Development of a compact neutron capture gamma-ray imaging system for anti-personnel landmine detection

Tetsuo Iguchi; Jun Kawarabayashi; Ken Ichi Watanabe; Tatsuo Shoji; Tatsuya Osawa; Shinji Mihoya; Tadashi Hasegawa; Masanori Shimazaki; Toshiaki Monaka

doi:10.1007/978-1-84882-346-4_11

Development of a compact neutron capture gamma-ray imaging system for anti-personnel landmine detection

Tetsuo Iguchi, Jun Kawarabayashi, Ken Ichi Watanabe, Tatsuo Shoji, Tatsuya Osawa, Shinji Mihoya, Tadashi Hasegawa, Masanori Shimazaki, Toshiaki Monaka

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An advanced neutron capture gamma-ray imaging system has been developed for detection and localization of anti-personnel landmines (APMs). The system consists of an improved Cockcroft-Walton type accelerator neutron source using DD fusion reaction and a compact high energy gamma camera based on stacked bismuth-germanium-oxide (BGO) scintillator rods to deduce the incident direction of characteristic gamma-rays from nitrogen included in landmines. In the performance tests with landmine imitators in a mock-up soil assembly, we demonstrated that this system could detect and locate an a APM of 100 g cyclo-trimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) and/or trinitrotoluene (TNT) explosive buried at a depth of 5 cm with the spatial resolution around 10 cm in a 1 m square area within 10 min and also those at 10 or 15 cm depth could be accurately identified under a soil moisture of 5%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Anti-personnel Landmine Detection for Humanitarian Demining
Subtitle of host publication	The Current Situation and Future Direction for Japanese Research and Development
Publisher	Springer London
Pages	175-192
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9781848823457
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-346-4_11
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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Iguchi, T., Kawarabayashi, J., Watanabe, K. I., Shoji, T., Osawa, T., Mihoya, S., Hasegawa, T., Shimazaki, M., & Monaka, T. (2009). Development of a compact neutron capture gamma-ray imaging system for anti-personnel landmine detection. In Anti-personnel Landmine Detection for Humanitarian Demining: The Current Situation and Future Direction for Japanese Research and Development (pp. 175-192). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-346-4_11

Development of a compact neutron capture gamma-ray imaging system for anti-personnel landmine detection. / Iguchi, Tetsuo; Kawarabayashi, Jun; Watanabe, Ken Ichi et al.
Anti-personnel Landmine Detection for Humanitarian Demining: The Current Situation and Future Direction for Japanese Research and Development. Springer London, 2009. p. 175-192.

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Iguchi, T, Kawarabayashi, J, Watanabe, KI, Shoji, T, Osawa, T, Mihoya, S, Hasegawa, T, Shimazaki, M & Monaka, T 2009, Development of a compact neutron capture gamma-ray imaging system for anti-personnel landmine detection. in Anti-personnel Landmine Detection for Humanitarian Demining: The Current Situation and Future Direction for Japanese Research and Development. Springer London, pp. 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-346-4_11

Iguchi T, Kawarabayashi J, Watanabe KI, Shoji T, Osawa T, Mihoya S et al. Development of a compact neutron capture gamma-ray imaging system for anti-personnel landmine detection. In Anti-personnel Landmine Detection for Humanitarian Demining: The Current Situation and Future Direction for Japanese Research and Development. Springer London. 2009. p. 175-192 doi: 10.1007/978-1-84882-346-4_11

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