title :
ML/EM Reconstruction Algorithm for Cosmic Ray Muon Tomography
Author :
Schultz, Larry ; Blanpied, Gary ; Borozdin, Konstantin ; Fraser, Andrew ; Klimenko, Alexei ; Hengartner, Nicholas ; Morris, Chris ; Orum, Christopher ; Sossong, Michael
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM
fDate :
Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006
Abstract :
Highly penetrating cosmic ray muons constantly shower the earth at a rate of about 1 muon per cm2 per minute. We have developed a technique which exploits the multiple Coulomb scattering of these particles to perform non-destructive inspection without the use of artificial radiation. In this paper we present a Maximum Likelihood / Expectation Maximization (ML/EM) tomographic reconstruction algorithm designed for the technique.
Keywords :
cosmic ray muons; expectation-maximisation algorithm; image reconstruction; maximum likelihood detection; nondestructive testing; tomography; ML/EM reconstruction algorithm; artificial radiation; cosmic ray muon tomography; maximum likelihood/expectation maximization tomographic reconstruction algorithm; multiple Coulomb scattering; nondestructive inspection; Computational geometry; Detectors; Material properties; Maximum likelihood detection; Mesons; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Particle scattering; Reconstruction algorithms; Sea measurements; Tomography;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0560-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-7863
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354434
