Air Cargo Scanner publications

By September 21st, 2010

The following publications detail the work involved in the development of CSIRO’s Air Cargo Scanner.

Key publications

Liu Y, Sowerby BD, Tickner JR, 2008, ‘Comparison of neutron and high-energy x-ray dual-beam radiography for air cargo inspection’,Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 66: 463-473

Liu Y, Tickner JR, 2007, ‘Image processing and display systems for the CSIRO air cargo scanner’ in IEEE 2006 Nuclear Science Symposium – Conference Record, 5: 77-81.

Eberhardt JE, Liu Y, Rainey S, Roach GJ, Sowerby BD, Stevens RJ, Tickner JR, 2006, ‘Fast Neutron and Gamma-Ray Interrogation of Air Cargo Containers’, International Workshop on Fast Neutron Detectors, Cape Town, 3-6 April 2006, Proceedings of Science PoS (FNDA2006) 092: 11 pp.

Eberhardt JE, Rainey S, Stevens RJ, Sowerby BD, Tickner JR, 2005, ‘Fast Neutron Radiography Scanner for the Detection of Contraband in Air Cargo Containers’, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 63: 179-188.

Other publications

Eberhardt J, Liu Y, Roach G, Sowerby B, Tickner J, 2007, ‘Feasibility Study of the Detection of Special Nuclear Materials in Air Cargo Using Fast-Neutron/Gamma-ray Radiography’, 2007 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium (NSS) and Medical Imaging Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii (28 October to 3 November 2007).

Sowerby BD, Tickner JR, 2007, ‘Recent advances in fast neutron radiography for cargo inspection’, Nuclear Instruments and Methods, A580: 799-802.

Eberhardt J, Liu Y, Rainey S, Roach G, Stevens R, Sowerby B, Tickner J, 2006, ‘Air Cargo Screening using a Fast Neutron and Gamma-Ray Radiography Scanner’, 15th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Sydney, 15-20 October 2006.

Eberhardt JE, Liu Y, Rainey S, Roach GJ, Sowerby BD, Stevens RJ, Tickner JR, 2006, ‘Fast neutron/gamma-ray radiography scanner for the detection of contraband in air cargo containers’, in SPIE2006: Non-intrusive Inspection Technologies, Vourvopoulos G, Doty FP, Proceedings of SPIE 6213.

Eberhardt JE, McEwan AJ, Milinkovic D, Sharp V, Sowerby BD, Tickner JR, 2006, ‘Fast Neutron and Gamma-Ray Detectors for the CSIRO Air Cargo Scanner’, International Workshop on Fast Neutron Detectors, Cape Town, 3-6 April 2006, Proceedings of Science PoS (FNDA2006) 074: 5 pp.

Sowerby BD, Tickner JR, 2005, ‘Scanner for the Detection of Contraband in Air Cargo Containers’, The Physicist, Australian Institute of Physics, 42: 10-16.