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Cosmic ray muon computed tomography ({\mu}CT) is a new imaging modality with unique characteristics that could be particularly important for diverse applications including nuclear nonproliferation, spent nuclear fuel monitoring, cargo…

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Purpose: A geometric simulation of a possible two-plane detector was developed to test the abilities of the detector to generate high-resolution images of the Great Pyramid using muon tomography. Methods and Materials: Trajectory range,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-29 Mira Liu

Muon scattering tomography is a non-destructive technique used to image different materials by utilizing natural cosmic ray muons. Typically it requires position-sensitive detectors with a sub-millimeter resolution to effectively…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-19 Binghao Sun , Huiling Li , Quanyin Li , Hui Liang , Cong Liu , Hongbo Wang , Zibing Wu , Suyu Xiao , Weiwei Xu

Triple-GEM detectors for the GE2/1 and ME0 stations of the endcap muon system for the Phase-2 upgrade of the CMS Experiment have been operated in a test beam to measure their efficiency and spatial resolution, together with a high spatial…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-11-23 Antonello Pellecchia , Piet Verwilligen , Anna Stamerra

Muography, traditionally recognized as a potent instrument for imaging the internal structure of gigantic objects, has initialized various interdisciplinary applications. As the financial and labor costs of muography detector development…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-14 Tao Yu , Yunsong Ning , Yi Yuan , Shihan Zhao , Songran Qi , Minchen Sun , Yuye Li , Zhirui Liu , Aiyu Bai , Hesheng Liu , Yibo Lin , Geng Tuo , Ting On Chan , Zhou Zhou , Yu Chen , Yu Chen , Jian Tang

Muography is finding applications in various domains such as volcanology, archaeology, civil engineering, industry, mining, and nuclear waste surveys. To simplify transportation and installation in remote locations after laboratory testing,…

Cosmic-ray muon imaging provides a non-destructive inspection technique, yet achieving millimeter-resolution imaging within practical timeframes remains challenging. Here we introduce Projection-shifted MUon transMission tomogrAghy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-24 Zibo Qin , Rongfeng Zhang , Pei Yu , Cheng-en Liu , Liangwen Chen , Feng Zhang , Zaihong Yang , Qite Li , Qiang Li

This work reports numerical simulations and statistical tests carried out to study the performance of a prototype imaging setup to be developed for material discrimination using Muon Scattering Tomography (MST). The reconstructed images…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 Sridhar Tripathy , Jaydeep Datta , Nayana Majumdar , Supratik Mukhopadhyay

Cosmic-ray muons, owing to their high penetration power and abundance, have been widely employed as a natural probe in experimental particle physics. We developed a meter-scale cosmic-ray muon telescope, consisting of two parallel…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2026-05-07 Yan Niu , Anqing Wang , Xiangxiang Ren , Dong Liu , Meng Wang

Muon tomography (MT), based on atmospheric cosmic rays, is a promising technique suitable for nondestructive imaging of the internal structures of mountains. This method uses the measured flux distribution after attenuation, combined with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-12-27 Bin Zhang , Zhe Wang , Shaomin Chen

Muography is an innovative imaging technique using naturally produced elementary particles -- atmospheric muons -- like the X-rays of medical imaging. The modification of the particles flux -- by scattering or absorption --, reflects the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-31 Theodore Avgitas , Jean Christophe Ianigro , Jacques Marteau

Muography is a well estabilished method to obtain 3D images of large objects (e.g. volcanoes and large buildings) without any additional particle source, taking advantage of the presence of cosmic muons. The underlying principle of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-26 G. Galgóczi , D. Mrdja , I. Bikit , K. Bikit , J. Slivka , J. Hansman , L. Oláh , G. Hamar , D. Varga

A tracking detector system has been constructed with an innovative approach to the classical multi-wire proportional chamber concept, using contemporary technologies. The detectors, covering an area of 0.58 square meters each, are optimized…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-30 Dezső Varga , Gábor Nyitrai , Gergő Hamar , László Oláh

Cosmic ray muon scattering tomography (MST) is an imaging technique that utilizes muon scattering in matter to inspect high-Z materials non-destructively, without requiring an artificial radiation source. This method offers significant…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-12-18 Zheng Liang , Zebo Tang , Xin Li , Baiyu Liu , Cheng Li , Jiacheng He , Kun Jiang , Yonggang Wang , Ye Tian , Yishuang Zhang , Zeyu Wang

As the multidisciplinary applications of cosmic-ray muons expand to large-scale and wide-area scenarios, the construction of cosmic-ray muon detector arrays has become a key solution to overcome the hardware limitations of individual…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-04-02 Yunsong Ning , Yi Yuan , Tao Yu , Hongyu Chen , Chengyan Xie , Hui Jiang , Hesheng Liu , Guihao Lu , Mingchen Sun , Yu Chen , Jian Tang

A muon telescope equipped with four Resistive Plate Chambers of 2 m$^{2}$ per plane was tested with the muon scattering tomography technique. The telescope was operated during several hours with high atomic number materials located at its…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-11-22 João Saraiva , Carlos Alemparte , Daniel Belver , Alberto Blanco , Juan Callón , Jose Collazo , Alfredo Iglesias , Luís Lopes

This study presents the design and simulation-based validation of a muon imaging system tailored for potential applications in industrial hydrotreatment units. The system is built around a two-panel plastic scintillator hodoscope, equipped…

In recent years, there have been ongoing efforts to improve screening technologies to improve security and prevent terrorist threats. The most widely used technologies for scanning shipping containers are gamma and x-ray radiography, which…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-12-19 A. Georgadze

Muon scattering tomography utilises muons, typically originating from cosmic rays to image the interiors of dense objects. However, due to the low flux of cosmic ray muons at sea-level and the highly complex interactions that muons display…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-01 Li Xin Jed Lim , Ziming Qiu

Orthogonal-strip planar high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors can reconstruct three-dimensional (3D) positions of photon interactions through analysis of parameters extracted from multiple charge signals. The conventional method…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-25 Qiuli Zhang , Peng Zhang , Wenhhan Dai , Mingxin Yang , Yang Tian , Ming Zeng , Hao Ma , Zhi Zeng