A Feasibility Test of Land Mine Detection in a Desert Environment Using Neutron Back Scattering Imaging

Author

Bom, Victor ; Ali, A. Mostafa ; Osman, A.M. ; El-Monem, A.M.A. ; Kansouh, W.A. ; Megahid, R.M. ; Van Eijk, Carel W E

Author_Institution

Delft Univ. of Technol.

Volume

53

Issue

4

fYear

2006

Firstpage

2247

Lastpage

2251

Abstract

The neutron back scattering technique is used to search for land mines. Advantages of this technique are: the speed of detection, the ability to detect metal free mines, and the insensitivity to metal and pebbles. The method is sensitive to soil moisture, therefore a desert environment is perfectly suited for application of the neutron backscattering technique. Tests were performed using various dummy mines and real defused mines in the Egyptian desert

Keywords

landmine detection; neutron detection; particle backscattering; position sensitive particle detectors; soil; Egyptian desert; desert environment; detection speed; dummy mines; feasibility test; land mine detection; metal free mines detection; metal insensitivity; neutron backscattering imaging; pebble insensitivity; real defused mines; soil moisture; Backscatter; Detectors; Hydrogen; Landmine detection; Monitoring; NIST; Neutrons; Radar scattering; Soil moisture; Testing; Land mine detection; neutron generator; neutron scattering;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TNS.2006.871663

Filename

1684096