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Neutron Resonance Imaging

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Neutron Methods for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Part of the book series: Neutron Scattering Applications and Techniques ((NEUSCATT))

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Neutron Imaging using epithermal neutron beams is a technique that is not yet widely exploited. However, it offers an interesting potential allowing for joining the advantages of imaging (i.e. space-resolved information) along with element sensitivity (at least for most medium-weight elements). In the following pages, the development of Neutron Resonance Transmission Imaging (NRTI) is presented. In recent years it has been developed by two separated groups making use of the characteristics of pulsed sources optimized for Time-of-Flight measurements. An application to a cultural heritage object at the ISIS facility is presented as an example in this chapter.

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    A noteworthy exception is indeed the system used by Schrack et al. with the use of a 1-D position-sensitive He3 detector coupled with a slit collimator parallel to the Helium tube. With this configuration, space resolution was given by the sensitive detector in one direction and the aperture of the slit in the perpendicular one (Schrack et al. 1983).

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Occhialini”, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    G. Gorini & D. Di Martino

  2. STFC, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, ISIS Facility, Chilton, UK

    E. Schooneveld

  3. Istituto di Fisica del Plasma “P. Caldirola”, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milan, Italy

    E. Perelli Cippo

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  1. Institute of Applied Materials, Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Nikolay Kardjilov

  2. Physics Department, NAST Centre, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Giulia Festa

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Gorini, G., Schooneveld, E., Perelli Cippo, E., Di Martino, D. (2017). Neutron Resonance Imaging. In: Kardjilov, N., Festa, G. (eds) Neutron Methods for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. Neutron Scattering Applications and Techniques. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33163-8_13

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