Analysis of a Prototype Multi-DetectorFast-Neutron Radiography Panel

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A new aluminum housing was built to accommodate a large number of detectors tiled together. Additional changes tostartup and processing code were made to operate the detector as onecohesive unit. Spatial resolution of the full panel using Cs-137 gammas was reported to be 0.42 line pairs per centimeter at 90% MTFand 2.09 line pairs per centimeter at 10% MTF. Three neutron radio-graphs generated using a Cf-252 fission neutron source were used todetermine the spatial resolution of the panel for neutrons. The experiments had 90% MTF values of 0.24, 0.3, and 0.27 line pairs percentimeter and 10% MTF values of 1.30, 1.46, and 1.40 line pairs percentimeter. An example neutron radiograph was also used to provethat the radiography panel can perform true neutron radiography. Fast Neutron Radiography Proton Recoil Neutron Radiography Neutron Counting Neutron Radiography Radiation Imaging Silicon Photonics Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 07 Aug, 2024 Read the published version in Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 11 Jun, 2024 Reviews received at journal 10 Jun, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 29 May, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 29 May, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 21 May, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 20 May, 2024 First submitted to journal 17 May, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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