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An anti-personnel landmine detection system using an inertial-electrostatic confinement fusion (IECF) neutron source and dual sensors showed excellent performance, particularly, for humanitarian landmine detection. Averaged probability of detection (POD) in this test was found to be 100% for arid soil, and 99% for other conditions including very wet soil moisture of 18.5wt%. Further improvements in reliability by making use of neutron backscattering are found to be efficient.
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Yoshikawa, K. et al. (2009). Development of a High-performance Landmine Detection System Through Gamma-ray Detection by Using a Compact Fusion Neutron Source and Dual-sensors. In: Furuta, K., Ishikawa, J. (eds) Anti-personnel Landmine Detection for Humanitarian Demining. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-346-4_10
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