The STING imaging system based on using neutrons and gammas

✍ Scribed by H.B. Barker; M.R. Maier

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 146 KB
• Volume: 542
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.01.150

✦ Synopsis

We present a novel method for three-dimensional imaging of contrast agents in different specimens using neutrons. The contrast agent is an element with a high neutron capture cross section-e.g. B 10 . This element emits a g-ray-478 keV in the case of B 10 -upon capturing a neutron. The g-rays are then imaged with suitable tomographic imaging methods. We present a method of using a shadow mask technique for imaging which needs only one exposure and can yield depth information in addition to the two-dimensional projection.