Systematic study of variation in radiation data in cluttered environments

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Vol. 954; p. 161290
• Main Authors: Willis, Michael J., Stewart, Ian R., Nicholson, Andrew D., Archer, Daniel E., Ray, William R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 21.02.2020
• Subjects: Background; Clutter; Detection; Gamma; Radiation; Gamma; Background; Detection; Clutter; Radiation

There are many challenges to overcome during nuclear nonproliferation measurements, including a wide variety of clutter sources that may be introduced into a scene during acquisition. The ability to understand how the dissimilarity of various objects, or clutter, obscures a detector’s field of view...