发明名称 |
METHOD AND PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF SUBSTANCES BY USE OF NEUTRON IRRADIATION |
摘要 |
The present invention relates to a method and portable apparatus (20) which is used to detect substances, such as explosives and drugs, by neutron irradiation. The apparatus has a portable neutron generating probe and corresponding controllers and data collection computers. The probe emits neutrons (23) in order to interrogate an object. The probe also contains gamma ray detectors (21) for the collection of gamma rays from fast neutron, thermal neutron and neutron activation reactions. Data collected from these detectors is sent to the computer (30) for data de-convolution, then object identification in order to determine whether the object being interrogated contains explosives or illicit contraband. |
申请公布号 |
EP1071972(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2001.01.31 |
申请号 |
EP19980920837 |
申请日期 |
1998.04.13 |
申请人 |
WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY |
发明人 |
VOURVOPOLIS, GEORGE;SUDAR, SANDOR |
分类号 |
G01V5/00;G01V5/10 |
主分类号 |
G01V5/00 |
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