The energy-resolved neutron imaging system, RADEN

• Published in: Review of scientific instruments Vol. 91; no. 4; pp. 043302 - 43321
• Main Authors: Shinohara, Takenao, Kai, Tetsuya, Oikawa, Kenichi, Nakatani, Takeshi, Segawa, Mariko, Hiroi, Kosuke, Su, Yuhua, Ooi, Motoki, Harada, Masahide, Iikura, Hiroshi, Hayashida, Hirotoshi, Parker, Joseph D., Matsumoto, Yoshihiro, Kamiyama, Takashi, Sato, Hirotaka, Kiyanagi, Yoshiaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Institute of Physics 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Crystallography; Imaging techniques; Medical imaging; Neutron radiography; Neutrons; Proton accelerators; Radiography; Resonance absorption; Scientific apparatus & instruments; Spatial distribution
• ISSN: 0034-6748; 1089-7623; 1089-7623
• DOI: 10.1063/1.5136034

The energy-resolved neutron imaging system, RADEN, has been installed at the pulsed neutron source in the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex. In addition to conventional neutron radiography and tomography, RADEN, the world’s first imaging beam-line at a pulsed neutron source, provides three main options for new, quantitative neutron imaging techniques: Bragg-edge imaging to visualize the spatial distribution of crystallographic information, resonance absorption imaging for elemental composition and temperature information, and polarized neutron imaging for magnetic field information. This paper describes the results of characterization studies of the neutronic performance and installed devices at RADEN and shows the results of several demonstration studies for pulsed neutron imaging.