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Muon tomography or muography is an emerging imaging technique that uses cosmogenic muons as the radiation source. Due to its diverse range of applications and the use of natural radiation, muography is being applied across many fields such…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-02 R. M. I. D Gamage , S. Basnet , E. Cortina Gil , P. Demin , A. Giammanco , R. Karnam , M. Moussawi , M. Tytgat , .

Muography (or muon radiography) is an imaging technique that relies on the use of cosmogenic muons as a free and safe radiation source. It can be applied in various fields such as archaeology, civil engineering, geology, nuclear reactor…

Muon radiography, also known as muography, is a non-destructive geophysical technique for the study of the internal structure of large objects such as volcanoes. This is possible by constructing an image based on the differential absorption…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-06-14 R. Calderón-Ardila , A. Almela , M. Gómez-Berisso , A. Sedoski , C. Varela , A. Vesga-Ramírez , H. Asorey

Imaging techniques that use atmospheric muons, collectively named under the neologism "muography", have seen a tremendous growth in recent times, mainly due to their diverse range of applications. The most well-known ones include but are…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-09 S. Basnet , E. Cortina Gil , P. Demin , R. M. I. D. Gamage , A. Giammanco , M. Moussawi , M. Tytgat , S. Wuyckens

Muon tomography based on the measurement of multiple scattering of atmospheric cosmic ray muons is a promising technique for detecting and imaging heavily shielded high-Z nuclear materials such as enriched uranium. This technique could…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-17 K. Gnanvo , B. Benson , W. Bittner , F. Costa , L. Grasso , M. Hohlmann , J. B. Locke , S. Martoiu , H. Muller , M. Staib , A. Tarazona , J. Toledo

Muon radiography is an imaging technique based on muon absorption in matter that allows measurement of internal details in hidden objects or structures. This technique relies on measuring cosmic-ray muons tracks accurately, which reflects…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-10-23 Yu Wang , Shubin Liu , Zhihang Yao , Yulin Liu , Zhiyong Zhang , Zhengyang He , Ziwen Pan , Changqing Feng

Muon Tomography based on the measurement of multiple scattering of atmospheric cosmic ray muons in matter is a promising technique for detecting heavily shielded high-Z radioactive materials (U, Pu) in cargo or vehicles. The technique uses…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-26 Kondo Gnanvo , Leonard V. Grasso , Marcus Hohlmann , Judson B. Locke , Amilkar S. Quintero , Debasis Mitra

The use of conventional imaging techniques becomes problematic when faced with challenging logistics and confined environments. In particular, such scenarios are not unusual in the field of archaeological and mining explorations as well as…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-03 S. Basnet , E. Cortina Gil , P. Demin , R. M. I. D. Gamage , A. Giammanco , R. Karnam , M. Moussawi , A. Samalan , M. Tytgat

We utilise muons from cosmic ray to explore hidden underground archaeological structures. Presented here is the design, simulation studies and first laboratory results of a compact, scintillators based, cosmic ray muon telescope for…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-28 Yan Benhammou , Erez Etzion , Gilad Mizrachi , Meny Raviv Moshe , Yiftah Silver , Igor Zolkin

Muon Tomography (MT) based on the measurement of multiple scattering of atmospheric cosmic ray muons traversing shipping containers is a promising candidate for identifying threatening high-Z materials. Since position-sensitive detectors…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2009-06-25 Marcus Hohlmann , Patrick Ford , Kondo Gnanvo , Jennifer Helsby , David Pena , Richard Hoch , Debasis Mitra

We present results from a detailed GEANT4 simulation of a proposed Muon Tomography System that employs compact Micro Pattern Gas Detectors with high spatial resolution. A basic Point-Of-Closest-Approach algorithm is applied to reconstructed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-11-15 Kondo Gnanvo , Patrick Ford , Jennifer Helsby , Richie Hoch , Debasis Mitra , Marcus Hohlmann

Cosmic-ray muons which impinge upon the Earth's surface can be used to image the density of geological and man-made materials located above a muon detector. The detectors used for these measurements must be capable of determining the muon…

Cosmic ray muon has strong penetrating power and no ionizing radiation hazards, which makes it an ideal probe for detecting special nuclear materials. In this paper, a high spatial resolution muon tomography system based on Micromegas…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-16 Yu Wang , Zhiyong Zhang , Shubin Liu , Zhongtao Shen , Changqing Feng , Jianguo Liu , Yulin Liu

Muon tomography is a relatively new method of radiography that utilizes muons from cosmic rays and their multiple Coulomb scattering property to distinguish materials. Researchers around the world have been developing various detection…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-12-20 Weihe Zeng , Xingyu Pan , Zhi Zeng , Hao Ma , Ming Zeng , Jianping Cheng

Imaging methods based on the absorption or scattering of atmospheric muons, collectively named under the neologism "muography", exploit the abundant natural flux of muons produced from cosmic-ray interactions in the atmosphere. Recent years…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-02-18 Lorenzo Bonechi , Raffaello D'Alessandro , Andrea Giammanco

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

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,…

Muon tomography is a technique that uses cosmic ray muons to generate three dimensional images of volumes using information contained in the Coulomb scattering of the muons. Advantages of this technique are the ability of cosmic rays to…

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

In cultural heritage conservation, it is increasingly common to rely on non-destructive imaging methods based on the absorption or scattering of photons ($X$ or $\gamma$ rays) or neutrons. However, physical and practical issues limit these…

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