Passive gamma-ray and neutron imaging systems for national security and nuclear non-proliferation in controlled and uncontrolled detection areas: Review of past …

H Al Hamrashdi, SD Monk, D Cheneler - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Global concern for the illicit transportation and trafficking of nuclear materials and other
radioactive sources is on the rise, with efficient and rapid security and non-proliferation …

Current and prospective radiation detection systems, screening infrastructure and interpretive algorithms for the non-intrusive screening of shipping container cargo: a …

EL Connolly, PG Martin - Journal of Nuclear Engineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
The non-intrusive screening of shipping containers at national borders serves as a
prominent and vital component in deterring and detecting the illicit transportation of …

Neutron and gamma-ray detection system coupled to a multirotor for screening of shipping container cargo

L Marques, L Félix, G Cruz, V Coelho, J Caetano… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In order to detect special nuclear materials and other radioactive materials in Security and
Defense scenarios, normally, a combination of neutron and gamma-ray detection systems is …

Locating lost radioactive sources using a UAV radiation monitoring system

P Gong, XB Tang, X Huang, P Wang, LS Wen… - Applied radiation and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Locating lost radioactive sources quickly, precisely, and safely is very important in
emergency responses of lost radioactive source accidents. This paper describes a source …

Multi-source term estimation based on parallel particle filtering and dynamic state space in unknown radiation environments

H Bai, Z Du, H Zhu, P Ding, G Wang, H Wang… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
When hazardous sources threaten the environment, source term estimation is a crucial
concern. Robotics provides a secure solution to the issue but still encounters challenges in …

Three-dimensional localization of low activity gamma-ray sources in real-time scenarios

MK Sharma, AB Alajo, HK Lee - … and Methods in Physics Research Section …, 2016 - Elsevier
Radioactive source localization plays an important role in tracking radiation threats in
homeland security tasks. Its real-time application requires computationally efficient and …

Improved gamma-ray point source quantification in three dimensions by modeling attenuation in the scene

MS Bandstra, D Hellfeld, JR Vavrek… - … on Nuclear Science, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Using a series of detector measurements taken at different locations to localize a source of
radiation is a well-studied problem. The source of radiation is sometimes constrained to a …

Robust radiation sources localization based on the peak suppressed particle filter for mixed multi-modal environments

W Gao, W Wang, H Zhu, G Huang, D Wu, Z Du - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper addresses a detection problem where sparse measurements are utilized to
estimate the source parameters in a mixed multi-modal radiation field. As the limitation of …

Localization of a radioactive source in an urban environment using Bayesian Metropolis methods

J Hite, J Mattingly, D Archer, M Willis, A Rowe… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a method for localizing an unknown source of radiation in an urban environment
using a distributed detector network. This method employs statistical parameter estimation …

Localizing unknown radiation sources by unscented particle filtering based on divide-and-conquer sampling

Y Liu, Y Xuan, D Zhang, S Zou - Journal of Nuclear Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Predictive estimation of radioactive sources using Bayesian theory is of great importance in
nuclear emergency response. To this aim, we put forward an unscented particle filtering …