Associated particle imaging: An enabling technology of detection of improvised explosives

Abstract

Associated Particle Imaging (API) technology provides an important resource to be used in the detection and identification of conventional and/or improvised explosives. Based on the classic "neutron in - gamma out" approach of non-intrusive interrogation, API can be used to find and identify concealed threat materials. The critical difference between API and other neutron interrogation methods is the ability to significantly reduce the impact of "background clutter" in the signal-to-noise ratio caused by the material surrounding and adjacent to the threat. © 2006 Springer.